New Work Week | 3rd Week
rootbound
By Katie Bevil
Directed by Leah Profitt
A young woman volunteering at her community garden meets some passionate environmentalists and must either meet their standards or create her own.
Cast:
- Sally Rose Zuckert: Tinsley
- Jess Mora: Erin
- Ro Redfern-Taube: Saige
- Manhar Dixit: Wyatt
It's Curtains
Written by Devin Haas
Directed by Lara Sachdeva
Stage Manager: Ryan Murphy
It's Curtains is a dry, musical twist on the classic whodunnit filled with suspense, comedy, and romance. Note: For the New Work Week performance over Zoom, lyrics were (mostly) spoken.
Cast (in order of appearance):
- Alessandra Tufiño: TV Broadcaster/Detective Claverie
- Ryan Murphy: TV Co-Host
- Liz Ombrellaro: Antonio
- Alisa Boland: Camille
- Laura Mahaniah: Suspect #1
- Hannah Wilson-Black: Suspect #2
Reading the Peach Blossom Fan
By Honglan Huang
Directed by Anne Lim
Two readers experience, interpret and re-interpret the Chinese classic The Peach Blossom Fan.
Cast:
- Nora Schultz
- An Li
- Jon Shao
Mimansa Dogra, Dramaturg
ENTER, DEATH
By Brandon Sward
Directed by Cameron Drake
On a dark night in Colorado, a boy has an encounter with Death that culminates in a conversation about friendship, regret, and losing the ones we love.
Cast:
- Addison Wood: Death
- Evan Finder: Boy
Welcome Back to My Channel
Written and Directed by Brandon Zang
Cast:
- Tess Ortego: Martha
- Noah Friedlander: Marcus
- Shreya Shettigar: Saskia
- Nick Schwarz: Will
- Jayda Hart: Benny
Questions? Contact Tiffany Trent, Interim Director of Performance Programs ttrent@uchicago.edu
rootbound
Reading the Peach Blossom Fan
It's Curtains
ENTER, DEATH
Welcome Back to My Channel
BA Thesis Projects | 4th Week
All original artistic projects are gorgeously intelligent and compelling works driven by passionate inquiries and inventive creative processes. They were developed within a cohort of students whose generosity was palpable – whether in generative brainstorming, gentle encouragement, rigorous critique, or celebratory cheer. BA projects mark the culmination of a student’s studies in TAPS.
86th Annual
live-streamed from Theater West
a one-woman musical comedy created and performed by Dara Weinstein
Friday, April 23
7:00p CST
Unrequited
zoom reading
a full-length musical written and directed by Omar Almakki
Saturday, April 24
3p CST
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zoom reading & screening
a full-length play + 10-15 min film written and directed by Abby Henkin
Sunday, April 25
4p CST