Lost Works: What could Have Been, is an essay featured in Howlround and initiative by KRISTIN IDASZAK (BFA, Theatre Arts, ’09 & Faculty) that endeavors to pay tribute to the work abruptly stopped by the COVED-19 outbreak. She is calling for submissions for varieties of tributes made to the all the work unproduced or half-produced before the shelter-in-place order. Learn more here. Read the Howlround article here.
Killer Dream Home, In nationwide release. TIA NICOLE LUI (BFA, Costume design and Costume technology, ’19) is the key costume superviser.
Middle Passage, Lifeline Theatre, closes 4/5/2020. HUNTER BRYANT (BFA, Acting, ’17) and MICHAEL MORROW (BFA, Acting, ’18) are in the cast, GREGORY J. FIELDS (BFA, Acting, ’19) understudies. SIMEAN CARPENTER (BFA, Lighting Design, ’18) is the lighting designer. MAREN ROBINSON (Faculty) is the dramaturg.
Peg, The New Colony at The Den, closes 12/14/2019. JENNIFER WERNAU (BFA, Scenic Design, ’18) is the props designer.
ANNIE SHAPERO (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) will launch a 21-day wine class called 21 Days to Wine on YouTube on November 14, 2019. The series is written, produced and directed by Annie, certified sommelier and founder of DiVino, and editor of the DiVino Blog.
Check out the trailer below!
Pakalolo Sweet, Nothing Without a Company in association with Aloha Center Chicago at The Coach House at Berger Park Cultural Center, closes 10/5/2019. RACHEL SLAVICK (MFA, Acting, ’93/Faculty) directs.
MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) is announced a new artistic associate of About Face Theatre after his work as a director on This Bitter Earth.
Source: The Hawk Chicago
Freestyle Love Supreme, The Kennedy Center, closes 7/21/2019. Will run for six weeks on Broadway at The Booth Theatre in New York City. CONNOR WANG (BFA, Sound Design, ’17) is the assistant sound designer.
Herland, Redtwist, closes 4/14/2019. TARA HUFFMAN (BFA, Scenic Design, ’20) is the scenic charge, ALYSSA MOHN (BFA, Scenic Design, ’19) is the scenic designer. GRACIE MEIER (BFA, Theatre Management, ’17) is the photographer.
Source: Redtwist Theatre
Gross Indecency: the Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, closes 3/24/2019. JARED DENNIS (MFA, Acting, ’08) and CAMERON FEAGIN (MFA, Acting, ’94) are in the cast.
