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PRAISE FOR
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
"Brandon Bruce's revival fully captures the anarchic spirit of Steve Martin's wild and crazy historical fantasy."
- Lawrence Bommer
Chicago Reader
PRAISE FOR
IN THE SPOTLIGHT 2003
ONE-ACT-FESTIVAL
"Ray ... writes with an uncommon maturity and compassion ... the first entry in New Leaf's proposed annual local playwright series suggests it will be a fresh addition to the scene."
- Mary Shen Barnidge
Chicago Reader
PRAISE FOR
RECKLESS
"one of those companies that is able to make the most of their scant resources ... a terrific performance by Erin Shelton as Rachel ... Good things are in store for New Leaf, and you should catch them on the way up."
- Bill Gorman
Centerstage.com
"Director Brandon Ray does a marvelous job ... Erin Shelton is a loopy powerhouse."
- Rebecca L. Ford
Chicago Reader
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2008 - 2009 SEASON
How do we build a future from a present we didn't expect?
DOWNLOAD THE SEASON PRESS RELEASE
October 8, 2008 - November 22, 2008
SIX YEARS
by Sharr White
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
A CHICAGO PREMIERE
Featured at the 2006 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Six Years follows a single couple through the most metamorphic years in our country's history. In 1949, Meredith and Phil Granger are picking up the pieces of their lives after the hardships of World War II. We return to them every six years until 1973, following them through prosperity and upheaval, hope and fear, love and loss. This play speaks to a question that faced our grandparents, our parents, one which we're still striving to answer: how does our nation of families hold together through the push and pull of progress?
WINTER 2009
TOUCH
by Toni Press-Coffman
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
Kyle is a reserved young astronomer in love with the night sky. When a run-of-the mill errand turns his life upside-down, he has to fight to find his footing in the void of this bewildering new existence. Moving from starkly honest storytelling to vivid reliving of key events, this play reminds us that even in the blackest parts of grief, there's always a bright flash of hope. Touch confronts the unexpected on a deeply personal level: how do you move forward when your worst nightmare becomes your reality?
SPRING 2009
THE LONG COUNT
an original work developed by the New Leaf Company
The Long Count, currently in development, will invite the company and our audiences to leap into the myriad possibilities revealed in the future we can't foresee. New Leaf is excited to use a variety of performative resources - movement, fable, sound, light, music, environment - to create something that speaks to us and through us about the uncertainties facing all of us. In response to this unexpected present, the company is delving into new artistic territory together. This collaboration is the answer to the question even as we ask it - how do we build a future from a present we didn't expect?
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