CHICAGO WRITERS’ BLOC 2022 NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL at Raven Theatre Company

Staged readings of 10 new works presented as part of its 2022 New Plays Festival, running May 23 to June 14 at the Raven Theater in Edgewater. The festival features six new plays and four new musicals from 12 local Chicago playwrights including John S. Green (Jeff winner and Pulitzer nominated, THE LIQUID MOON), Chloe Bolan (ONeill semi-finalist, LOVE IN THE TIME OF DEMENTIA), Joanne Koch (National Nantucket Short PlayCompetition winner), Fern Schumer Capman (Illinois Author of the Year), Richard Reardon (Goodman Theater, Marriott Lincolnshire), Brian Kalz (Hell in a Handbag) among others. The festival will launch with a May 23 benefit featuring MOTHERLAND by Fern Schumer and founding member of Chicago Writers Bloc, Joanne Koch. Based on a book by Schumer Chapman, the play details the true story of a post-Holocaust homecomingfor a Jewish family. The performance will be available in person as well as on-line.