A NEW STAGE

~The following article appeared in The Indianapolis Star on February 3, 2000~ The article was written by Marion Garmel, Staff Writer

TOGETHER: Tom Evans and his wife, *Barbara Farrar Evans, are pleased to be working together in Indianapolis. She is directing Larry Shue's "The Foreigner," opening Friday at Edyvean Repertory Theatre. He is directing Stephen Schwartz's "Godspell," opening February 18th at Marian College.

Tom Evans and Barbara Farrar Evans are happy just to be working in the same city for a change. Director-playwright Evans retired last spring after 32 years at Hanover College, where he turned the small liberal arts institution's theater department into one of the nation's best. Since then, he and his wife, an actress and director known professionally as Barbara Farrar, have been criss-crossing the country on separate projects. When he was in South Carolina, she was in North Carolina. When he was in Colorado, she was still in North Carolina. "We still have a home in Hanover, but mostly we live on the road," said the gray-haired, bespectacled Evans, whose speech still carries the soft accent of his home state of Mississippi. Now, thanks to a happy confluence of events, they both are ensconced at the Downtown Renaissance Tower while working on projects in Indianapolis.

~~~She is directing Larry Shue's "The Foreigner", opening Friday at Edyvean Repetory Theater. ~~~She'll conduct a free theater-games workshop for children 8-12 at the Edyvean on February 12. ~~~He is directing Stephen Schwartz's "Godspell",opening February 18th at Marian College.

*Barbara Farrar is a 1950 graduate of Lepanto High School

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