2024 RIPPED FESTIVAL
Read our short plays from the 2024 Ripped Festival.
Fun Home – a Family Tragicomic
Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an...
LIZ & NILKO: “LATIN AMERICANA”
Join us for another Commons event! See & hear award-winning artists Liz & Nilko: “Latin Americana”.
Interview with Katarzyna Muller & Matilda Szydagis
Read this interview with Artistic Affiliate Katarzyna Muller (Polish adapter & consultant) and her sister Matilda Szydagis (dialect coach).
Exec. Artistic Director’s Note on THE LAST WIDE OPEN
In April 2019, I asked playwright Audrey Cefaly to send us THE LAST WIDE OPEN. I asked if we could adapt her script to a Polish immigrant and set in Chicago. Without any hesitation, Audrey gave approval.
Backstage Guide for THE LAST WIDE OPEN
Insider look at THE LAST WIDE OPEN – read interviews, see designs, & learn more about the production.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT CLOWN PAIN
Join us for another Commons event, featuring Ensemble member, award-winning actor, and Ren Faire celeb – Philip Earl Johnson.
2024-2025 Season General Auditions
Join us for the 2024-2025 Season Generals.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Join us for Rubber Banned Book Club’s readings and discussion of Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
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