2020 Blue Bash – September 4 (7:00-8:30pm)

2020 Blue Bash – September 4 (7:00-8:30pm)

Featuring live performances by Ensemble & Artistic Affiliates Dawn Bach, Matthew Brumlow, Manny Buckley, Dara Cameron, Dennis Cockrum, Ian Paul Custer, Philip Earl Johnson, Steve Key, Ed Kross, Warren Levon, Michael Mahler, Camille Robinson, Editha Rosario,...
A SHOT: #A Love Story Inspired by Black Lives Matter

A SHOT: #A Love Story Inspired by Black Lives Matter

SYNOPSIS: When Mrs. Nettie Morris (Wandachristine) goes to the storefront campaign office of congressional hopeful Jeffrey Talbott (Ian Paul Custer) determined to save her grandson from Chicago’s violent streets and incarceration with an ingenious plan – a...

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2020 “THE RIPPED FESTIVAL”

2020 “THE RIPPED FESTIVAL”

Read 30 short plays inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. HISTORY – Our Ripped: The Living Newspaper Project began in 2009 with a series of staged readings of short plays based on the 1930s WPA era program “The...
2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Awards

2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Awards

We’re proud to announce the 2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Award to Recent Unsettling Events by Andrea Stolowitz. Featured finalists include Football Football Football Football (or I Love Lave Dash) by Kristoffer Diaz, The Mermaids’ Parade by Gina Femia, and Crying...