Tom Williams Shannon plays legendary Theatrical producer Felix Artifex. We see Felix in his shabby office (terrific set design by Tom Burch) as the fast-talking producer tries to cajole, persuade, trick, intimidate, motivate, maneuver, seduce and suggest…
You’ll enjoy the quirky Irish family and you’ll empathize with their search of love in this refreshingly new and surprisingly smart play. Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a talented playwright with a knack for characterization and a fine ear for language. The Night Season is a delight!
Garden of The Three is rough around the edges when it comes to the acting and presentation of the play, but the story is powerful and emotionally riveting. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the scrip
The show does have fine wordplay, many zany characters and loads of humor that propels Hampstead into a quirky delight. Led by Ned Record as Punch and the show’s narrator, we find parodies of King Arthur (Sam Wootten)…
The Sugar Syndrome is an enjoyable dark comedy performed by a talented group of actresses and actors that have a great rapport with each other so that the timing is natural and the emotions are believable
While an intimate knowledge of the book is helpful, you do not need it to be effected by director Gary Griffin’s passionate and moving production. The Color Purple focuses on Celie (in a tour de force performance by Season 3 American Idol Fantasia), and 34 tumultuous years of her life.
Hammett’s last novel tells the story of Nick Charles (William Bullion), a droll heavy drinking retired private detective unwillingly drawn into solving a murder in 1932 (Prohibition Era) Manhattan
Miller presents a complex tale that unfolds as a haunting exploration of business ethics as well as a story about responsibility to one’s family verses the moral imperative to the larger society. Brilliantly, Miller coats the story with layers truth and ambiguity.
The folks at Theo Ubique, in their slightly expanded stage at No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, have ventured in producing Shakespeare’s comedy–The Taming of the Shrew using the hilarious antics and techniques of classic Commedia D’ elle Arte forms including slap-stick, prat falls, sound effects, stock characters and physical comedy. This show is a hoot!
This cast, among the finest non-Equity players in Chicago, under Paul S. Holmquist’s tight and inventive direction, did far more than merely ‘voices’ as this energetic ensemble vividly presented–acted-out really- each of the scenes of Thomas’ ambitious play.