Engaging Relevant Theatre
Est. Chicago 1982
Season 42 | 2023-24
August 11 - 20, 2023
Dopp Kitt in the Uncanny Valley by Kimberly Dixon-Mays
directed by Malkia Stampley
Distrikt of Lake Michigun by Stephanie Murphy*
directed by Seth Wilson*
Give Me My Flowers by Deana Velandra
directed by Eileen Tull
Stay Tuned...
Season 41 | 2022-23
Season 40 | 2021-22
A Virtual Play Directed by Bobbi Masters
Performed by Delysa Richards
Written by Crystal Skillman
Season 39 | 2020-21
Season 38 | 2019-20
Season 37 | 2018-19
Insurrection: Holding History
by Robert O'Hara
directed by Wardell Julius Clark
Remount at Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake in August 2018
Detour Guide
by Karim Nagi
directed by Anna Bahow
March 11 – April 7, 2019
a co-production with Silk Road Rising
Season 36 | 2017-18
Building the Wall
by Robert Schenkkan
directed by Amy Szerlong*
September 16 – October 22, 2017
Chicago Premiere
Insurrection: Holding History
by Robert O'Hara
directed by Wardell Julius Clark
January 15 – February 11, 2018
The Luckiest People
by Meridith Friedman
directed by Jason A. Fleece*
March 24 - April 29, 2018
NNPN Rolling World Premiere
LeapFest XV
Summer 2018
The Volunteer by Cassandra Rose
Directed by Brittany Gillespie
Cercle Hermaphroditos by Shaulee Cool
Directed by JD Caudill
Season 35 | 2016-17
The Bottle Tree
by Beth Kander
directed by Amy Szerlong*
October 15 – November 20, 2016
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
What of the Night?
written by María Irene Fornés
directed by Carlos Murillo
January 8 – February 12, 2017
a co-production with Cor Theatre
LeapFest XIV
July 9 – July 26, 2017
Bad Date by Liam Fitzgerald
directed by Drew Martin*
Continuity by Joe Zarrow
directed by Jason A. Fleece*
The Displaced by Isaac Gomez
directed by Jo Cattell
Em ’N’ Nam by Dana Lynn Formby
directed by Meghan Beals
The Other Instinct by Sam Chanse
directed by Emmi Hilger
Season 34 | 2015-16
The Firestorm
by Meridith Freidman
directed by Drew Martin*
October 24 – November 29, 2015
NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
Remount at Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake in July 2016
Mutt
by Christopher Chen
directed by Vanessa Stalling
January 9 – February 14, 2016
a co-production with Red Tape Theatre
Midwest premiere
The Body of an American
by Dan O’Brien
directed by Jason A. Fleece*
August 31 – October 6, 2016
a Chicago premiere
LeapFest XIII
June 25 - July 31, 2016
… And Eat It Too
by Aline Lathrop
directed by Anish Jethmalani
Handled
by Shayne Kennedy
directed by Amy Szerlong*
The New Deal
by Mrinalini Kamath
directed by Elly Green
St. Sebastian
by Andrew Kramer
directed by Lauren Shouse
Season 33 | 2014-15
The Coward
by Nick Jones
directed by Vance Smith*
August 30 – October 5, 2014
Midwest premiere
Keys of the Kingdom
by Penny Penniston
directed by Greg Werstler*
January 10 – February 15, 2015
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
directed by Drew Martin*
April 18 – May 24, 2015
LeapFest XII
July 13-31, 2015
The Bottle Tree
by Beth Kander
directed by Amy Szerlong*
Byhalia, Mississippi
by Evan Linder
directed by Andrew Hobgood
good friday
by Kristiana Colón
directed by Tara Branham
Love in the Time of Bumblehive
by Jeff Tabnick
directed by Emmi Hilger
Season 32 | 2013-14
Warped
by Barbara Lhota
directed by Jason A. Fleece*
August 31 – October 6, 2013
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
A Day in the Death of
Joe Egg
by Peter Nichols
directed by Greg Werstler*
January 11 – February 16, 2014
Remount at Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake in July 2014
Principal Principle
by Joe Zarrow
directed by Scott Bishop*
April 12 – May 18, 2014
a co-production with Theatre Seven of Chicago
World Premiere
Remount at Theater Wit July - August 2014
LeapFest XI
June 14-28, 2014
12th and Clairmount
by Jenni Lamb
original music by Janice Lowe
directed by John Gawlik
The Firestorm
by Meridith Friedman
directed by Drew Martin*
Mine and Yours
by Carolyn Kras
directed by Ann Shanahan
Raggedy And
by David Valdes Greenwood
directed by Katie Horwitz
Season 31 | 2012-13
LeapFest XI
June 14-28, 2014
12th and Clairmount
by Jenni Lamb
original music by Janice Lowe
directed by John Gawlik
The Firestorm
by Meridith Friedman
directed by Drew Martin*
Mine and Yours
by Carolyn Kras
directed by Ann Shanahan
Raggedy And
by David Valdes Greenwood
directed by Katie Horwitz
Impenetrable
by Mia McCullough
Directed by Greg Werstler*
September 1 – October 7, 2012
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Vance Smith*
January 5 – February 10, 2013
a co-production with Boho Theatre
Rabbit
by Nina Raine
directed by Elly Green
April 20 – May 26, 2013
Midwest premiere
LeapFest X
June 13 – June 30, 2013
Autonomy
by Jayme McGhan
directed by Vance Smith*
Blue/Whitney
by Steven Haworth
directed by Greg Werstler*
Broken Fences
by Steven Simoncic
directed by Ann Filmer and Ilesa Duncan
presented in association with 16th Street Theater
Open Book
by Katie Watson
directed by Scott Bishop*
The Liar Paradox
by Kristin Idaszak
directed by Katie Horwitz
Your Teacher is Out Today
by S. Thomasin Barsotti
directed by Drew Martin*
Season 30 | 2011-12
Farragut North
by Beau Willimon
directed by Vance Smith*
September 3 – October 9th, 2011
a Chicago premiere
Remount at Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake in July 2012
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
by Jeff Goode
directed by Greg Werstler*, Jason A. Fleece*, Drew Martin* & Mark Pracht*
December 9th – 31st, 2011
The Fisherman
by Jayme McGhan
directed by Drew Martin*
February 18 – April 1, 2012
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest IX
May 15 – June 3 2012
Agreed Upon Fictions
by Shayne Kennedy
directed by Megan Shuchman
Keys of the Kingdom
by Penny Penniston
directed by Meghan Beals
The Interview
by Alex Lewin
directed by Vance Smith*
Warped
by Barabara Lhota
directed by Jason Fleece*
Witches Vanish
by Claudia Barnett
directed by Scott Bishop*
* – Ensemble Member at time of production