Stage Left Theatre

The Play:

A young Chicago urbanite is shaken out of his comfortable existence by the urge to help a young woman who is fleeing an abusive relationship. In the face of her apparent mental instability, his attempts upset his life and relationship as he is forced to ask: how can one person truly help another? Mia McCullough is the award-winning author of Echoes of Another Man, Taking Care, Since Africa and Chagrin Falls. Her plays continue to receive productions across the country.

The Playwright:

Mia McCullough (playwright) has received productions of her plays in Chicago at Stage Left, Steppenwolf, and Chicago Dramatists. Recent out-of-town productions include Since Africa at Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company in San Diego, and Taking Care at The Victory Theater in Los Angeles. Mia has received commissions from Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival and Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and she is currently working on her first screenplay-for-hire. Awards for Mia's plays include: for Chagrin Falls (produced at SLT in 2001) the Julie Harris Playwriting Award, the ATCA Osborn Award, an After Dark Award and a Jeff Citation; and for Since Africa, a Jeff Nomination and finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Chagrin Falls was published in the Smith & Kraus anthology "New Playwrights: Best Plays of 2001." Taking Care was published by Chicago Dramatists in "New Plays from Chicago." Mia is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an ensemble member at Stage Left Theatre, and a member of The Dramatists Guild. She teaches playwriting and screenwriting at Northwestern University and Chicago Dramatists. She lives just outside Chicago with her husband, son, small menagerie, but currently no kitchen.