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Plays based on little-known history populate Phoenix Theatre's 2025-26 season
The Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre will have a big start to its 2025-26 season: It will produce "The Rocket Men" by Crystal Skillman. Based on a true story, the play explores the German engineers and scientists who worked for Nazi Germany before moving to North Alabama to work on NASA's rocketry program, helping U.S. astronauts fly to the moon.
Performed by an all-female cast, "The Rocket Men" will offer a fresh perspective on scientific exploration and moral responsibility. The work is set to be a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, and its run will begin in September at the Phoenix. The network is a group of professional theaters that collaborate to support development and sustainability of new plays.
"We've been working with Crystal for the past year to launch The Rocket Men: Zoom readings with local actors, live readings in New York, workshopping, lots of rewriting, reshaping to land on target," Phoenix Artistic Director Constance Macy said in a news release. "I love it because it exposes hidden history told through women's voices, resonates in a profoundly modern way, and is grandly theatrical."
The rest of the Phoenix Theater's season will include more plays produced by the theater itself as well as those presented by American Lives Theatre, Indianapolis Shakespeare Co. and Summit Performance Indianapolis. A Halloween storytelling event and dance concerts also will grace the stage.
Here's the season schedule. Find tickets and more information at
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