Constellation's Misery

By Alex Chambers

Published January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM EST

The latest Constellation play, opening Thursday, January 30, is Misery. Yes, that Misery. The one based on the Stephen King novel; the one William Goldman adapted for the stage and screen; the basis for the movie, for which Kathy Bates won an Oscar about 30 years ago.

Director Chad Rabinovitz and actor Mark Coffin came in to talk about bringing it to the stage.

The production runs Thursday, January 30 through Sunday, February 16. You can find more information at seeconstellation.org.

Alex Chambers

Alex Chambers runs WFIU’s arts desk, and produces and hosts WFIU’s Inner States, a weekly podcast and radio show about arts, culture, and ideas from southern Indiana and beyond. He’s the co-creator of How to Survive the Future, a podcast about the present, produced in partnership with Indiana Humanities. He has a PhD in American Studies, with a dissertation called Climate Violence and the Poetics of Refuge, and a book of poems called Bindings: A Preparation, about domestic life and empire. In his spare time, he teaches audio storytelling at the IU Media School. When he’s not in the woods gathering sound, you might see him out for a run on the streets of Bloomington.

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