Asante Art Institute<\/a> will stage a newly reimagined version that shifts its perspective, placing new emphasis on a lesser-known figure from that championship team.<\/p>\nInside a local theater, actors are rehearsing scenes that bring the historic season back to life.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt allowed for them to create a statement and to do something, not only for Indiana, but for players worldwide,\u201d Choreographer Shawn \u00a0Cowherd said.<\/p>\n
While Robertson\u2019s legacy is central to the story, the reimagined production highlights teammate Willie Burnley.<\/p>\n
In the final moments of the 1955 championship game, Robertson had an opportunity to take a record-breaking shot. Instead, he passed to Burnley, who scored the team\u2019s final two points.<\/p>\n
Seven years later, Burnley died of leukemia.<\/p>\n
Now, the updated version of the play shifts its focus to his life and impact. Telling the story from his own perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Choreographer Shawn Cowherd said the change brings a deeper level of humanity to the story.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis impact, I believe, not only focused on what the ailment that he had, but then the friendship, the notoriety that it brought,\u201d Cowherd said.<\/p>\n
Cast members said the production moves beyond wins and records, instead emphasizing friendship, teamwork and brotherhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt kind of helped to bring everything together, to highlight not only his life, but to give life to other things as we face these causes that we have,\u201d Cowherd said.<\/p>\n
The show opens as Indianapolis prepares to host one of basketball\u2019s biggest events, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament\u00a0Final Four.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s basketball. It\u2019s that time of year. It\u2019s that season. We\u2019re here for basketball \u2014 all things basketball in Indiana. We cannot do basketball without Oscar Robertson,” Cowherd said.<\/p>\n
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