Indian Springs Theatre Presents “Is He Dead?”

Tickets for Indian Springs’ upcoming production of Mark Twain’s Is He Dead? adapted by David Ives, are now available for advanced purchase online.

Richly intermingling elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire with a wry look at the world market in art, Is He Dead? centers on a group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, who stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings. What could possibly go wrong? Join us for hilarious absurdity on stage in the John Badham Theater!

Performance dates and times are:

Tickets are $5.00 each. The run time is approximately two hours with one intermission.

Click here to reserve your ticket(s). Your ticket(s) will be held for you at the Box Office outside the John Badham Theater on the night of your preferred performance. 

On-Stage Creatives: 

Matthew Thomson ’24 as Jean-François Millet / Widow Daisy Tillou

Misbah Meghani ’24 as Bastien Andre

Sara Elizabeth Denny ’26 as Marie Leroux

William Kong ’23 as Papa Louis Leroux

Lizzy Tagtmeyer ’24 as Cecile Leroux

Santiago He ’23 as Hans von Bismarck ("Dutchy")

Shahin Kooshiar ’23 as Agamemnon Buckner ("Chicago")

Erin Sides ’24 as Phelim O'Shaughnessy

Leilah Kooshiar ’26 as Madame Bathilde / The Emperor of Russia

Kate Sides ’26 as Madame Caron / The Sultan of Turkey

Henry Chen ’26 as Basil Thorpe / Claude Riviere / Charlie / The King of France

Off-Stage Creatives:

Sasha Bai ’23 | Assistant Director

Ruby Harris ’25 | Stage Manager

Libby Kennedy ’25 | Prop Head

Ryan Le ’24 | Sound Designer / Sound Board Op

Alex Robinson ’25 | Assistant Light Designer

Mason Forman ’24 | ASM 1 / Prop Assistant

Ember Szaflarski ’23 | ASM 2 / Prop Assistant

Leo Liu ’24 | Stage Crew

Sav Moran ’27 | Stage Crew

Yusuf Ozaydin ’24 | Light Board Op

Evie Frohsin ’25 | Costume Crew Head 

Julia Gale ’25 | Costume Crew