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some of Chicago's finest thespian and creative talent ... searing, poignant, acerbic, surreal, and thought-provoking theater."

Windy City Times

Past Productions

2018-2019


NICK & ZOE

September 6-29, 2018

OXY, OHIO

September 30-October 14, 2018

The Astronomy of Silence

January 24 - February 21, 2019

2017-2018


STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE

January 19 through Feb 16

2016-2017


DEAD CHILDREN

SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER 23, 2016

iN/fLUX (or "Change"): A Festival of Storytelling

March 12 - 29, 2017

HARVEST: Festival of New Works

July 29-August 6, 2017

2015-2016


TWIN SET

October 1- October 18, 2015

TAIL EATS SNAKE: PART DEUX

January 5, 2016 - January 31, 2016

Peeling Back
The Layers:
A Festival
of Storytelling

MARCH 20 - APRIL 6, 2016

PHONIES, FRAUDS AND FAKES: A Play That Is Absolutely Not About My
Ex-Girlfriend

MARCH 26 - APRIL 9, 2016

LYSISTRATA

JUNE 23 - JULY 24, 2016

2014-2015


We Three

November 22 - December 21

Jet Black Chevrolet

November 22 - December 21

Push Button Murder

January 8 - February 8, 2015

HOME: A Festival of Storytelling III

March 22 - April 8, 2015

WHATEVER

July 9 - August 23, 2015

2013-2014


The Kindness of Strangers:
A Festival of Storytelling

October 20-November 6. 2013

Through The Leaves

January 5-February 2, 2014

Request Concert

January 22-February 2, 2014

Sandalwood

March 28-April 20, 2014

What To Listen For

May 31-July 6, 2014

Hello Failure

June 11-July 13, 2014

Mike and Seth

August 1-24, 2014

Miles Away

August 5-31, 2014

The Dangling Conversation:
A Series of
Short Plays

January 17- February 14

2012-2013


Choosing to Be Here: A Storytelling Festival

October 14 - 31

Sugarward

January 3 - February 10, 2013

Elsewhere

March 22 - April 21, 2013

Lives of the Pigeons

May 30 - June 30, 2013

Season XIII: Open House & Preview

December 8

lady M.

January 14 - February 6, 2013

2011-2012


twentyone

November 5 - December 13

Through the Middle Ground

October 30 - December 18

An Interrogation Primer

November 10 - December 17

Joan's Laughter

May 14 - June 17

Enola

May 11 - June 15

In/Corporate (Five Tales of Anxiety)

January 26 - February 2

The Promise

May 20 - June 16

An Interrogation Primer at FringeNYC

August 11 - 26

2010-2011


10th Anniversary Series Staged Readings

December 2010 - June 2011

CUT TO THE QUICK: ON LOCATION

July 30 - August 17, 2011

2009-2010


Rewind

November 20 - December 20

The Artist Needs a Wife

January 15 - February 14

People We Know

May 7 - June 6

2008-2009


Cut to the Quick: Static/Cling

November 16 - December 21, 2008

Cut to the Quick: Splinters and Shrapnel

November 16 - December 21, 2008

Cut to the Quick: Splayed Verbiage

November 16 - December 21, 2008

The Rocks

April 12 - May 17, 2009

Cut to the Quick: Atom Smashers

April 19 - May 17, 2009

Cut to the Quick: after/math

April 19 - May 17, 2009

The Bird Sanctuary

April 12 - May 17, 2009

2007-2008


Slipping

February 5 - February 27, 2008

Smart

November 8 - December 16, 2007

Perfect

February 1 - March 1, 2008

Faster

March 8 - April 6, 2008

On My Parents' One Hundredth Wedding Anniversary

April 10 - May 11

Harvest VI: Festival of New Works

September 1, 2007 - December 16, 2007

365 Days/365 Plays

November 2 - November 3, 2007

Drive

August 27 - October 1, 2007

Butt Nekkid

November 12-December 16, 2007

2006-2007


henry hettinger

August 19 - September 10, 2006

Sweet Pretty Love Jam

November 19 - December 17, 2006

New Orleans

November 16 - December 17, 2006

Thief River

February 22 - April 1, 2007

Katzelmacher

March 4 - April 1, 2007

Raised

June 1 - July 1, 2007

Actual Size!

June 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2007

Harvest V: Festival of New Works

September 17, 2006 - June 17, 2007

2005-2006


Galileo

September 16-October 15, 2005

Crave

October 27-December 18, 2005

Harvest IV: Arrivals

November 13-20, 2005

Porno

May 14 - June 11, 2006

2004-2005


The Sum of Her Parts

September 10-October 10, 2004

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

October 21-December 19, 2004

Harvest III: Festival of New Works

Nov. 9 - Nov. 29, 2004

Salome

February 17-March 20, 2005

When Women Wore Wings

February 20-April 24, 2005

Brian and Shevat

April 1-April 24, 2005

Strangers Knocking

May 5-29, 2005

Barebones and Skin II

June 9-26, 2005

2003-2004


The Balsa Heart

October 12-November 4, 2003

Harvest II: Festival of New Works

November 10-25, 2003

The Elephant Man

January 15-February 15, 2004

Underwater

June 4-26, 2004

Tail Eats Snake

August 6-29, 2004

2002-2003


Flicker of an Expiring Candle

Sept-Oct 2002

Monsters from the Id in "Bizarre Bazaar"

October 25-November 16, 2002

Harvest Festival of New Works

Oct. 28, 2002 - Nov. 11, 2002

Fifedom II: Parodies Lost

November 30-December 15, 2002

March On My Grave

February 7 - 9, 2003

The Paranormal Review

March 7 - March 29, 2003

The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide

May 2 - 31, 2003

Barebones and Skin

June 6-21, 2003

2001-2002


Style of Sympathy

Nov-Dec, 2001

Fifedom I: Pair o' Dese & One o' Dose

February 2002

If God is Dead, Who's Been Smiting Me?

April-May, 2002

Innocent Thoughts

July-August, 2002

2000-2001


Lysistrata

June-July, 2001

Bowlscrapers to Skyscrapers: Business as Usual

June-July, 2001


Cherry Smoke

November 21 - December 19, 2010