Jonathan L. Green News

Sideshow Theatre Company has announced its full 2012/13 Season, which brings to light lingering secrets and apocalyptic preparations.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2012/13 season with the American premiere of the mythological mash-up IDOMENEUS by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David Tushingham and directed by Sideshow Artistic Director Jonathan L. Green.

Sideshow Theatre Company delves into the reality and fantasy of one of America's most notorious serial killers, in the world premiere of Chicago playwright Calamity West's The Gacy Play. Developed with Sideshow over two and a half years, West's play looks under the floorboards of a nondescript suburban home, and reveals the many ghosts hiding underneath. The Gacy Play opens tonight, and we have a first look at the production photos below.

Today, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture (COTC), announced the Fall 2012 Season at both DCA Theater venues: the DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph Street, and the DCA Studio Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street.

Sideshow Theatre Company is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season, featuring three productions that examine the role of personal identity in society.

About Face Theatre concludes its 15th anniversary season and kicks-off GLBTQ Pride Month with the world premiere of THE HOMOSEXUALS by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins, directed by AFT Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar and featuring AFT Artistic Associates Patrick Andrews, Scott Bradley, Elizabeth Ledo and Benjamin Sprunger with Stephen Cone, Eddie Diaz and John Francisco. THE HOMOSEXUALS plays June 11 - July 24, 2011 at The Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are currently available at www.aboutfacetheatre.com or (773) 871-3000.

Sideshow Theatre Company is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season, featuring three productions that examine the role of personal identity in society.

About Face Theatre and The Hypocrites are proud to present THE WOYZECK PROJECT-a festival headlined by productions of WOYZECK by Georg Büchner, adapted and directed by Sean Graney and the world premiere of PONY by Sylvan Oswald, directed by Bonnie Metzgar. PONY/WOYZECK will run in repertory April 10 through May 22, 2011 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St. THE WOYZECK PROJECT will also feature a number of exciting art and humanities events curated from open submissions. Tickets for PONY/WOYZECK are currently available at www.thewoyzeckproject.com or (866) 811-4111.

The 2011 GARAGE REP starts next week as robots invade the Steppenwolf Garage. Seriously, real robots.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's GARAGE REP, featuring three productions from some of Chicago's most innovative, young theatre companies presented in rotating repertory will end April 24 in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St. GARAGE REP 2011 includes: Heddatron by Sideshow Theatre Company, The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen by The Strange Tree Group and Sonnets for an Old Century by UrbanTheater Company.

The 2011 GARAGE REP starts next week as robots invade the Steppenwolf Garage. Seriously, real robots.

Sideshow Theatre Company is proud to present the Chicago premiere of Elizabeth Meriwether's Heddatron as one of three storefront theaters selected for Steppenwolf's 2nd annual GARAGE REP. The play, directed by Sideshow artistic director Jonathan L. Green, is one of Sideshow's most ambitious projects to date, both for its artistic and technical challenges, and will conclude Sideshow's 2010-2011 season. Heddatron will run in repertory for 11 weeks starting February 11 through April 24, 2011, in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St.

Garage Rep is back again in 2011 with three of the most innovative and exciting young Chicago theatre companies on the scene today presenting three new productions in rotating repertory in The Garage at Steppenwolf.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to present its 2nd annual GARAGE REP, featuring three productions from some of Chicago's most innovative, young theatre companies presented in rotating repertory February 11 - April 24, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St. GARAGE REP 2011 includes: Heddatron by Sideshow Theatre Company, The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen by The Strange Tree Group and Sonnets for an Old Century by UrbanTheater Company.

The 2011 GARAGE REP starts next week as robots invade the Steppenwolf Garage. Seriously, real robots.

Sideshow Theatre Company is proud to present the Chicago premiere of Elizabeth Meriwether's Heddatron as one of three storefront theaters selected for Steppenwolf's 2nd annual GARAGE REP. The play, directed by Sideshow artistic director Jonathan L. Green, is one of Sideshow's most ambitious projects to date, both for its artistic and technical challenges, and will conclude Sideshow's 2010-2011 season. Heddatron will run in repertory for 11 weeks starting February 11 through April 24, 2011, in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St.

Garage Rep is back again in 2011 with three of the most innovative and exciting young Chicago theatre companies on the scene today presenting three new productions in rotating repertory in The Garage at Steppenwolf.

On Saturday, January 15, Sideshow Theatre Company will be holding a fundraising event to benefit Sideshow and the Howard Brown Health Centers of Chicago. Howard Brown Health Center is one of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) healthcare organizations, and is in danger of closing. Witness sixteen strong armed, costumed and crazy lady arm wrestlers battle it out for the championship sash in CLLAW VIII. Fusing an open bar, arm bending strength, shady referees and audience participation, CLLAW is the perfect fundraiser that makes you part of the action.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to present its 2nd annual GARAGE REP, featuring three productions from some of Chicago's most innovative, young theatre companies presented in rotating repertory February 11 - April 24, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St. GARAGE REP 2011 includes: Heddatron by Sideshow Theatre Company, The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen by The Strange Tree Group and Sonnets for an Old Century by UrbanTheater Company.

Sideshow Theatre Company kicks off its 2010-2011 season with the MidwestPremiere of Kathleen Akerley's critically acclaimed Theories of the Sun. Part mystery and part sciencefiction, this 'lyrical, melancholy new drama' (Washington Post) has twists and turns that will keepaudiences guessing until the very end.