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2016-2017 Productions

Featuring New Plays Workshops: Plan B / Alpha / Life on Shuffle, Elephant's Graveyard, Getting Out, and Romeo and Juliet

New Plays Workshop: Life on Shuffle

Written by Sophie Hamm
Directed by Meghan Maddigan
SEPT 24, 2016
Newhart Family Theatre

Written by student playwright Sophie Hamm, Life on Shuffle explores the impact music has on memories, relationships, and daily lives. The third and final play of the New Plays Reading Series, this public reading will take place in the Newhart Family Theatre under the student direction of Meghan Maddigan. 

New Plays Workshop:  Plan B

Written by Teddy Larsen
Directed by Kyle Schwartz
Sept 10, 2016
Newhart Family Theatre

Two teens think they might need emergency contraception, so they set out to find it. Watch their struggle-filled pursuit unfold in Plan B, a new comedy by student playwright Teddy Larsen. The first of three plays in the New Plays Reading Series, this public reading will take place in the Newhart Family Theatre under the student direction of Kyle Schwartz.

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New Plays Workshop: Alpha

Written by Elijah Cox
Directed by Caroline Kidwell
SEPT 17, 2016
Newhart Family Theatre

Alpha by student playwright Elijah Cox is a new take on Ancient Greek tragedy that examines the prevalence of rape culture in college fraternities. The second of three plays in the New Plays Reading Series, this public reading will take place in the Newhart Family Theatre under the student direction of Caroline Kidwell.

New Plays Workshop: Life on Shuffle

Written by Sophie Hamm
Directed by Meghan Maddigan
Sept 24, 2016
Newhart Family Theatre
Written by student playwright Sophie Hamm, Life on Shuffle explores the impact music has on memories, relationships, and daily lives. The third and final play of the New Plays Reading Series, this public reading will take place in the Newhart Family Theatre under the student direction of Meghan Maddigan. 
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Elephant's Graveyard

Written by George Brant
Directed by Mark E. Lococo
Photos by Joe Mazza
Oct 27 - Nov 6, 2016
Newhart Family Theatre

"It was September and there was as a town and there was a circus and there was a railroad and there was an elephant..."

Based on the true events surrounding the 1916 lynching of Mary the circus elephant, our season opener Elephant’s Graveyard vividly captures the thrill of the circus, the sentimentality of small town America, and the aggression of mob mentality in this fast-paced dynamic retelling of a historical tragedy.

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Getting Out

 
Written by Marsha Norman
Directed by Jonathan Wilson
Photos by Joe Mazza
Feb 16 - 26, 2017
Newhart Family Theatre

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Marsha Norman’s 1977 Broadway debut follows a young Arlene who has just been released after living the first decade of her adult life in prison. Accosted by the unexpected starkness of the outside world, she must again confront a past she thought she had already conquered as she struggles to assume her new identity as a free woman.

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Romeo and Juliet

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ann M. Shanahan
Photos by Emma Petersen
March 30 - April 9, 2017
Newhart Family Theatre

On the heels of the citywide Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration, we close our season with the bard's best known tragedy. This timeless story of true love caught in the tension of violent social conflict continues to remain brutally relevant today. With a fresh look at the romance and its original context, this production will breathe new life into this legendary classic.

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2016-2017 Second Stages

This is my Body

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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She Kills Monsters

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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New Plays Workshop

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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Henry V Project

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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Offending the Audience

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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The Baltimore Waltz

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Directed by Cristin Carole

March 27-April 6

Elle Woods had it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority for the stuffy Harvard Law School, tackling this exclusive environment with optimism and ambition. The verdict? An inspiring and wildly entertaining take on identity and power. Based on the hit movie and filled with show-stopping songs, Legally Blonde celebrates the trial and victories of being yourself.

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