Smile

What makes Ian Hauer smile? “My wife makes me smile,” he said. “It’s not just that I enjoy being with her — which I do — it’s that she causes smiles to creep up unaware … Being with her means I’m always in danger of smiling when I least expect it.” The Noblesville resident was born in Minnesota and spent most of his youth in Newburgh, Ind., before ending up in Central Indiana a decade ago to take a job at the Statehouse and finish school at IUPUI and is former deputy chief of staff for the Indiana Treasurer of the State. “I moved to Noblesville in 2019 and absolutely love it here.” Passions? “All of the worthwhile jobs, hobbies and pursuits in my life have had one common thread, storytelling.” In college, he studied history because of his fascination with the past and could understand things better if he knew where they came from. In his free time, he and his wife, Emily (Smith) Hauer, are involved in community theater and actually met while doing a show. He is a playwright, actor and director. He’s acted in nearly 40 full-length plays for eight different theater groups. He co-founded Hyperion Players theater group and is the playwright of “Call Me Sister,” which Hyperion Players is presented earlier this year. Currently, he’s kicking off Hyperion’s second theater season this week with Samuel Beckett’s classic, “Waiting for Godot,” with four performances Thursday through Sunday at The Switch Theatre at Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy in Fishers. Visit www.hyperionplayers.com