Engaging Relevant Theatre
Est. Chicago 1982
Season 9 | 1990-91
The Big Bang
by Performing Ensemble
directed by Sandra Verthein†
World Premiere
Never in My Lifetime
by Shirley Gee
directed by Dennis McCullough†
Midwest Premiere
Double Every Minute
4 plays on 2 bills
The Saliva Milkshake
by Howard Brenton
directed by Melissa Lindberg†
Statements Made After Arrest Under the Immortality Act
by Athol Fugard
directed by Shawna Flanigan†
Fair Slaughter
by Howard Barker
directed by Chris Mills†
Chopin in Space
by Phil Bosakowski
directed bySandra Verthein†
Season 8 | 1989-1990
TEECHERS
by John Godber
directed by Dennis McCullough†
Midwest Premiere
¿De Donde?
by Mary Gallagher
directed by Michael Troccoli†
Midwest Premiere
Minnesota
by George Sand
directed by Sandra Verthein†
4:45 A.M.
by Jaime Meyer
directed by Sandra Verthein†
Season 7 | 1988-89
Masterpieces
by Sara Daniels
directed by Christine Sumption
Antigone
by Sophocles
adapted and directed by Dennis McCullough†
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind
by Performing Ensemble
conceived by Greg Allen
directed by Ensemble & Greg Allen
World Premiere
Season 6 | 1987-88
A Different Moon
by Ara Watson
directed by Ann Fournier†
Overruled
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Melissa Lindberg†
A Bright Room Called Day
by Tony Kushner
directed by Bart DeLorenzo
Midwest Premiere
The Return of Pinnochio
by Richard Nelson
directed by Dennis McCullough†
Season 5 | 1986-87
The Woolgatherer
by William Mastronsimone
directed by Ann Fournier†
The Diviners
by James Leonard Jr.
directed by Ann Fournier†
Chromaman
by Jarry Haislmaier† and Lillian Spina
directed by Steven Ivcich
The Lover
by Harold Pinter
directed by Ann Fournier†
The Patter of Tiny Mice
by Anne Godden Segard
directed by Josette DiCarlo
World premiere
Ravenswood
by Terrance McNally
directed by Rick Ladd Holmes
Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music
by Lee Blessing
directed by Melissa Linberg
Season 4 | 1985-86
Play It By Ear
by Sara Fox
directed by Richard Lavin
World premiere
The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
directed by Ann Fournier†
The Lover
by Harold Pinter
directed by Ann Fournier†
1st Annual Off-Off Loop Festival
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Dale Wasserman
directed by Ann Fournier†
Season 3 | 1984-85
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Ann Fournier†
The Fifth of July
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Ann Fournier†
Standing in the Fast Lane
by Jerry Haislmaier† and Josette DiCarlo†
directed by Michael Troccoli
World premiere
The Great Nebula in Orion
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Jimmy Bickerstaff
The Stronger
by August Strindberg
directed by Josette DiCarlo†
Season 2 | 1983-84
The Removalists
by David Williamson
directed by Barry Johnson
Midwest premiere
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
by James Kirkwood
directed by Ann Fournier†
Season 1 | 1982-83
Sorrows of Stephan
by Peter Parnell
directed by Ann Fournier†
Modigliani
by Dennis McIntyre
directed by Ann Fournier†
Porno Stars at Home
by Leonard Melfi
directed by Lawrence Neal Moss†
The Beard
by Michael Mclure
directed by Michael Troccoli†
How the Other Half Loves
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by Lawrence Neal Moss†
† – Ensemble Member at time of production