Sugar in our Wounds, First floor Theatre at The Den Theatre, closes 11/23/2019. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. GRAINNE ORTLIEB (BFA, Acting, ’19) is in the cast. MADELINE ROSE BYRNE (BFA, Costume Design, ’19) is our costume designer. CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’14) is the casting director.
The Storefront Project, Prop Thtr and The Museum of Contemporary Art, closes 9/22/2019. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18), APRIL CLEVELAND (MFA, Directing, ’19), and COYA PAZ (Faculty) all direct pieces included in the project.
In April Cleveland’s piece, GRACE GRINDELL (BFA, Theatre Arts, ’19) assistant directs. KYA BRICKHOUSE (BFA, Acting, ’19), GREGORY J. FIELDS (BFA, Acting, ’19), and NICK WREN (BFA, Acting, ’20) are all in the cast.
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.
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#NEWSLAVES, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one night only 8/2/2019 at 7:30PM. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. McKENZIE CHINN (MFA, Acting, ’11), JALEN GILBERT (BFA, Acting, ’16), CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’15), and EDGAR SANCHEZ (BFA, Acting, ’07) is in the cast.
They Could Give No Name, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one reading only 8/3/2019 at 11:00AM. KRYSTAL ORTIZ (BFA, Acting, ’16) and COLIN SPHAR (BFA, Acting, ’11) are in the cast.
The Gradient, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one reading only 8/4/2019 at 3:00PM. KROYDELL GALIMA (BFA, Acting, ’09), ELENI PAPPAGEORGE (Acting, ’04-’05), and DEMETRIOS TROY (BA, Acting, ’04) are in the cast.
This Bitter Earth, About Face Theatre, closes 12/8/2018. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs.
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.
Welcome to Jesus, American Theater Co., closes 12/3/2017. WILL DAVIS (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’05) directs. TAYLOR BLIM (BFA, Acting, ’15), RASHAAD HALL (BFA, Acting, ’10) and CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’16) are in the cast. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) is the assistant director.
