2025 is here, and the pandemic is officially long over, but, of course, the virus will always be with us, with new variants causing upsurges of concern. For each person the balance between caution and optimism is different and changing. As a community organization, we want to be mindful of making the best possible decisions […]
Meet the Cast – Tyler as Miles!
Let’s get to know the new cast members who will bring She Kills Monsters to life on March 13-15 and 20-22! Name: Tyler Kaplan Age: 31 Background: Physician at Rush What inspired you to audition? I just recently move to Chicago for work over the summer. I had done a lot of theater in high […]
She Kills Monsters
Sunday, March 15, will be the last chance to see She Kills Monsters. In keeping with growing health concerns, we have made the hard decision to cancel the second weekend of the run. She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, Directed by Meara MacGregor and Assistant Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia. Our Cast: Agnes Evans – […]
Our Party Grows: Qui Ngyen’s She Kills Monsters, Dungeons & Dragons, and Geek Theater In the early 1980s, when I was around twelve or thirteen, my older brother got into a game called Dungeons & Dragons. Long before I knew what the game was about, I encountered traces of it around the house. There were the […]
…But You Can’t Stay Here: AIRLINE HIGHWAY and the Problem of Home
A colleague of mine once told me that bartenders in Ireland will sometimes chase customers out at closing time by pointedly asking them, “Have you no homes to go to?” The American closing-time refrain, memorialized in many a country song, is “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.” In Lisa D’Amour’s 2014 play Airline Highway, the […]
Auditions for Buddha Swings!
Breath deeply. Come out and audition for this jukebox swing musical about the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the one who became The Buddha! Be prepared to sing a few bars and read. Auditions take place at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue on: Wednesday, March 13 from 6-9 pm Friday, March 15 from 7-9 […]