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 ...
Rewriting Ourselves
// Aug 24th, 2009
One of the things that became clear at our Brunch Launch this week was that, while our friends and audience clearly love the approach of a season question (yay, score!), it wasn’t yet clear to them exactly how New Leaf chooses each question, each year.
The answer: For us, the season question is always the question of everything. Now.
How do the stories we tell rewrite what we become?
// Aug 22nd, 2009
That is the question guiding our 2009-2010 season, the one we’re launching at our home in the Lincoln Park Cultural Center right now!
Last season, as you know, we asked “How do we build a future from a present we didn’t expect?” Continuing our commitment to unify our seasons around a single question, this year we’ll [...]
keeping secrets – but only until Saturday…
// Aug 18th, 2009
If you’ve been following New Leaf, Nick Keenan, or me on Twitter (and if you’re not – how come?), you’ll have noticed the string of taunting little nuggets that have been leaking out over the past few weeks in regards to our season. As much fun as it is to build suspense – and it [...]
homesick
// Jul 29th, 2009
Summer is a rare time of dispersion for New Leaf. This summer, much of the company is out of town or technically in town and working on other great big projects, or – you know – in Japan for a considerable amount of time. Actually, I’m the only one who hasn’t gotten out of [...]
A Change of Season…..well, for me at least.
// Jul 5th, 2009
So, I am just over my 4 year New Leaf-aversary and (as with all relationships) I have pushed, pulled, laughed, cried and searched for who I am in this “we.” Most of it has been the internal struggle of what I want to do vs. what I am doing and whether or not I even [...]
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