With sharp humor and brutal honesty, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself explores what we want, how to ask for it, and the violator and violated inside us all.
How To Defend Yourself Closes At New York Theatre Workshop April 2nd 2023 & Two of our own are involved in the production!
JAYSON LEE (BFA ACTING 19′) Is In The Cast & Izumi Inaba (Faculty) is the Costume Designer!
You Can Find More Information Above at the “HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF” Link.
How to Defend Yourself, Victory Gardens Theater, closes 2/23/2020. JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19) is in the cast.
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, at Northlight Theatre, closes 12/15/2019. JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19) is in the cast. CHRISTINE A. BINDER (Faculty) is the lighting designer.
Peter and the Starcatcher, Citadel Theatre, closes 10/20/2019. JEREMY ALUMA (MFA, Directing, ’19) directs. JULIA ATKIN (BFA, Acting, ‘17) assistant directs. CHRISTIAN EDWIN COOK (MFA, Acting, ’16), DANIEL GADAJ (BFA, Acting, ’17), JASON GOFF (MFA, Acting, ’15), JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19), MICHAEL MORROW (BFA, Acting, ‘18), and DEKYI RONGÉ (MFA, Acting, ’18) are in the cast. ANDREI BORGES (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘19) is the lighting designer, MADELEINE BYRNE (BFA, Costume Design, ‘19) is the costume designer, and LINDSAY MUMMERT (BFA, Scene Design, ‘20) is the scenic charge artist.
Bertha Van Ation 3.0, presented by The New Colony as part of their inaugural Uncharted Festival at The Den Theatre, two readings only: 7/12/2019 & 7/20/2019 at 7:30PM. MARIO WOLFE (BFA, Stage Management, ’16) is the Playwright. TIFF ABREU (BFA, Acting, ’20), JACK DISSELHORST (BFA, Acting, ’17), MATTHEW ELAM (BFA, Acting, ’18), and JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19) are in the cast.
Hooded or Being Black for Dummies, First Floor Theatre, closes 11/17/2018. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. JALEN GILBERT (BFA, Acting, ’16), CAROLINE HENDRICKS (BFA, acting, ’18), JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19), LAUREN PIZZI MONTGOMERY (MFA, Acting, ’11), CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’15) are in the cast. MATTHEW LOLAR-JOHNSON (BFA, Acting, ’18) and GRACIE MEIER (BFA, Theatre Management, ’17) are understudies. OWÉ PREYE ENGOBOR (BFA, Costume Design, ’18) is the costume designer, CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’14) is the casting director, and JENNIFER WERNAU (BFA, Scene Design, ’18) is the properties designer.
First Floor Theater is a Chicago storefront theater in residence at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park.