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)
Theater Wit is at 1239 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL.
Radial Gradient (1/27/23-3/11/23)
National Merit (8/25/22-9/25/22)
Rasheeda Speaking (4/22/22-6/4/22)
Brilliant Works of Art (9/10/21-9/30/21)
Teenage Dick (2/28/20-4/18/20)
Limelight (11/29/19-11/30/19)
Real Housewives of Lakeview the Musical: A ONE NIGHT CONCERT READING (4/10/18-4/10/18)
Cyrano (3/3/18-4/15/18)
Marie Christine (10/21/17-12/10/17)
The New Sincerity (2/25/16-4/17/16)
Videos
Les Misérables
Uptown Music Theater of Highland Park (7/26 - 8/11) | ||
Sondheim Tribute Revue
Skokie Theatre (8/8 - 8/18) | ||
Re-Writing the Declaration
The Center for Performing Arts (11/1 - 11/3) | ||
Footloose
Prairie Lakes Theater (9/27 - 10/13) | ||
The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Cadillac Palace Theatre (9/10 - 9/15) | ||
GreenRoom Improv
Raue Center For The Arts (8/31 - 8/31) | ||
Queens of Rock and Soul
The Center for Performing Arts (10/6 - 10/6) | ||
“Better Person” with comedian Billy D. Washington
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (8/23 - 8/23) | ||
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