Yoga Play


By Dipika Guha
Directed by Callie Prendiville
May 5 – June 2, 2019

About the Play: Yoga apparel giant Jojomon is at the top of its game when a terrible scandal sends them into freefall. Newly hired CEO Joan stakes everything on a wild plan to recover their earnings and their reputation. YOGA PLAY is a comedy about enlightenment in a world determined to sell it.

Cast
Joan – Jo Anne Glover
Fred – Albert Park
Raj – Sri Chilukuri
Romola/Ensemble – Tamara Rodriguez
Bernard/Ensemble – Matthew Salazar-Thompson

Creative and Technical Team
Director – Callie Prendiville
Stage Manager – Alyssa Swann
Scenic Designer – Divya Murthy
Costume Designer – Danita Lee
Lighting Designer – Christopher Renda
Sound Designer – Matt Lescault-Wood
Prop Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Assistant Stage Manager – Melissa Ballard
Assistant Lighting Designer – Daniel Worlds
Scenic Design Intern – Alyssa Kane

Herland


By Grace McLeod
Directed by Jennifer Eve Thorn
January 20 – February 17, 2019

About the Play: Jean is not moving into a retirement home. She recruits her best friends who are also in their 70s and a high school intern to hatch a bold plan for a Utopian alternative. Formerly the domain of a locally famous Bruce Springsteen cover band, Jean’s garage becomes the stage for a hilarious story about growing into yourself and getting what you want.

Cast
Jean – Rhona Gold
Natalie – Christine Cervas Nathanson
Terry – Loie Gail
Louise – Jill Drexler
Becca – Meg Stoll Tron
Creative and Technical Team
Director – Jennifer Eve Thorn
Scenic Design – Julie Lorenz
Costume Design – Anastasia Puatova
Lighting Design – Ashley Bietz
Sound Design – Lily Voon
Prop Design – Angelica Ynfante
Scenic Charge Artist – Julie Lorenz
Stage Manager – Megan Ames
Technical Director – Rogelio Rosales

Fade


By Tanya Saracho
Directed by Maria Patrice Amon
October 14 – November 11, 2018

About the Play: From the writer of the hit STARZ TV series, “Vida,” comes a play about…writing for TV. Lucia was born in Mexico and is the newest writer for a Hollywood TV Drama. When Lucia meets Abel, the Mexican-American custodian at her office, she jumps to conclusions. As their friendship grows, his ideas blur with hers which leads to unexpected consequences.

Cast
Lucia – Sofia Sassone
Abel – Javier Guerrero

Creative and Production Team
Director – Maria Patrice Amon
Assistant Director – Elizabeth Uribe
Assistant Director – Vanessa Duron
Scenic Designer – Kristen Flores
Costume Designer – Carmen Amon
Sound Designer – Lily Voon
Lighting Designer – Mextly Almeda
Prop Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Technical Director – Scott Amiotte
Stage Manager – Jessamyn Foster

Voyeurs de Venus


By Lydia Diamond
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
August 12 – September 9, 2018

About the Play: They called her The Hottentot Venus, but she had a name. Based in part on the unbelievable true story of Saartje Baartman, an indigenous woman from southern Africa woman who was captured and displayed on the streets of 19th-century London and Paris. Fast forward to the turn of the millennium in Chicago. Pop-culture expert, Sara Washington, is offered the book deal of a lifetime if she’s willing to tell Saartjie’s story. As bizarre dreams and the ghost of Saartjie come to life, Sara is tempted by more than fame and fortune. A provocative, profound, and unapologetically funny tale race, class, and gender.

Cast
Sara Washington – Cashae Monya
Saartjie Baartman – Joy Yvonne Jones
James Bradford/Georges Cuvier – Justin Lang
James Booker – Cortez Johnson
William Bullock/Carl Richards – Max Macke
Alexander Dunlop – Fred Harlow
Millicent Ducent/Becky/Dancer – Nancy Ross
Dance Captain – Lesa M. Green
Dancer – Jocelynn Johnston
Dancer – Ashley Stewart


Production and Creative Team
Director – Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Choreographer – Michael Mizerany
Scenic Designer – Justin Humphres
Costume Designer – Shelly Williams
Lighting Designer – Nate Parde
Sound Designer – Matt Lescault-Wood
Props Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Wigs Designer – Missy Bradstreet
Technical Director – Scott Amiotte
Stage Manager – Nicole Ries
Assistant Stage Manager – Megan Ames
Scenic Charge Artist – Alondra Velez
Production Assistant – Moira Zerbe
Assistant Director – Christine Nathanson
Dramaturg – Yi-Lin Eli Chung

The Madres

By Stephanie Alison Walker
Directed by Maria Patrice Amon & Jennifer Eve Thorn
May 13 – June 10, 2018

About the Play: Josefina’s daughter, Carolina, has been protesting in the plaza again. If Carolina keeps wearing the white scarf and searching for her own missing daughter, Belen, they’ll all be in danger. An award-winning and empowering new play about three generations of women based on the true story of the “Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,” who searched for their missing loved ones during 1979’s “Dirty War” in Argentina.

Cast
Josefina – Maria Gonzalez
Padre Juan – John Padilla
Carolina – Sandra Ruiz
Diego the Soldier – Markuz Rodriguez
Desaparecida – Laura Jimenez

Creative and Technical Team
Director – Maria Patrice Amon
Director – Jennifer Eve Thorn
Scenic Designer – Alondra Velez
Costume Designer – Danita Lee
Lighting Designer – Alex Crocker
Sound Designer – Haley Wolf
Props Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Stage Manager – Megan Ames
Assistant Stage Manager – Danielle Dudley
Technical Director – Cynthia Bloodgood
Scenic Charge Artist – Julie Lorenz
Dramaturg – Yi-Lin Eli Chung

Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!)


By Jami Brandli
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
January 28 – February 25, 2018

About the Play: Its 1960 in North Orange, NJ. Clytemnestra and Madea are housewives with a pill addiction, and Antigone is the teenage girl next door. Will they follow Emily Post’s famous guide to etiquette or will Cassandra, a black working girl, determined to break the curse of Apollo, convince them they now have a choice?

The Diary of Anne Frank


By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Newly Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Kym Pappas
November 12 – December 17, 2017

About the Play: Anne Frank emerges from history in this powerful new adaptation as a living and impassioned young girl on the edge of womanhood. Anne confronts the horror of her time with honesty, determination, and hope. One of the most moving true stories ever told, Anne’s diary speaks today as clearly as ever and holds a message for all generations.

Cast
Anne – Katelyn Katz
Peter – Nick Lux
Margot – Amy Perkins
Mr. Kraler – Austin Wright
Mr. Dussel – Joe Paulson
Mrs. Van Daan – Holly Stephenson
Mr. Van Daan – Jonathan Sachs
Otto Frank – Eddie Yaroch
Edith Frank – Wendy Waddell
Miep – Jamie Channell
Nazi – Malcolm Wilson
Nazi – Gavin Ayers
Nazi – Andrew Sharp

Creative and Production Team
Director – Kym Papaas
Dramaturg – Eli Chung
Scenic Designer – Sean Fanning
Costume Designer – Jennifer Brawn Gittings
Sound Designer – Lily Voon
Lighting Designer – Christopher Renda
Prop Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Technical Director – Cynthia Bloodgood
Stage Manager – Jessamyn Foster
Assistant Stage Manager – Malcolm Wilson

Ironbound


By Martyna Majok
Directed by Jennifer Eve Thorn
September 19 – October 22, 2017

About the Play: At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; its time to talk money. Spanning over 20 years, three relationships, and three presidents, Darja negotiates for her future. A darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury–an a liability–as she fights to survive in America.

Cast
Darja – Jacque Wilke
Maks – Arusi Santi
Vic – Carter Piggee
Tommy – Eric Casalini

Production and Artistic Staff
Scenic Design – Divya Murthy Kumar
Costume Design – Anastasia Pautov
Lighting Design – Alex Crocker-Lakness
Sound Design – Haley Wolf
Props Design – Angelica Ynfante
Stage Manager – Jessamyn Foster
Technical Director – Scott Amiotte
Scenic Painter – Alondra Velez

The Revolutionists


By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Jennifer Eve Thorn
May 21 – June 25, 2017

About the Play: A brutally funny comedy about four very real women who lived boldly during the French Revolution. They’ll hang out, murder Marat, lose their heads, and try to beat back extremist insanity during The Reign of Terror.

Cast
Olympe De Gouges – Jo Anne Glover
Marianne Angelle – Cashae Monya
Charlotte Corday – Samantha Ginn
Maria Antoinette – Lisel Gorell-Getz

Creative and Technical Team
Director – Jennifer Eve Thorn
Scenic/Projection Designer – Emily Small
Costume Designer – Jennifer Brawn Gittings
Lighting Designer – Sherrice Mojgani
Sound Designer – Rachel LeVine
Prop Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Wig Designer – Missy Bradstreet
Stage Manager – Alyssa Swann
Assistant Stage Manager – Colleen Keith
Technical Director – Cynthia Bloodgood
Scenic Charge Artist – Kristen Flores
Assistant Directors – Callie Prendiville, Christine Nathanson

Blue Door

by Tanya Barfield
directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Jan 29 – Feb 26, 2017
OPENING NIGHT: Feb 4

About the Play: Lewis is a tenured professor of mathematics at a well-regarded university. Underneath his veneer of success, however, lies a soul troubled by questions of personal and cultural identity as an African-American man. When his wife leaves him because he won’t attend the Million Man March (also there’s the issue with the laundry), Lewis will inadvertently conjure his ancestors who lead him through an unbelievable journey through the past and present. Filled with humor and woven through with original songs, BLUE DOOR is a vivid, exuberantly theatrical play about the African-American male experience.

Cast
Lewis – Vimel Siphus
Simon/Rex/Jesse – Cortez L. Johnson

Creative and Production Team
Director – Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Scenic Designer – Victoria Petrovich
Costume Designer – Shelly Williams
Sound Designer – Emily Jankowski
Prop Designer – Angelica Ynfante
Stage Manager – Nora Kessler
Vocal Coach/Pianist – Leigh Scarritt
Technical Director – Cynthia Bloodgood
Scenic Charge Artist – Kristen Flores
Painters – Gabriela Coronado, Perla Bshara
Assistant Directors – Jo Anne Glover, Moira Zerbe
Sound Assistant – Ellis Vedar
Public Relations – Alejandro Enciso
Production Intern – Benjamin Supranovich
Engagement – Malesha Taylor and Philip Liburd