That's My Story!
by Niles North students
Performances:
Friday, Oct. 18 @ 4pm
Saturday, Oct. 19 @ 1pm & 4pm
Stories written by child authors will be developed by Niles North students into mini-plays. We then visit to the young authors’ schools and present that’s my story!, an imaginative staging of their tales.
by Niles North students
Performances:
Friday, Oct. 18 @ 4pm
Saturday, Oct. 19 @ 1pm & 4pm
Stories written by child authors will be developed by Niles North students into mini-plays. We then visit to the young authors’ schools and present that’s my story!, an imaginative staging of their tales.
Shakespeare Slam
by Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Performances:
TBD
The Chicago Shakespeare Slam is an event hosted by the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre that gathers 30-40 high schools throughout the Chicagoland area to celebrate and reimagine Shakespeare’s relevance today.
The larger Shakesslam community gathers three times throughout the rehearsal process. Each high school works on their own to put together 2-5 minute pieces - one is from a Shakespeare play and the other is a devised piece we create as an ensemble. These scenes are performed without the use of props or costumes.
by Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Performances:
TBD
The Chicago Shakespeare Slam is an event hosted by the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre that gathers 30-40 high schools throughout the Chicagoland area to celebrate and reimagine Shakespeare’s relevance today.
The larger Shakesslam community gathers three times throughout the rehearsal process. Each high school works on their own to put together 2-5 minute pieces - one is from a Shakespeare play and the other is a devised piece we create as an ensemble. These scenes are performed without the use of props or costumes.
Clue
by Sandy Rustin
Performances:
Thursday, Dec. 12
Friday, Dec. 13
Saturday, Dec. 14
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
by Sandy Rustin
Performances:
Thursday, Dec. 12
Friday, Dec. 13
Saturday, Dec. 14
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Simon Stephens
Performances:
Thursday, Feb. 20
Friday, Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 22
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
by Simon Stephens
Performances:
Thursday, Feb. 20
Friday, Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 22
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
The Addams Family
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Performances:
Friday, April 25 @ 10am Free Community Performance
Friday, April 25 @ 7pm
Saturday, April 26 @ 2pm & 7pm
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Performances:
Friday, April 25 @ 10am Free Community Performance
Friday, April 25 @ 7pm
Saturday, April 26 @ 2pm & 7pm
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
