the side project will kick off the New Year with the World Premiere of Steve Spencer's dark comedy, Push Button Murder. Spencer, the author of 2007 blackbox hit Another Day in the Empire, continues his biting, sarcastic and caustic humor with his play which starts previews January 8, 2015. The play marks his first at the side project. It's director Ronan Marra's side project debut as well.
In Spencer's political satire, Becky and Roy, working deep inside the Military Industrial Complex, have access to our information and our coordinates,and have licenses to kill. Push Button Murder.is the darkest of comedies about revolution, drones, extra-governmental operations, mass surveillance and other things you probably shouldn't have to worry about. Ronan Marra, a co-founder and the Co-Artistic Director of Signal Ensemble Theatre, will direct Spencer's edgily fuinny new play. Marra says, "Exploring the psychological impact the job has on Beck and Roy is the main grab for me, but the fact that it's all wrapped in a truly funny, firecracker script meant a lot as well. Steve's approached this piece from a place of great anger, but managed to make it hilarious." Steve J. Spencer is a Resident Playwright with Chicago Dramatists and was co-founder and Resident Playwright of Chicago's Black Sheep Productions. Their production of his play Another Day in the Empire was named one of the best shows of 2007 by TimeOut Chicago and New City. His play Camp Freedom was developed as part of the DCA's Incubator Series before its world premiere with Black Sheep in 2009. His plays Our Kind of Violence and The News All the Time were featured in StageLeft's LeapFests 7 and 8. He's had readings and productions at the Chicago Dramatists, Stage Left, American Blues Theater and The Artistic Home.the side project is located at 1439 W. Jarvis St., Chicago, IL 60626. For more information, visit www.thesideproject.net. Tickets: $20 General Admission; $15 Senior/Student; $10 Rogers Park Rush (all unsold tickets at the door with 60626 or 60645 ID). General Admission 2-for-1s for January 15, 2015. Group discounts available. Call 773-340-0140 or visit www.thesideproject.net for information/reservations.
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