This Thursday Nov. 5th (Guy Fawkes Day, naturally) is chock full of New Leaf events. We hope you can join us for one or all of them! I know Artistic Director Jess Hutchinson would love some companions as her evening will require some temporal engineering so that she can make all three presentations.

NOVEMBER 5TH
6:30 PM – New Leaf Reading of John Steinhagen’s The Mailman Knows Who Shovels at Chicago History Museum

As part of the Chicago History Museum’s Lincoln Park Block by Block exhibit and the 10th anniversary celebration of The Lincoln Park Community Research Initiative, New Leaf Artistic Director Jessica Hutchinson is presenting a reading of John Steinhagen’s play The Mailman Knows Who Shovels. The piece was originally commissioned by New Leaf for the Mid-North Midsummer Festival as an adaptation of the life stories and journals of several long-time Lincoln Park residents.

New Leaf will be releasing a recording of the original reading later this week as part of the Treehouse Readings Podcast.

WHERE
Chicago History Museum – 1601 North Clark

WHEN
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Program 6:30 p.m.*
Reception and Exhibit Tour
to Follow *please note early start time

Admission is free

TOUR INCLUDES
~ Welcome from CHM President Gary Johnson
~ Special Presentation by the New Leaf Theatre
~ Interactive Research Projects by DePaul Students

RSVP to
Fran Casey
DePaul University Community, Government and International Affairs
Phone: (312) 362-8100
E-mail: cgia@depaul.edu
Web: http://cgia.depaul.edu
Click on the registration link (lower left-hand corner of the page)

8:00
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY Performance at New Leaf Theatre.
Delightful. But don’t take our word for it… check out our reviews

After the Show
Post-show Talkback with the Director, Cast, Crew, Designers, and Company – over Beer and Pizza
From our annual Brunch Season Launch to our monthly Treehouse reading series, New Leaf has a tradition of carefully reimagining stodgy theatrical habits. Come see why our talkbacks are different. You’ll witness the blinding efficiency of a New Leaf changeover as we strike the show for the evening and close the space minutes after curtain call, and then we’ll adjourn as a group to Rocco’s on Lincoln – where much of THURSDAY was conceived – for some beer, some pizza, and lots of conversation, stories, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes insights, and observations from you the audience. It’ll be a talkback to remember. Remember. The 5th of November.

When:
Thursday, November 5th (Guy Fawkes Day!)
11:00 pm – directly following the performance.

Where:
Rocco’s Café and Pizzeria
1924 N. Lincoln Ave.
(Ph: 312.280.8077)