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A New Funding Model for New Leaf
So, it’s official: New Leaf has a track record of putting up some of the best productions in Chicago with one of the smallest operating budgets in the city.
After closing the books on The Man Who Was Thursday, we find ourselves with more pleasant surprises – our ticket sales and two comparatively modest but vital grants have paid the entire production budget for our spring production of...
Treehouse Podcast: Brutal Selfish Rattlesnake
Did you miss our second Treehouse reading of BRUTAL SELFISH RATTLESNAKE, Aaron Weissman’s beautifully savage western musical? Well now you didn’t.
You can download the full length play on our podcast.
Our next Treehouse is this Saturday at 1 pm at 2045 N. Lincoln Park West: Leocadia, directed by Jack Tamburri of the Plagiarists. As Leocadia is being licensed for this one-day performance,...
November 21st Treehouse: Leocadia, or Time Remembered
Ahh, Saturday afternoon. You know what that means: It’s almost Treehouse time. On November 21st, New Leaf welcomes another host of artists – and you – to our space to explore another play together, in the delightfully crisp post-brunch hours.
LEOCADIA (OR TIME REMEMBERED)
by Jean Anouilh
adapted by Patricia Moyes
directed by Jack Tamburri of the Plagiarists
November 21st at 1 pm
Lincoln...
Remember, Remember the 5th of November
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...
Pay No Attention to the Laughter in the Corner
Amanda Frechette joined New Leaf as an Artistic Associate this year – and she’s also the stage management force that keeps shows (and presets) as complex as The Man Who Was Thursday running smooth as butter.
It’s only a day before we open The Man Who Was Thursday and I am sitting at home fully dressed but wearing slippers, fuzzy robe and winter hat. I have been a victim of the common...
