Betsy Reason

I’ve seen posters displayed all around downtown Noblesville advertising Noblesville Preservation Alliance’s “War of the Worlds.” Today’s production is “a recreation” of the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to believe an actual alien invasion was happening. “The whole idea is that you’re not sitting in a theater. You’re the live studio…

The Headless Horseman rides again at Conner Prairie in Fishers. Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” continues through Saturday in the South Alley and in the Lacey Building in downtown Noblesville. The Hyperion Players brings “Barefoot in the Park” to The Switch stage. Basile Westfield Playhouse’s comedy, “The Curious Savage,” winds down this weekend. Plus, Noblesville Main…

Halls’ Feeding Team Opens 49th Pantry, Brings in Donations Mark and Lisa Hall’s Feeding Team nonprofit opened its 49th little yellow food pantry on Friday at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville. I mentioned this would be coming up in last Wednesday’s Times column. But what was heartwarming was that Mark and Lisa Hall on Friday…

Finding venues for theatrical productions has been the second greatest challenge for Ian Hauer’s newly created theater company, Hyperion Players, which brings its first show in its pilot season to stage this week. Finding rehearsal venues has been less difficult, “but part of the reason, we’re doing plays with smaller casts … so we can…

Noblesville High School’s new head boy’s tennis coach said the $3.9 million tennis facility that was dedicated two-and-one-half weeks ago is a dream come true. Chris Pyle, who was hired over the summer and who is also assistant girls tennis coach for NHS, said, “I got hired way after the project was under way, and…

The drama, “Our Town,” will be played out in the South Alley and Seminary Park in downtown Noblesville over the next few days, The Belfry Theatre’s “Rehearsal for Murder” play continues through Sunday, and Basile Westfield Playhouse’s comedy, “The Curious Savage,” opens this weekend and continues through Oct. 9. Plus, the Potter’s Bridge Festival and…

Basile Westfield Playhouse’s production of “A Curious Savage” — which opens tonight and runs for two weekends — is a wonderful example of “true collaboration” between local community theaters, says its play director Nancy Lafferty. Props, furniture and costumes not only come from the Playhouse but also from The Belfry Theater in Noblesville and Mud…

Noblesville husband and wife Mark and Lisa Hall, co-founders of the two-and-one-half-year-old Feeding Team, are raising awareness of the face of hunger in Hamilton County again this year. And they’re doing it in a big way, come Saturday. The setting is Federal Hill Commons Park just west of White River in downtown Noblesville. “It’s on…

Noblesville High School’s Homecoming Parade on Friday attracted the largest crowd I’ve seen at a Noblesville parade in a long time. So many Noblesville school families came out to watch the parade. Having such a great turnout just goes to show how much the community needs to hold onto our parade tradition, for Homecoming, July…

The Noblesville Homecoming Parade is today and the Homecoming football game is tonight at Beaver Stadium. The Belfry Theatre kicks tonight off its 58th season with a whodunit murder-mystery play. Primeval Oktoberfest is today and Saturday. “Raya and the Last Dragon” is on the big screen at Westfield, and the final city-sponsored concert of the…