The 16th Annual Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration program, honoring world class scenic designer Todd Rosenthal (August: Osage County), will take place on Monday, April 27, at the Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. with a viewing of the third annual ?Theater Design Expo' showcasing the works of over 20 Chicago-area emerging theatrical designers and a student portfolio review. Martha Lavey, Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will moderate an inclusive discussion, 'Moving Chicago Productions to New York and Beyond' with the awardees, Director Anna Shapiro and Joshua Schmidt, composer and librettist, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
TALK RADIO by Eric Bogosian will be directed by Gift ensemble member Maureen Payne Hahner, and
assistant directed by Gift ensemble member Alexandra Main from April 2nd - May 30th, 2009.
The Gift Theatre Company's hosts 'STOP AND KISS' NIGHT!! on Wednesday, February 18th from 7pm - close. Press notes promise 'Our economic stimulus plan: You show up, drink and eat with us in the back room, and raise awareness for our Critics' Choice production of Stop/Kiss. Raffle! Prizes! Cupid! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Center on Halsted.'
The Gift Theatre Company's hosts 'STOP AND KISS' NIGHT!! on Wednesday, February 18th from 7pm - close. Press notes promise 'Our economic stimulus plan: You show up, drink and eat with us in the back room, and raise awareness for our Critics' Choice production of Stop/Kiss. Raffle! Prizes! Cupid! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Center on Halsted.'
Are we really living our lives or just sleepwalking? What do we want? And how willing are we to go after it, even if we must, in the pursuit, lose ourselves to find ourselves? Son?s play about a friendship between two girls which blossoms into a romance with devastating consequences receives a bold storefront staging at Chicago?s award-winning Gift Theatre.
Isolation...Fear...Budding sexualities.... Technology as refuge.... A Chicago premiere and World Premiere...An unprecedented re-commitment to Ensemble...An Indiana Farmhouse, a CBS studio during the Golden Age of television, a clustered Cleveland sound studio where a bomb may explode, romance and destruction in pre 9-11 New York, post-traumatic stress disorder and sexual awakening on the razor-sharp coastline of a Maine summer retreat; Horrific acts of violence and humongous displays of love:
1965. Boot camp is over, and now four young soldiers wait to be deployed into an ever-escalating Vietnam conflict. As anticipation, race, and sexuality climb to dizzying hights, a free fall begins that perhaps no man will survive. Streamers, a Tony Award Nominee and Drama Desk Award Winner, comes to The Gift in an explosive staging by ensemble member Daniel J. Ahlfeld.
1965. Boot camp is over, and now four young soldiers wait to be deployed into an ever-escalating Vietnam conflict. As anticipation, race, and sexuality climb to dizzying hights, a free fall begins that perhaps no man will survive. Streamers, a Tony Award Nominee and Drama Desk Award Winner, comes to The Gift in an explosive staging by ensemble member Daniel J. Ahlfeld.
