Join New Leaf at Theatre Seven of Chicago this Saturday
We are lucky to live in a community where we're friends with some really exciting artists - and where our friends support our work AND make theatre we're excited to see. During Curse of the Starving Class, the cool kids from Theatre Seven of Chicago came and had a playdate with us. Many of them saw the show, and then we headed to our favorite post-show hangout for get-to-know-you-better beers. Not only were we thankful for T7's support in the house that night, but it was such a blast to get to spend some time with a company I've ...
New Leaf Turns 9
New Leaf celebrated its ninth year of operations on Friday, April 23rd with our artistic family - old and new. Pictures say it all. It snuck up on us, but we hadn't just been building a number of great ensembles over the years at New Leaf - we built one big one. Thanks to Austin Oie (The Man Who Was Thursday) for capturing the event for us. [nggallery id=4]
New Adventures – our partnership with Neighborhood Nutrition Centers
[caption id="attachment_457" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fresh, real food is missing from many neighborhoods in Chicago. What can we do to change that?"][/caption] Last fall and into the winter, we started to think about our company and ourselves as members of the larger community. In this thinking, it became clear that we were interested in broadening and deepening our civic engagement, how we as a company interact with the world outside the walls of the LPCC. We want to continue our focus on renewal, and of course keep our work tied to the work on our stage. So a ...
from the Emerging Theatre Award finalists
Hi Chicago! Our five companies - Caffeine, Dog & Pony, New Leaf, Steep, and Theatre Seven of Chicago - are so collectively thrilled to be considered for this year's Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award. It truly is an honor to be nominated, and we're sending out this message because we are just so pleased - all of us - to be in the company of so many committed, visionary, talented artists within our broad community and within these five companies specifically. We know each other, respect one another's work, see each other's shows ...
Wheels in Motion.
" The wheels are in motion. There's nothing you can do to turn it back. The only thing you can do is cooperate. To play ball. To become part of us." - Taylor Most of the New Leaf and Curse of the Starving Class team met up recently at one of our favorite haunts for a fantastic first read through together. We gathered ourselves around some good food and a few drinks and listened to these incredible actors breathe life into the dangerously beautiful words of Sam Shepard. Rehearsals start on March 2nd and we can't wait to roll up our sleeves and dig. Special thanks ...
re-writing Chesterton – thoughts from our dramaturg
// Sep 25th, 2009
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.
Photoblog: Treehouse the First
// Sep 24th, 2009
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.
Treehouse Reading – today! WALL OF WATER by Sherry Kramer
// Sep 19th, 2009
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!
These are the jokes, folks…
// Sep 15th, 2009
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.
Digging in.
// Sep 7th, 2009
Kyra Lewandowski shares some of her image research for CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
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