Chicago Writer''s Bloc 2024 New Play Festival show poster

Chicago Writer''s Bloc 2024 New Play Festival at Theater Wit

Dates: (5/5/2024 - 5/12/2024 )

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Theater Wit

Chicago Writer's Bloc

1239 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Chicago,IL 60657

Phone: 773 975 8150

Tickets: $25 Opening Night Show and Reception, $20 all other nights

Staged readings of ten new works by Chicago writers. The festival features five new musicals and five new plays from 14 local Chicago playwrights, lyricists, and composers; including John S. Green (Jeff winner and Pulitzer nominated, THE LIQUID MOON), Chloe Bolan (O’Neill semi-finalist, LOVE IN THE TIME OF DEMENTIA), Joanne Koch (National Nantucket Short Play Competition winner for STARDUST), and former Chicago Tribune feature writer Fran Zell. The works to be performed as staged readings will cover genres from comedies and dramas to documentary theatre, and subject matter that ranges from history to current events, and fantasy to reality. Complete schedule of plays and dates at 2024 Play Festival | Writers Bloc (writersblocfest.org)

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