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Thank God for Music Stands: a Festival of New Play Readings
The Ruckus continues its sixth season with a reading series of plays-in-development, presented throughout the month of October in partnership with the side project and with a little physical support from the best friend in the world to freshly-printed paper: the music stand.
Thank God for Music Stands pairs six remarkable playwrights with up-and-coming Chicago directors and equally renowned audiences to help these new works get to that next draft.
Monday, October, 13: Burn Girl Prom Queen, by Randall Colburn (Hesperia), directed by Nathan Robbel (The Right Brain Project). Cal and Jo are carrying a heavy secret, but they're almost guaranteed to be crowned king and queen at prom tomorrow, especially if Cal can break his baseball team's losing streak. Meanwhile, Slugger, who used to be a baseball star like Cal, is trying to reunite with his wife and son. But Slugger's past is about to catch up with him-- and Jo has other plans for prom night.
Tuesday, October 14: The Absent Minded, by Joe Zarrow (Principal Principle), directed by Ruckus company member Dennis Frymire. Domestic drone operator Boyd should be doing well: he has a loving wife, a supportive business partner, and a clean bill of health after a bout with cancer. Instead, he's so acutely desperate to escape his body that he turns to a mad scientist for help in this dark comedy about the mind-body problem.
Monday, October 20th: Macduff, by Will Goldberg (We Three, NY Fringe), directed by Josh Sobel (Hunting of the Snark). Though he's haunted by the things he's done on the job, Macduff (yes, that Macduff) won't give up his undercover assignment in Boston. The organization he's infiltrated dissolves into violence and paranoia as one of its more ambitious members and his equally ambitious wife pull off a coupbut they soon discover that power is easier to win than it is to keep.
Tuesday, October 21st: Tycoon, by Wren Graves, directed by Ruckus ensemble member Brian Ruby (All Saints Day). Sang du Lac, Wisconsin, belongs to logging magnate Pop Gildebrand, and to Pop, sitting in his mansion at the top of the hill, all of its workers are his beloved children. But in the winter of 1887, whispers of discontent start drifting through this company town, and Pop's benevolence might not be enough to stave off revolution.
Monday, October 27th: Double Helix, by M.E.H. Lewis (Jeff Award-Fellow Travelers), directed by Ruckus company member Kristin Davis (RUNG). Thirty thousand people disappeared during Argentina's Dirty War, when the country's brutal military regime terrorized its citizens. Thirty-five years later, one family's search for the truth has promises both peace and disruption.
Tuesday, October 28th: The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe, by Ruckus co-founder and member emeritus Joshua Davis, directed by Allison Hendrix (Co-Artistic Director, Kokandy Productions). Apocalyptic disaster has engulfed the United States, but residents of one town have some bigger problems: Breakups. Flan. Itchy trigger fingers. And then there's Abe. He's watching. Always watching. Watching you.
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LocationThe Side Project (View)
1439 W Jarvis Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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