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 ...
Well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight is our second Open Rehearsal for The Long Count.
”Open rehearsal?” you ask. “What’s that?”
”Well, because the focus of this project is so much about the process of developing, cultivating, and nuturing the show, we wanted to continue that process even after we opened.”
“Wait, you’re rehearsing after you open?”
“Yes.”
“And you’re letting people [...]
The Short Count: Alyse Kittner
// Apr 23rd, 2009 Acting ensemble member Alyse Kittner – who we’ve cross-posted once before – took our questions and used them as the starting point of a post on her blog. We’re happy to share her thoughts here, too!
In a word, today I feel lazy. I fell asleep on my couch yesterday after rehearsal around 5pm, moved to [...]
Endings and Beginnings
// Apr 17th, 2009 So. Here we are. Opening night.
A year ago, one of the Leafs made a casual suggestion: “If we can’t find a script that has everything we want, why don’t we write one ourselves?” And so The Long Count was born. From the beginning, this process has been all about, well, process. As we ask ourselves the question [...]
The Short Count: Mark Jacob Chaitin
// Apr 16th, 2009
Mark Jacob Chaitin joined us for last year’s Summerfest new play readings and is back for his first full-length production with New Leaf. He is an actor, director, teaching artist, and love him some summer. He says this is entirely due to Chicago’s Pizza Fest in June. Mmm. Pizza…
1. In a word, today I feel: [...]
The Short Count: Joel Reitsma
// Apr 12th, 2009 Joel recently wrote about his experience with The Long Count’s group mind – and now he’s back with answers to our Short Count questions. Also, we’ve learned that his favorite Saturday morning-style cartoon was “Recess.” Says Joel, “I always watched it because it was very funny, but one of the main kids, TJ, reminded me [...]
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