Flying Monkeys at Redtwist Theatre Company

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre presents an added special engagement to its 2026 - 2027 season, the world premiere of Flying Monkeys, produced in collaboration with the New Theatre Project, December 6 - January 17, 2027, by L.C. Bernadine and directed by Robert Falls, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.

Chicago is a city where, when all goes well, theater happens at every scale. Just weeks after Robert Falls directed Don Giovanni at the almost 3,500-seat Lyric Opera of Chicago, Falls directs Flying Monkeys, a new play by Chicago playwright L.C. Bernadine, at Edgewater’s Redtwist Theatre, an intimate venue of just over 35 seats.

Flying Monkeys follows two transport agents working in the so-called “troubled teen industry.” Hired by a desperate mother, they arrive in the middle of the night to legally take her 15-year-old daughter from her home and deliver her to a residential treatment program across the country. What begins as a job governed by contracts and procedure becomes increasingly complicated as everyone involved is forced to confront what they believe desperation can justify.

The running time is 100 minutes, with no intermission. The regular performance schedule includes Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:30 p.m. with some dates adjusted for the holidays. General admission tickets are on sale now for $50; senior and veteran tickets are $35; student tickets are $10; industry tickets are $25; access tickets are $35 and Fridays performances are Pay-What-You-Can with subscriptions to the 2026 - 2027 season also available at RedtwistTheatre.org.