OCEAN AND HER MADNESS by Lydia Moss
July 15 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$10.00Written after Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro, this work is an exploration of the mind of a “mad black woman.” It is a madness that is both the synchronization and dissonance of space, time, and music.
Cast and Creative Team TBA
Freshly Brewed Team:
Emma Durbin – Co-Artistic Producer
Joel Willison – Co-Artistic Producer
Magdalena Dalzell – Literary Committee Coordinator
Danny Fender – The Understudy Co-Owner
Adam Crawford – The Understudy Co-Owner
About Freshly Brewed
Freshly Brewed seeks to invest in Chicago’s emerging playwrights and theatre artists in keeping with The Understudy’s commitment to Community, Collaboration, and Discovery. The series features monthly readings of new plays in various stages of development. Each artist contributing– playwrights, directors, and actors– will receive a stipend underwritten by the series’ anonymous donor.
Freshly Brewed also marks the inaugural collaboration between The Understudy and its neighbor, Edgewater’s Raven Theatre, who is thrilled to support The Understudy as their fiscal sponsor for this series. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to Freshly Brewed.
Other Events
A Conversation with Sarah Ruhl: BECKY NURSE OF SALEM
July 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Author Sarah Ruhl joins Polly Noonan for a a discussion of her newly published play BECKY NURSE OF SALEM. Playwright, author, essayist, and professor Sarah Ruhl joins Polly Noonan to discuss their newly published play Becky Nurse of Salem. Don’t miss this intimate discussion ahead of the Chicago premiere of Becky Nurse of Salem. Learn about this layered and thoughful work by one of our favorite playwrights. About the Play A wry, innovative reckoning with the legacy of the Salem…
A Conversation with Sarah Ruhl: BECKY NURSE OF SALEM
July 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Get Lit: Grown-Up Book Fair
July 9 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us at The American Writers Museum and check out a curated selection of Understudy favorites! Indulge your literary impulses at Get Lit: Grown-Up Book Fair! Mix and mingle with fellow bookworms, share your favorite titles, and discover new ones. From cozy mysteries to epic adventures, there’s something for every reader to discover and enjoy! GET TICKETS Shop at pop-up book stands from some of our partner organizations. Organizations to be announced! Challenge your friends to a game of ring toss, test your…
Get Lit: Grown-Up Book Fair
July 9 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
G. L. O. W. : A Queer Sober Open Mic Night
July 19 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
ABOUT THE EVENT Join The Understudy for G.L.O.W., a queer sober open mic night hosted by K.J Whitehead and Sharon Pasia. Expect comedy, drama, and stunts galore. Stay tuned for performer signups! Doors open at 7. Performances begin at 7:30. The Understudy Cafe will be open for refreshments!
G. L. O. W. : A Queer Sober Open Mic Night
July 19 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
THE BIG FINISH hosted by Stephanie and Tiki Vonté
July 20 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join hosts Stephanie and Tiki Vonté for a drag night for the theatre girlies comprised exclusively of 11 o’clock numbers. THE BIG FINISH is a show for full of stunts, drama, and theatrics. THE BIG FINISH: BIG BOYS FINISH LAST This edition of The Big Finish celebrates musical theatre’s leading men and their show-stopping numbers. Pizzazz! Wa-chow! STAY TUNED for full cast announcement. Doors open at 7:30 PM for an 8 PM show. The Understudy cafe will be open for…
THE BIG FINISH hosted by Stephanie and Tiki Vonté
July 20 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
ROLE CALL: July 2024 @ The Understudy
July 23 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Forget *seeing* a show. With this series you actually get to PLAY a role! Join us for a community exploration of some of our favorite work! Part book club, part performance, part debate and part community healing, this year Refracted Theatre Company partners with locations across Chicago to offer Role Call, a community play exploration event coming a neighborhood near you! At ROLE CALL, we bravely dive into a play by reading it cold, and then we engage in and…
ROLE CALL: July 2024 @ The Understudy
July 23 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Play Reading Club: Cardboard Piano
July 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join our monthly play reading club! Each month, we gather to discuss a new, exciting or confounding play that has caught our attention. This month, we’re reading CARDBOARD PIANO by Hansol Jung ABOUT THE PLAY Northern Uganda on the eve of the millennium: The daughter of American missionaries and a local teenage girl steal into a darkened church to seal their love in a secret makeshift wedding ceremony. But when the surrounding war zone encroaches on their fragile union they…