re-writing Chesterton - thoughts from our dramaturg

New Leaf posed How do the stories we tell rewrite what we become? as its season question. The first play of the season is adapted from the G.K. Chesterton’s novel, The Man Who Was Thursday. This begs the question: how did Chesterton hope to rewrite the world with his novel, and how does the company hope to rewrite Chesterton?

A Guest post from MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY dramaturg Jacob Juntunen.

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Photoblog: Treehouse the First

A few photos from the first installment of our Treehouse reading series – ‘Wall of Water’ by Sherry Kramer. Be sure to check out our SECOND Treehouse Reading, October 17 at 1 pm: BRUTAL, SELFISH RATTLESNAKE, by Chicago playwright Aaron Weissman, directed by Dan Stermer.

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Treehouse Reading - today!  WALL OF WATER by Sherry Kramer

It’s time for our first-ever Treehouse Reading – and the play’s an old favorite of ours – Sherry Kramer’s THE WALL OF WATER. We’re kicking off today at 1 PM in our home at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center. Hope to see you there!

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These are the jokes, folks...

It’s been a good stretch since I’ve worked on a comedy. There have been comic elements in my projects of late, but in The Man Who Was Thursday, I have a chance to jump inside a real farce. The jokes and reveals and reversals are a lot of fun to play with, but it’s very different from staging drama.

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Digging in.

Kyra // Sep 7th, 2009
Digging in.

Kyra Lewandowski shares some of her image research for CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS

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