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Details about participating theatres, their productions, how to get their tickets, and their Free Ticket February policies are below. For additional information, visit www.myspace.com/freeticketfebruary or search for us on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Ticket-February/40471434289?ref=ts.

INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Performance at Indianapolis Civic Theatre
3200 Cold Spring Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222
Box Office: 317-940-9607
www.icomusic.org
Performance(s): ICO Conversations: Music and War
Date(s)/Time(s): January 31, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Description: How have composers been affected by war? How do the emotional effects of war play out in their compositions? How have different composers influenced each other when dealing with the topic of war? Paul Phillips of Brown University will address these questions on January 31. He will explore music as a medium to convey the spirit and emotions of war in an unforgettable ICO Conversations concert that applies not only to the past, but to the present as well.
Performance(s): ICO Buster Keaton’s The General
Date(s)/Time(s): Friday, February 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Description: Buster Keaton’s silent film The General presents the story of a southern Confederate train engineer pursuing two great loves – his train “The General” and the woman he loves, Anabelle Lee. The ICO and the IMA collaborate to present a screening of this film with live orchestral accompaniment, featuring Carl Davis’ original score composed for the film. Movie buffs and music lovers can see these two genres together on stage in their original formats of silent film and the theater orchestra of the early 20th century.
Free Ticket Policy: 20 tickets on a first-come first-served basis.

INDIANAPOLIS CIVIC THEATRE
3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46222
Located on the campus of Marian College
Box Office: 317-923-4597
www.civictheatre.org
Performance(s): Enchanted April
Date(s)/Time(s): January 30-February 15; : Thursdays at 7:00 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm
Description: This engaging comedy is like taking a little mini-trip to Italy. Four English women rent an idyllic chateau on a remote Italian island to escape 1920s London which seems as gray and dreary as their lives and relationships. Their sun-drenched adventure is full of surprises, changing their worlds forever.
Free Ticket Policy: 25 FREE tickets per performance for ages 13-19. Limit 4 tickets per party, adult purchase required.

INDIANAPOLIS OPERA AT CLOWES MEMORIAL HALL
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Located on the campus of Butler University
Box Office: 317-283-3470
www.indyopera.org
Performance(s): Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance
Date(s)/Time(s): Friday, March 13 @ 8pm; Sunday, March 15 @ 2pm
Description: Laugh along on this rollicking tale of pirates on the high seas and damsels in distress. Peppered with unforgettable melodies and tongue-twisting songs, The Pirates of Penzance is one of the most popular operettas ever written. In spite of being apprenticed to a pirate king as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives on shore with his boisterous shipmates, there are a few surprises in store for him! It all ends happily, but not before he’s dodged the Old Bill, fallen in love and made some rather inconvenient discoveries. Gilbert & Sullivan’s popular comedy features such well-known songs as “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” and “Poor Wandering One.”
Free Ticket Policy: 20 free tickets available for youths aged 13 to 19.

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE (IRT)
140 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Box Office: 317-635-5252
www.irtlive.com
Performance(s): St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers presents Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
Date(s)/Time(s): To Kill a Mockingbird: Various Times, January 23 - February 21; Crime and Punishment: Various Times, February 10 - March 8
Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird is one of America's greatest stories and a must-see for every generation. Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is a 90-minute rush of tention between the young student, Raskolnikov, and the police inspector, Porfiry, as they debate criminal intentions in a world gone mad with lawlessness and self-interest.
Free Ticket Policy: 10 free tickets to those aged 13 through 19 per performance. Requires one (paid) adult chaperone for every 5 teens.

PHOENIX THEATRE
749 N. Park Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Box Office: 317-635-PLAY(7529)
www.phoenixtheatre.org
Performance(s): The Seafarer
Date(s)/Time(s): February 5 through February 28; Thursdays at 7:00 pm, Fridays/Saturdays at 8:00 pm;
Description: It’s Christmas Eve in Dublin. In the rundown house where Sharky cares for his blind brother, old acquaintances gather for a card game—joined by an ominous stranger. As the booze flows and the game intensifies, Sharky discovers he is playing for his soul. In this Faustian, darkly humorous tale fought with suspense, celebrated playwright Conor McPherson examines how we face the demons of our past as we struggle to find redemption.
Free Ticket Policy: 10 free tickets for teens aged 14-19 for each performance. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Accompanying adults must purchase tickets.

PIKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
6701 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268
Box Office: 317-216-5455
www.pikepac.org
Performance: Complexions, a contemporary ballet company
Date(s)/Time(s): Saturday, February 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Description: Contemporary dance and quirky films take center stage with BodyVox. Born from the groundbreaking dance troupes Pilobolus and Momix, BodyVox is uplifting and often uproarious, entertaining audiences with breathtaking physicality and belly-laugh inducing wit and whimsy. During performances, BodyVox incorporates oddly charming and laughably absurd films in between dance pieces.
Free Ticket Policy: Ages 13 – 19; 2 free tickets per each adult ticket purchased at the door or by phone. Offer not available online.

THEATRE ON THE SQUARE
627 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46204
Box Office: 317-685-8687
www.tots.org
Performance(s): The Marriage of Marcus Tyler
Date(s)/Times(s): Fridays/Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sunday at 5:00pm;
Description: An outrageously funny comedy about a soon-to-be groom, Marcus Tyler who sends his unsuspecting fiancé to meet his wildly dysfunctional family. He is intentionally late but his bride-to-be holds her own.
Free Ticket Policy: 10 free tickets for teens aged 14-19 for each performance. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Accompanying adults must purchase tickets.