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Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy theatre presents Of Dice And Men - A Play about Dungeons and Dragons! This virtual production is a remount of Otherworld's first full length production from the spring of 2014, and it has been specifically designed for Otherworld's digital platform. Of Dice And Men will premiere on Otherworld's YouTube page on July 31st and will be available for FREE until August 14th, at which point it will move to Otherworld's Pateron page.

Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy theatre and , The Stupid Shakespeare Company, a Shakespearen Parody Troupe that is a parody within itself will launch their sophmore production PickleRickicles, a 100 minute Pericles and Rick & Morty parody adapted by Katie Ruppert, and directed by Joshua Messick for a limited, three weekend run. Performances take place Fridays-Sundays March 6th-22nd at Otherworld Theatre: 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613. Pay-What-You-Can tickets to all performances are available at www.eventbrite.com

Chicago's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy theatre, announces it's new resident Shakespeare troupe, The Stupid Shakespeare Company and their inaugural production Super Richard World III, a 90 minute Nintendo and Richard III parody co-adapted by director Joshua Messick and Katie Ruppert, with collaboration from the cast. The nine performance limited run will take place at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Bradbury space within Otherworld Theatre. Pay-What-You-Can tickets to all performances are available at www.OtherworldTheatre.org

Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy theatre,  announced casting for Taste of Man-Flesh: A Fellowship of the Ring Parody, adapted by Mary-Kate Arnold, Michael Jay Bullaro and Kai Young and directed by Michael Jay Bullaro, running August 15, 2019 - August 24, 2019.

Otherworld Theatre Company's board of directors announced today that it has named Katie Ruppert as the company's new Managing Director. Ruppert will assume her new position at Otherworld in addition to being the Sketch and Improv Curator, on May 6, 2019, replacing founding Managing Director, Mary-Kate Arnold. Arnold will move to a new dual-role within the company as Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director. Otherworld is committed to developing productions and acts which match their mission to bring a live experience to the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Otherworld is the world's first and only live performance venue dedicated to the production of Science Fiction and Fantasy works.

Otherworld Theatre announces a limited run production of Taste of Man-Flesh: A Fellowship of the Ring Parody, adapted by Mary-Kate Arnold, Michael Jay Bullaro and Kai Young and directed by Michael Jay Bullaro, running August 15, 2019 - August 24, 2019. The six performance limited run will take place at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Bradbury space within Otherworld Theatre. Pay-What-You-Can tickets to all performances will be available soon at www.OtherworldTheatre.org

Otherworld Theatre will presents two productions, being nicknamed The Greeks, classic myths retold through a modern feminist lens. Corona, a world premiere written by Elizabeth A. M. Keel and Medusa Undone a Midwest premiere written by Bella Poynton, both directed by otherworld Artistic Director, Tiffany Keane Schaefer. Corona runs April 5, 2019 - May 18, 2019. Press opening for Corona is April 12, 2019 at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Bradbury space within Otherworld Theatre. Medusa Undone runs April 10, 2019 - May 18, 2019 at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Bradbury space within Otherworld Theatre. Press opening for Medusa Undone is April 13, 2019. Tickets to all shows are available at www.OtherworldTheatre.org

Otherworld Theatre will produce the world premiere of The Winter Wolf  a holiday-themed fairy tale written by Joseph Zettelmaier  and directed by artistic associate Lauren N. Fields. The play runs December 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019. Press opening is December 8, 2018 at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Alchemists' Lab space within Otherworld Theatre. The Winter Wolf was workshopped in 2017 as part of the Otherworld Theatre Reading Series, a monthly staged reading and talkback series. Fields is a recently named artistic associate at Otherworld and directed last season's world premiere production, Down the Rocky Road and All the Way to Bedlam. Tickets to all shows are available at www.OtherworldTheatre.org  

Otherworld Theatre will produce the world premiere of The Winter Wolf a holiday-themed fairy tale written by Joseph Zettelmaier and directed by artistic associate Lauren N. Fields.

Otherworld Theatre announced casting for the world premiere of The Winter Wolf a holiday fantasy written by Joseph Zettelmaier and directed by artistic associate Lauren N. Fields. The play runs December 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019. Press opening is December 8, 2018 at 3914 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613 in the Alchemist's Lab space within Otherworld Theatre. The Winter Wolf was workshopped in 2017 as part of the Otherworld Theatre Reading Series, a monthly staged reading and talkback series. Fields is a recently named artistic associate at Otherworld and directed last season's world premiere production, Down the Rocky Road and All the Way to Bedlam. Tickets to all shows are available at www.OtherworldTheatre.org

Otherworld Theatre Company announced Jacob Bates, Michael Bullaro, Bryce Fields, Lauren N. Fields, Stephanie Mattos, and Nathan Randall Miller will join the company as new artistic associates. The six new artistic associates join existing artistic associates Katy Crow, Emerson Elias, Gaby Fernandez, David Goodman-Edberg, Shaun Hayden, Nick Izzo, and Devonte Washington and ensemble members Mary-Kate Arnold, Bennett Bottero, Grace Gimpel, Tiffany Keane Shaefer, Elliott Sowards, Elizabeth C. MacDougald, Nathan Pease, Sara Robinson, Dylan Schaefer, and Kai Young.

Otherworld Theatre's next mainstage production, Down the Rocky Road and All the Way to Bedlam, a world premiere by Chicago playwright D. Matthew Beyer, directed by guest artist Lauren N. Fields plays April 5 - May 13, 2018 at Nox Arca Theatre, 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #405, Chicago, IL 60613. Press opening is Friday, April 6, 2018.

Otherworld Theatre's next mainstage production, Down the Rocky Road and All the Way to Bedlam, a world premiere by Chicago playwright D. Matthew Beyer, directed by guest artist Lauren N. Fields plays April 5 - May 13, 2018 at Nox Arca Theatre, 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #405, Chicago, IL 60613. Press opening is Friday, April 6, 2018.

Otherworld Theatre's next production, the musical parody, Moon, Prism, Power! A Sailor Moon Musical adapted and directed by Otherworld artistic director Tiffany Keane Schaefer with original music written by Whilwynd plays February 10 18 at Nox Arca Theatre, 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #405, Chicago, IL 60613. Tickets are available now through Otherworldtheatre.org.

They are running everything but no one knows who THEY actually are? Using the text of Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Theyexamines who THEY are and if the secret government really exists.

TRAP DOOR THEATRE presents ..Show within a show. A reception for the artists featured in the production of THEY. Written by Stanislaw I. Witkiewicz Translated by Daniel Gerould Adapted and Directed by: Beata Pilch Trap Door is proud to feature work from local artists in our upcoming production of They.

They are running everything but no one knows who THEY actually are? Using the text of Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Theyexamines who THEY are and if the secret government really exists.

Trap Door Theatre presents... Show within a show, a reception for the artists featured in the production of THEY. Written by Stanislaw I. Witkiewicz. Translated by Daniel Geroul.d Adapted and directed by Beata Pilch.

Known for their imaginative and epic theatrical works of science fiction and fantasy, Chicago's Otherworld Theatre now presents the world premiere of Nick Izzo's The Rogue Aviator.

Known for their imaginative and epic theatrical works of science fiction and fantasy, Chicago's Otherworld Theatre now presents a remount of the world premier of their adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars. A Confederate deserter, John Carter's world is turned upside-down when he finds himself mysteriously transported to the surface of Mars, where he is forced into a colossal conflicts between the planet's alien races. Poised on the edge of collapse, the planet's fate comes to rest on Carter's war-weary shoulders-and now he must choose sides. Filled with extra-terrestrial environments, epic battles, elaborate costuming and more, A Princess of Mars at Berger Park promises to whisk you away on an unforgettable theatrical adventure.