I “Can’t Pay?” And “Won’t Pay!”

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay by Dario Fo, follows Antonia and Margherita, two working-class Italian women who decide to take matters into their own hands, and participate in a female-led riot where they steal from the supermarket as a response to a raise in prices. This two-act political farse follows the two women as they try to hide their crime before being caught by their husbands or the police. Gwydion’s version of this classic is a world-premiere translation.

Can’t Pay, Wont Pay closes Dec 17, 2023.

Ember Sappington (Current BFA 4 Dramaturgy & Criticism) is the Adapter!

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The Weather Outside Is Frightful, But the ‘Christmas Carol’ Is So Delightful!

A Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre closes December 31st 2023! TTS Alumni in the cast include: Larry Yando (MFA Acting 1988), & Susaan Jamshidi (MFA Acting 2007).

TTS Alumni/ Faculty Involved In Designing/ Producing, etc: Keith Parham is The Lighting Designer (BFA Lighting 1998) and Neena Arndt is The Dramaturg (Faculty).

Student Discount Tickets Can Be Found Here!

Learn ‘How To Dance In Ohio’

At a group counseling center in Columbus, Ohio, seven autistic young adults prepare for a spring formal dance–a rite of passage that breaks open their routines and sets off hilarious and heartbreaking encounters with love, stress, excitement, and independence. How To Dance In Ohio is currently at the Belasco Theatre!

TTS Alumni Included are: Connor Wang (BFA-Sound Design 2017) Sound Designer & Camille Denholm, (BFA-Sound Design 2019) Assistant Sound Designer, Broadway Debut!

You Can Find More Information Here!

How To Dance In Ohio Playbill - Opening Night

The Bottoming Process at Theatre Wit

THE BOTTOMING PROCESS is a new play about two writers who meet at WeWork and fall in love – or something like it. One is a famed novelist, and the other is a nobody who’s mostly funny on Twitter. As they mate, date, and cohabitate, they’ll grapple with issues of race, sex, power, and the model minority myth, all to find out who’s really on top.

This one night FREE Staged Reading happens at Theatre Wit Nov. 7th at 7 PM!

TTS Alumni Include:

Rich Adrian (BFA 23′ ACTING)

Taylor (Tae) Santos (MFA ACTING 23′)

Carolyn Bradbury (MFA ACTING 20′)

John Duncan (BAF ACTING 23′)

You Can Find Tickets HERE!

 

Hunger Games: Ballad of the Songbirds & The Snakes

In Hunger Games: Ballad of the Songbirds & The Snakes, (which premiered on November 5, 2023 In Berlin, Germany) Eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow, the orphaned son of a Capitol officer, becomes determined to restore his family’s lost wealth. To punish the rebels, two ‘tributes’, a boy and a girl from each District are chosen to fight to the death in an annual competition known as the Hunger Games.

Tanera Marshall (BFA-ACTING 95 Alumni) is in the Cast!

You Can Find More Information Here!

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) - IMDb

 

 

Brew Potions At “WITCH”

The Artistic Home’s ‘Witch’ at The Den Theatre Closes December 3rd 2023. As The Artistic Home puts it, “Join us in this provocative fable as we ponder the value of our souls when hope is scarce.

TTS Alumni Include: Kevin Hagan, Scenic Designer (MFA-SCENE DESIGN 1996), Julian Hester, In The Cast (BFA- ACTING 2012), Bryant Hindsman, In The Cast (BFA-ACTING 2022).

You Can Get Tickets Here.

THIS Production of ‘Twelfth Night’ is NO Shipwreck!

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of “Twelfth Night” closes on Nov. 26th 2023. As Chicago Shakes. puts it, “this production brims with heart and revels in the intoxicating power of love“.

TTS Alumni In the Cast Include: Blake Hamilton Currie (MFA ACTING 23), Paul Oakley Stovall (BFA ACTING 91′) , Justen Ross (BFA ACTING 21′)

TTS Alumni Involved in Designing: Parker Molacek Assistant Projection Designer (BFA-Projection Design 23′).

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Recieve A ‘Postcard From Earth’

Postcard From Earth” steeps you in a very loose 50-minute tale about life rising from the oceans onto the land, the birth of human civilizations and the moment, not so deep in the future, when humanity departs a despoiled Earth to settle other worlds — in the process recalling our home planet’s magnificence.

The Film screens at The Sphere In Vegas on October 6th 2023–It is a truly 4D movie production with surround sound, wind and smell simulation. Though it is family friendly there are some intense storm scenes with loud thunder and seat vibration.

One of our own Nic Jones (BFA-Lighting 08′) is the Lighting Programmer!

Here You Can Find More Information!

Postcard from Earth (2023) - IMDb

We All Need To Avoid ‘The Killer’

Solitary, cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, a killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. Yet, the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. The Killer premieres at The Venice Film Festival in Competition!
The Killer streams now on Netflix–one of our own Alumni Nic Jones (BFA-Lighting 08′) is the lighting programmer!
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The Killer | Netflix Media Center

Go On A Thrilling Ride In ‘Maestro’

From Director Bradley Cooper, Maestro is the towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between cultural icon Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro, at its core, is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

Two of our own TTS Alumni are involved in this Movie, they are Nic Jones (BFA Lighting Design 08′) is the Lighting Programmer & Scott Ellis (BFA ACTING 78′)!

This movie premieres at the Venice Film Festival September 2nd 2023, more information can be found here!

Maestro movie: plot, cast, release date and how to watch Bradley Cooper's... - Classic FM