Nelson Algren News

Today, the Jefferson Awards announced the 150 nominations in 35 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. Beginning with this season, the Jeff Awards is acknowledging the work of Large and Midsize theatres in separate categories for productions and technical elements.

Northlight Theatre opens its 2008-2009 Season with the Chicago Premiere of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, in a fresh adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Jessica Thebus. The production runs September 17-October 26, 2008, at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

A new version of Jules Vernes' Around the World in 80 Days will be the only all-new production in the Lookingglass Theatre Company's 2007-8 season. Adapted by Laura Eason, the show will run in April 2008, as part of the company's four-show season.

Transatlantic Liaison, a show about Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren, has been extended through April 15th

Transatlantic Liaison, Fabrice Rozie's play about the affair of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren, will run off-Broadway from March 1st through April 2nd

Marie-France Pisier will star as the feminist novelist and philosopher in the one-woman show Liaison Transatlantique: Letters of Simone de Beauvoir to Nelson Algren from September 30th through October 2nd as part of the Act French festival