It's time to celebrate women playwrights at the IndyFringe DivaFest. WFYI's Jill Ditmire talks with Indianapolis playwright Jan White about her new play " What is This Place?"

A former Hoosier actor returns to Indianapolis with his one man show about the life and times of Winston Churchill. Actor Ron Keaton talks with WFYI's Jill Ditmire about the upcoming show.

Verdy was the first woman to be artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet and the first to hold a university faculty chair position solely for ballet. She joined the Indiana University's Jacobs School ballet faculty in 1996.

For the last 14 months, "An Evening With The Authors" has entertained guests with its send up of an NPR show, hosted by "Dana Glass", the angsty cousin of Ira Glass. Dana invites a number of noted and distinguished authors to share from their latest books.

Indiana Repertory Theatre's original play takes the audience back to the night of the MLK assassination through the eyes of a young Indianapolis woman. Geneva is a junior at Shortridge High School hoping to see Robert Kennedy speak, but she, like the others, has no idea it is not just a routine political campaign stop.

Choreographer Brian Honigbaum created "Remembrances" as a way of honoring the victims of the Holocaust. Honigbaum and other members of Dance Kaleidoscope share their thoughts about creating an emotionally raw interpretation of the horrors that Jews faced in World War II.

Janet Langhart Cohen returns to Indianapolis to introduce her one act play, "Anne & Emmett." It is centered on Anne Frank, who became the symbol of the Nazi Holocaust, and Emmett Till, who helped spark America's civil rights movement. His murder left a deep impression on Cohen, who also experienced racism as a child in Indianapolis.

Mandolin whiz Chris Thile will host back-to-back installments of "A Prairie Home Companion" in St. Paul during the 2015-16 season, and he will co-host two shows with Keillor in San Diego and New York.

Misty Copeland didn't begin ballet until she took a free class at a Boys & Girls Club. Today she became the first black female principal dancer with the U.S.'s premiere dance company.

Gregory Hancock composed and choreographed an original musical based on Frida Kahlo's life from 1919 to 1954. Then it sat, unperformed, for 20 years. But a series of personal tragedies has galvanized Hancock to complete his vision, culminating in the world premiere of "La Casa Azul" at the Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel on June 25-28.