Ashley Stein

Circle Theatre's 2017-18 season will begin with the world premiere of THE CONDITION OF FEMME, an exploration of rape culture based on actual events in the lives of sexual assault survivors interviewed by playwright Lauren Marie Powell. The drama includes monologues delivered by 11 characters created from Powell's interviewees, as well as a central character called Reagan, who is a counselor for a sexual assault hotline.  Powell says, "Every character in the show is a fictionalized person based on those many testimonies, with verbatim quotes included throughout the piece. Most of the characters are an amalgamation of multiple testimonies around recurrent themes in their interviews. Reagan, based on a social worker and a rape-crisis hotline worker I interviewed, meets the 11 survivors through her work and ties their stories together."

Circle Theatre's 2017-18 season will begin with the world premiere of THE CONDITION OF FEMME, an exploration of rape culture based on actual events in the lives of sexual assault survivors interviewed by playwright Lauren Marie Powell. The drama includes monologues delivered by 11 characters created from Powell's interviewees, as well as a central character called Reagan, who is a counselor for a sexual assault hotline.

Written and directed by Beau Buccilli and produced by Byron Hatfield, THE BOOK OF DIONYSUS will star Joe Favia, Seth Kannof, Mal Marcus, Meg Palermo, Kit Rivers, Ryan Santa and Ashley Stein at The Public House Theatre this winter.

Written and directed by Beau Buccilli and produced by Byron Hatfield, THE BOOK OF DIONYSUS will star Joe Favia, Seth Kannof, Mal Marcus, Meg Palermo, Kit Rivers, Ryan Santa and Ashley Stein at The Public House Theatre this winter.

Genesis Theatrical ProductionNFP, Inc presents the Chicago premiere of FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago.

Genesis Theatrical ProductionNFP, Inc presents the Chicago premiere of FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The production previewed March 26, opens March 31 at 7:30 p.m., and runs through May 1, 2011. Lively with humor, anecdote, sorrow, and songs, the musical will without a doubt tug at the audience's heartstrings.