LAST RIPPED of the SEPTEMBER SERIES

Posted September 29th, 2011 in News, RIPPED: The Living Newspaper Project by admin

Join us Sept. 30th for the last RIPPED in the SEPTEMBER SERIES…

PERFORMANCE INFO:

Friday, September 30, 9:30 PM curtain

VENUE:
Victory Gardens Biograph, Richard Christiansen Theater
2433 N. Lincoln Ave.  Chicago, IL 60614

TICKETS:
Available at the door only. Suggested donation of $10.00
**Also collecting items to benefit Chicago Public Schools—requested items can be found here: supplies

PROGRAM  C:
An Average Man by Stephanie Walker, directed by Heather Meyers^
Des Plaines Oasis by Brant Russell, directed by Will Clinger
My Big Fat Greek Bailout choreographed by Fayth Caruso
Water Fight by Steven Simoncic, directed by Richard Shavzin^
BarackObama by Dennis Cockrum, Directed by Richard Shavzin^
The First Woman by Nambi E. Kelley, directed by Heather Meyers^

Featured Artists:
Suzanne Petri*^, Heather Currie, Dan Rodden*, Liz Pazik*, Fayth Caruso, Warren Levon^, Kevin R. Kelly^, Otis Fine, Suzanne Lang*, Garrett Weaver, Andrew Ritter, Julie Dahlinger, Rinska Carrasco-Amazing

*denotes AEA Actors
^denotes ABT Ensemble and Artistic Affiliates

Join us for RIPPED this Friday, Sept. 23

Posted September 21st, 2011 in News, RIPPED: The Living Newspaper Project by admin

Check out RIPPED this Friday, Sept. 23 at 9:30pm, following WAITING FOR LEFTY.

VENUE:
Victory Gardens Biograph, Richard Christiansen Theater
2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60614

TICKETS:
Available at the door only. Suggested donation of $10.00.
**Also collecting items to benefit Chicago Public Schools—email Heatherm@americanbluestheater.com for details.

PROGRAM  B:

Daily Bread by MEH Lewis, directed by Heather Meyers^
My Big Fat Greek Bailout choreographed by Fayth Caruso
Des Plaines Oasis by Brant Russell, directed by Will Clinger
Rogers Park Sinking, Studies Show by Jason Wells, directed by Richard Shavzin^
The First Woman by Nambi E. Kelley, directed by Heather Meyers^

Featured Artists:
Suzanne Petri*^, Jeremy Glickstein, Fayth Caruso, Will Clinger*, Otis Fine, Suzanne Lang*, Garrett Weaver, Kate Buddeke*^, Richard Shavzin*^, Rinska Carrasco-Amazing

SEPTEMBER SERIES of RIPPED: the LIVING NEWSPAPER PROJECT BEGINS

Posted September 13th, 2011 in News, RIPPED: The Living Newspaper Project by admin

SEPTEMBER SERIES
following WAITING FOR LEFTY Friday performances

PERFORMANCE INFO:
Friday, September 16, 9:30 PM – Program A
Friday, September 23, 9:30 PM – Program B
Friday, September 30, 9:30 PM – Program A/B

VENUE:
Victory Gardens Biograph, Richard Christiansen Theater
2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60614

TICKETS:
Available at the door only. Suggested donation of $10.00.
**Also collecting items to benefit Chicago Public Schools—email Heatherm@americanbluestheater.com for details.

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PROGRAM A:
In Our National Interest by Andrew Hinderaker, directed by Julieanne Ehre
Green Curtain by Timothy Brien, directed by Heather Meyers^
BarackObama by Dennis Cockrum^, directed by Richard Shavzin^, music direction by Jonathan Wagner
To Haiti With Love written and performed by Tania Richard
My Big Fat Greek Bailout choreographed by Fayth Caruso
The First Woman by Nambi E. Kelley^, directed by Heather Meyers^

Featured Artists:
Minita Gandhi, Guy Massey, Nicholas Combs, Matthew R. Olsen, Suzanne Petri*^, Heather Currie, Dan Rodden*,
Liz Pazik*, Tania Richard, Fayth Caruso, Rinska Carrasco-Amazing

*denotes AEA Actors
^denotes ABT Ensemble and Artistic Affiliates

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UPCOMING—September 23 & 30
Featured Playwrights:
MEH Lewis, Brant Russell, Steven Simoncic, Stephanie Alison Walker, Jason Wells

Featured Artists:
Kate Buddeke*^, Kevin R. Kelly^, Suzanne Petri*^, Warren Levon^, Will Clinger*, Julie Dahlinger, Otis Fine,
Jeremy Glickstein, Suzanne Lang*, Andrew Ritter, Garrett Weaver

RIPPED at the Joffrey Ballet

Posted July 4th, 2011 in News, RIPPED: The Living Newspaper Project by Blues

Join us for the Sixth Edition of RIPPED: the Living Newspaper Project at the Joffrey Ballet on Monday, July 18, 2011 7pm.  Suggested $10 donation.

In addition, we’re collecting school supplies, office supplies, and computer equipment for Chicago Public Schools (CPS).  Bring some new notebooks and pencils.  Thank you for making a difference!

Call for RIPPED suBmissions!

Posted February 14th, 2011 in News, RIPPED: The Living Newspaper Project by Blues

Please send your scripts to Heather Meyers, literary manager, by March 1, 2011.

Topics can include: International Current Events, Environmental Issues, Unions, National and local politics, and Effects of war.

Next event is APRIL 11, 2011 at Schuba’s