Indianapolis Black Theatre Company to debut with ‘Platanos y Collard Greens’

Indianapolis’ theater scene is growing as a new company joins the ranks.  Indianapolis Black Theatre Company (IBTC), spearheaded by Founding Artistic Director Ben Rose, is the newest and only resident theater company to be housed at the District Theatre. The IBTC will see its Indianapolis debut and soft launch in May 2024 with the play “Platanos y Collard Greens,” which is being co-produced with Cultured Urban Winery and Teresa Reynolds Arts & Events. “Platanos y Collard Greens” premieres at Reynolds’ alma mater Ball State University in Pruis Hall on April 18. (Image provided/Teresa Reynolds) “This provides an opportunity to link with Treva [Bostic] and Anderson and start that relationship process of having promoters and other cities to do something that we really haven’t been able to do in the Black community,” Rose said. “I don’t know any other theatre companies in Indianapolis or Indiana that are doing traveling shows like that, so this is a step towards that direction.” The Indianapolis Black Theatre Company aims to amplify Black and brown artists on and off stage and tell diverse stories, but not just in Indianapolis. One of the goals of IBTC is to produce shows here in Indy and then take...