WAITING FOR LEFTY

Performance Info

Previews Sept. 2-4, Opens Sept. 8, thru Oct. 2

Thursdays @ 8pm
Fridays @ 8pm
Sat. @ 5pm & 8pm
Sundays @ 2:30pm

Special events & Post-show discussions:

Fridays, Sept. 16, 23, 30 RIPPED: the Living Newspaper Project.
Sunday, Sept. 11 Town Hall: “Odets & WPA”
Sunday, Sept. 18 Town Hall: “Artists & Unions”
Sunday, Sept. 25 Town Hall: “Labor History in Chicago”
Sunday, Oct. 2 Town Hall: “Union Relevancy Now” debate

Synopsis

Inspired by the New York taxi strike of 1934 and first staged by the Group Theater in 1935, these powerful vignettes offer a treatise on societal inequities.  “We’ve been kicked around so long we’re black and blue from head to toes.”  The Los Angeles Times calls WAITING FOR LEFTY “undeniably relevant” and the New York Times hails it as “fiercely dramatic.”

Artists

Cast (in alphabetical order): Manny Buckley*, Sarah Burnham*, John Byrnes, Rinska Carrasco-Amazing, Derek Gaspar, Cheryl Graeff*, Terry Hamilton, Jeremy Glickstein, Zachary Kenney, Warren Levon*, Bradford R. Lund, Mechelle Moe, John Mohrlein*, Suzanne Petri*, Andrew Swanson, and Gwendolyn Whiteside*.

Production: Kimberly Senior (director), Jonathan Nook (stage manager), Jack Magaw (scenic), Heather Gilbert (lighting), Samantha C. Jones* & Elizabeth Flauto (costumes), Victoria DeIorio (sound), Sarah Burnham* (properties), Chris Rickett (fight director), Kelli Marino* (dramaturg), Kayla Anderson (assistant director), and Kortney Kwong Hing (assistant dramaturg).

Artistic Director's note

Interns: Erin Brady, Monica Gilley, Chloe Godard, Dayeanne Hutton, Kaitlin Larson, Torian Miller, Lisa Permuter, Johnathan Wallace, China Whitmire, Kai Young, and Jessica Zyrowski.

* American Blues Theater Ensemble member or Artistic Affiliate

Outreach

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Supporters

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Saints’ Foundation,
Eurex, Citi Private Bank, and the “Works Progress” Sponsors.