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| | A Christmas Story
Adapted by Phil Grecian
Director Mary Bird Matern
Assisted by Jeff Schultz
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!" All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold flagpole; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; and Ralphie's father's Major Award.
Chicago Street Theatre has a long history with this play as we were the first community theatre ever to stage it back in the year 2000.
No patrons under 3 will be admitted to theatre and every patron must have a seat (no lap seating).
NOTE! IF A PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATED AS SOLD-OUT, THE WHEELCHAIR SEATS ARE MOST LIKELY AVAILABLE AND CAN BE PURCHASED BY ANYONE!
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois
CASH BAR - BEER & WINE AVAILABLE!
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CAST
RALPH.............................. Ron Donahue
RALPHIE........................... Jonah Knauff
RANDY...............................Luke Danford
OLD MAN....................... Jason Summer
MOTHER........................... Missy Rump
FLICK......................... Scott Monarch Jr.
SCHWARTZ........................... AJ Gabriel
FARKAS............................... Bryce Fech
TOADIE....................... Abram Fitzgerald
MISS SHIELDS............... June Saavedra
ESTHER JANE................ Rose Tursman
HELEN.................................... Ava Meyer
BUMPUS HOUND 2/BLACK BART/ELF 3 ......................................Conner Donahue
BUMPUS HOUND 3/DESPERADO/ELF 1 ......................................Audrey Donahue
BUMPUS HOUND 1/DESPERADO/ELF 2 .......................................Valerie Donahue | Buy Tickets |
| | Lips Together, Teeth Apart
By Terrence McNally
Directors Lisa Formosa-Parmigiano & Tyler Mills
A gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two straight couples who are discovered lounging poolside, staring out to sea. Sally, married to Sam, a New Jersey contractor, has inherited the house from her brother who died of AIDS. Sam’s hyperkinetic sister, Chloe, and her smug, aristocratic husband, John, have come out for the Fourth of July weekend. Amidst the seemingly mundane activities, it becomes apparent that the two men despise each other because John has had an affair with Sally; Sally is panicked and melancholy because she is pregnant and fears miscarriage; and Chloe seems determined to drive them all mad with her incessant babble and enthusiasm for musical comedies. Through monologues unheard by the others, the characters reveal a desperate sense of individual isolation. The only people these four characters find more alien are the gay men partying in the houses on either side of them. As they divert themselves from their own mortality with food, cocktails, The New York Times crossword puzzle, fireworks, charades, and biting jabs at each other and the boys next door, Sally and Sam and John and Chloe find little to celebrate about themselves or their country on its birthday.
Content Note:
- Adult theme and language
- Mention of suicide
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
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CAST
Chloe...............................Anne Nicholls
Sally...................................Allison Granat
Sam.............................Michael Glorioso
John...................................Erik Gollnick
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| | THE 39 STEPS
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
(from the novel by John Buchan, from the Alfred Hitchcock film)
Directors Joel Henry & Mel Burns-Henry
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance! The directing duo that brought you The Play That Goes Wrong last season is back again to lead the cast through the hijinks. Make your reservations early for this one!
Content Note:
- Gunshots
- Simulated smoking
- Fog effect
The 39 Steps is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com | Buy Tickets |
| | A Night of Comedy!
WELL SUITED THEATER COMPANY
Well Suited Theater Company is back and promising a night of interactive theater and comedy on our stage. Scenes will be made up on the spot with the help of suggestions from the audience. You may recognize some of the group from Disposable Theatre Company, the final show on our stage prior to shutdown in March of 2020.
This event will feature a cash bar.
Join us for a fun evening at the theatre!
Day of show - online sales end at 6pm. Purchase seats at door.
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| | A DEAD MAN'S APARTMENT
By Edward Allan Baker
Directed by Jason Utesch
Assisted by Emma Johnson
Join us for another Studio Diner Theatre presentation!
Last year's production of Rosemary with Ginger introduced audiences to this author, a master of the one act play genre. The addition of a home cooked "diner dinner" created a new experience for audiences in our intimate studio theatre. This year, we meet Lonnie, a married but lonely truck driver, and Nickie, his mistress, a married but lonely hardware store clerk, meet twice a week in an apartment to talk and kiss. They have chosen a day to tell their spouses they are leaving them, but when the day comes, there is a message on Lonnie’s answering machine: “You’re a dead man.” Lonnie wants to put off telling their spouses until he finds out who is after him,
Content Note:
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| | Next to Normal
Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Lyrics by Tom Kitt
Director Mike Glorioso
Assisted by Ashleigh Happer
Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.
Next to Normal Is presented through special arrangement
Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal. Traumatized by the death of her infant son from an undiagnosed intestinal obstruction, Diana has lived with bipolar depressive disorder and delusional episodes for the past seventeen years. The illness has affected everyone in her life and has nearly torn her family apart on several occasions. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.
Content Note:
- Adult theme and language
- Mental Illness
- Drug Use/Abuse
with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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| | William Shakespeare's
KING LEAR
Directed by guest artist
Andrea J. Dymond
A story of ignorance and deceit, King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. Unable to see beyond the lies of his eldest daughters, he divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third who loves him. Rejected by his eldest, Lear wanders through a storm and is driven mad.
Performances July 12 & 13, 2024
Free to the public!
Northwest Health Amphitheater
Central Park Plaza, Valparaiso
Bring a chair and your appetite! Food truck vendors available at 6 PM
Performance begins at dusk
July 19-21- Regular ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre | Buy Tickets |