Engaging Relevant Theatre
Est. Chicago 1982
Season 29 | 2010-11
Kingsville
by Andrew Hinderaker
directed by Vance Smith
October 19 – November 21, 2010
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen
adapted by Arthur Miller
directed by Jason A. Fleece
March 1 – April 3, 2011
LeapFest VIII
Blessed Assurance: The Story of
Boston Corbett, Slayer of Booth
by Randall Colburn
directed by Greg Werstler †
Make Sure Its Me
by Kate Wenner
directed by Drew Martin†
Thirst
by Anita Chandwaney †
& M.E.H. Lewis †
directed by Lavina Jadhwani
Underneath
by Rob Smith
directed by Jason Fleece †
The News All the Time
by Steve Spencer
directed by Scott Bishop †
Season 28 | 2009-10
Here Where It's Safe
by M.E.H. Lewis †
directed by Scott Bishop †
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest VII
Beaten
by Scott Woldman
directed by Drew Martin†
The Face of a Ruined Woman
by Mia McCullough
directed by Greg Werstler†
The Meaning of Lunch
by Dan Aibel
directed by Jason Fleece†
Mother Bear
by Jayme McGhan
directed by Vance Smith
Our Kind of Violence
by Steve Spencer
directed by Rachel Edwards Harvith
Season 27 | 2008-09
After Ashley
by Gina Gionfriddo
directed by Greg Werstler
Chicago Premiere
The Day of Knowledge
by David Alan Moore †
directed by Drew Martin †
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest VI
Safe
by David Alan Moore †
directed by Scott Bishop †
Ruby Vector
by Karla Jennings
directed by Greg Werstler †
Kingsville
by Andrew Hinderaker
directed by Meghan Beals McCarthy
Hungry Ghosts
by M.E.H. Lewis †
directed by Laura Blegen
Anna is Saved
by Jessica Cluess
directed by Jason Fleece †
Season 26 | 2007-08
Spare Change
by Mia McCullough †
directed by Ann Filmer
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
Skin in Flames
by Guillem Clua
translated from the Catalan by DJ Sanders
directed by David M. Schmitz †
Chicago Premiere
Omniscience
by Tim Carlson
directed by Kevin Heckman†
U.S. Premiere
LeapFest V
Alice in War
by Steven Bogart
directed by Gregory Gerhard
The Fisherman
by Jayme McGhan
directed by Drew Martin†
Here Where It’s Safe
by M.E.H. Lewis†
directed by Kevin Heckman
Iowa Akhbar
by Aaron Carter
directed by Erica Weiss
Safe House
by Lydia Stryk
directed by Laura Blegen
Season 25 | 2006-07
In Times of War
by David Alan Moore†
directed by Ann Filmer
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
One Fine Day
by David Rush†
directed by Drew Martin†
World Premiere
Live Girls
by Victoria Stewart
directed by Kevin Heckman†
Midwest Premiere
LeapFest IV
The Day of Knowledge
by David Alan Moore†
directed by Kevin Heckman†
Electrocution
by Don Tieri†
directed by Laura Blegen
Endangered
by Darrell Capes
directed by Richard Shavzin
Grayville
by Keith Tadrowski
directed by Scott Westerman
Whirlybirds
book by Susan Lieberman
lyrics by David Rush†
music by Jeffrey Bouthiette
directed by Elizabeth Margolius
Season 24 | 2005-06
Echoes of Another Man
by Mia McCullough†
directed by Kevin Heckman †
Midwest Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
Fellow Travellers
by M.E.H. Lewis†
directed by David M. Schmitz†
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest III
The Human Capacity
by Jennifer Barclay
directed by Kevin Heckman†
Odin’s Horse
by Robert Koon
directed by Anna Bahow
Watching for Wolves
by Joy McCullough-Caranza
directed by Dana Friedman
The Fair Hope Memorial
by Louise Schwarz
directed by Morgan McCabe
MisAmerica
by Tom Patrick
directed by Greg Kolack
Season 23 | 2004-05
The (W)hole Thing
by John Green
directed by Chad Eric Bergman
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
The Vow
by Tom Patrick
directed by Kevin Heckman†
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest II
Hiding Hannah
by Joy McCullough-Carranza
directed by LaRonika Thomas†
In Times of War
by David Alan Moore†
directed by Drew Martin†
Superman is Dead
by Dominic Orlando
directed by Jeremy Wechsler
Fellow Travellers
by M.E.H. Lewis†
directed by David M. Schmitz†
Home Front
by Greg Owens
directed by Shade Murray
Season 22 |2003-04
Cuttings
by David Rush†
directed by Jessi D. Hill†
World Premiere
Prairie Lights
book by Susan Lieberman
lyrics by David Rush†
music by Rosalie Gerut
directed by David M. Schmitz†
Remount, Downstage Left Graduate
Burying the Bones
by M.E.H. Lewis†
directed by Kevin Heckman†
World Premiere, Downstage Left Graduate
LeapFest I
The Lost Sheep
by Joseph Fedorko
directed by Eric Reda
Somebody Foreign
by Douglas Post
directed by Terry McCabe
The Vow
by Tom Patrick
directed by Kevin Heckman†
Arrangement for Two Violas
by Susan Lieberman
directed by Ann Filmer
Out Among the Dragons
by Dan Noonan
directed by Sarah Whitney
The (W)hole Thing
by John Green
directed by Chad Eric Bergman
Season 21 | 2002-03
Empty
by Brett Neveu
directed by Jessi D. Hill †
World Premiere
Prairie Lights
book by Susan Lieberman
lyrics by David Rush†
music by Rosalie Gerut
directed by Drew Martin†
World Premiere , Downstage Left Graduate
Train of Thought:
An Evening of Two One-Acts
Suicide
by Mia McCullough†
directed by Jessi Hill†
World Premiere
Tens & Twenties
by Gregory Hardigan
directed by John Sanders†
U.S. Premiere
Cyber Serenade
by Mia McCullough†
directed by Jessi Hill†
Midwest Premiere
Season 20 | 2001-02
Chagrin Falls
by Mia McCullough†
directed by Kevin Heckman †
World Premiere
The Sensitive Swashbuckler and Other Dating Myths
by Christian Murphy & Gail Stern
directed by Jessi Hill†
Remount of 2000 Production
Mrs. Mackenzie's Beginner's Guide to the Blues
by Patty Lynch & Kent Stephens
directed by Jessi Hill†
The Good Woman of Setzuan
by Bertolt Brecht
transl. Eric Bentley
directed by David M. Schmitz
† – Ensemble Member at time of production