Events
In a city by the river, society divides along the lines of imperfect DNA, trashy bestsellers and downloadable babies. Macy O. Blonsky, author of “the last print published novel ever,” must decide how far she will go to bring her creation to the world. The Sara Lee Foundation is the exclusive corporate sponsor of What Once We Felt.
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Directed by Dan Stermer Friday-Monday, December 11-14
Photo by Cheryl Mann Welcome homo for the holidays! About Face Theatre presents a rootin’ tootin’ retellin’ of your old favorite western musical. Lady Aunt Eller hosts this tale of gay love triangles in the pioneer days. Full of flair and with a hint of winter, this is the range like you’ve never seen it before.
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THE XYZ FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS
Click here to access our XYZ Walking Tours
& Mapping Project!
xyz headliner: THE FLOWERS
By Adam Bock, Directed by Trip Cullman
October 16 – November 7
Thurs – Sun, 7:30pm, plus Monday, Nov 2 at 7:30pm
Stage Left Theatre, 3408 N. Sheffield
$20 Tickets
Obie Award-winning playwright Adam Bock returns to Chicago with this witty love letter to the theatre. The gay couple that runs The Flowers acting troupe is as star-crossed as the forty-year-old actors they have playing Romeo and Juliet. For one of them, the world has become too small. The other can’t imagine another life. Wry and real, this is a play about parting’s sweet sorrow.
FLOAT
By Patricia Kane; Directed by Jessica Thebus
October 2 & 3, 7:30pm
The Wild Pug, 4810 N. Broadway
$10 Tickets
Director Jessica Thebus and playwright Patricia Kane, who brought us the smash-hit Pulp, now give us a glimpse of small-town life and the group of women building a float for a winter parade.
LET THEM EAT CAKE
Created by Holly Hughes & Megan Carney
October 30 – November 1, 7:30pm
XYZ Festival Headquarters, 4707 N. Broadway
$15 Tickets
Legendary performance artist Holly Hughes collaborates with AFT Artistic Associate Megan Carney on this high-energy, interactive exploration of weddings and gay marriage. Marriage Equality is on the front burner for the LGBT community. Everyone’s got an opinion and maybe more than one. The debate amongst people of the rainbow is almost as heated and divisive as that which is unfolding on the national political scene. Is marriage good for the gays? Are gays good for marriage? Is it a step forward, backward, sideways or all of the above, set to a disco beat?
Also in XYZ …
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IN LOCO PARENTIS |
MAN IN LOVE |
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SEASON CAKE-OFF PARTY Bring a homemade cake to be judged, |
PAVEMENT GROUP presents |
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PRECIOUS LITTLE |
COUGAR BLIND |
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XYZ FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS Help us cover an entire wall with the city as we see and experience it. Add a bit of yourself by drawing, writing and otherwise sharing your stories on |
XYZ WALKING TOURS: Experience Chicago through the eyes and ears of the people behind the XYZ Festival. Download audio tours and personalized maps of neighborhoods, and head out to |
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About Face Theatre presents A one-night only world premiere reading THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER An Epilogue
October 12, 2009 The Owen Theater at the Goodman
A Benefit for About Face Youth Theatre Mayor Richard M. Daley, Honorary Chair Cathy Nathan & Peter Calibraro, Benefit Co-Chairs Directed by Bonnie Metzgar Starring Mary Beth Fisher
Written by Tectonic Theater Project members Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, and Stephen Belber.
Call 773-784-8565 x109 for tickets and information or click here for our limited online ticket inventory.
About Face Theatre joins over 100 theatres around the country in a simultaneous world premiere reading led by Tectonic Theatre Project (original creators of The Laramie Project) in New York City. Mayor Richard M. Daley is the Honorary Chair for this one-night only benefit for About Face Youth Theatre, which was founded in response to Matthew Shepard’s murder eleven years ago to provide a safe space for LGBTQ youth and their allies to become artists and advocates. Visit www.laramieproject.org for more information about this event nationwide.
Reading begins promptly at 6:45 pm CST VIP Reception begins at 5:30 pm CST
(Includes Performance only)
(Includes VIP Reception and Performance)
$250 Tickets (Includes VIP Reception, Performance & 2 VIP Tickets to the Youth Show 2010 & a listing in the program
$500 Tickets (Includes VIP Reception, Performance & your name listed at the “Dreamer” level of the Mentors Circle in the Youth Show program)
Call 773-784-8565 x109 for more information. |
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2009-2010 Memberships are ON SALE NOW. For more information, click here or call 773.784-8565 x111! |
Monday June 15, 2009 7:30pm (Doors 6:30pm)
Sidetrack (3349 North Halsted)
$20 Tickets (plus 1 free drink)
The cast of Broadway in Chicago’s Mary Poppins helps the Monday medicine go down at this syrupy-sweet cabaret. This is your chance to hear your love-fueled favorites sung by the pros. Go ahead. Indulge.
Curated by Paula Gilovich & Jane Beachy
Monday July 27, 2009 8:00pm (Doors 7:30pm)
Subterranean (2011 North Avenue)
$10 Advance, $15 at the Door
Chicago’s queer worlds collide at this unique event, featuring provocative performers and a dance party to boot. The Homo Show brazenly deconstructs Vaudeville, bringing you a variety show you won’t soon forget.
A Benefit for About Face Youth Theatre
Produced by Amy Matheny / Directed by Scott Ferguson
Monday August 24, 2009
Sidetrack (3349 North Halsted)
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Now in its third year, Flip Flop is back! Chicago’s brightest theatre and cabaret artists will delight and entertain in this gender-bending night of music from the 70s.
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30 QUEER PLAYS IN 60 STRAIGHT MINUTES! Friday & Saturday, June 5 & 6 8:00 pm; $20 Tickets At the Neo-Futurarium (5153 N. Ashland) This year’s Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind 2009 Pride Edition is a joint benefit for About Face Theatre and the Neo-Futurists. This show sells out quickly, so grab your tickets here before they’re gone! |
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RIDE FOR AIDS! Support About Face by supporting our riders! About Face is honored to be a beneficiary of this year’s Ride for AIDS. Taking place on June 6 & 7, Ride for AIDS Chicago is a two-day, 180 mile bicycle ride fundraiser produced by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) to raise funds for HIV/AIDS services in the Chicago area. The Ride takes place annually the first weekend of June in recognition of the date scientists began to notice the unusual disease that would later be known as AIDS. The goal of Ride for AIDS Chicago is to return 100% of pledge dollars to the Ride’s beneficiaries. Click here to support the About Face Theatre Ride for AIDS team, featuring our own Dan Stermer! |
About Face Celebrates a Bright New Future
Wonka Ball 2009
A Benefit for About Face Theatre
And About Face Youth Theatre
Co-chairs Dennis Remer and Mike Sullivan, along with the Wonka VIP Hosts, invite you to a Wonka Ball unlike any other. Join About Face as we celebrate the success of our FACE THE FUTURE campaign with a thank you bash that will go down in Wonka Ball history! Help us salute the generosity of the Chicago community at the beautiful, eclectic and hip Salvage One.
Thursday May 7, 2009
Salvage One
1840 W. Hubbard Street, Chicago
6-7:30pm: VIP RECEPTION
7-11:00pm: MAIN PARTY
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VIP RECEPTION (6-7:30PM)
Witness THE 9TH ANNUAL LEPPEN LEADERSHIP AWARDS. Meet About Face Youth Theatre members and AFT artists. Enjoy cocktails and a delicious spread by J & L catering in the downstairs loft.
WONKA PARTY (7-11PM)
Enjoy the open bar and food selections from some of Chicago’s premiere caterers. Bid at the city’s best silent auction. Dance the night away with the Wonka Ball crowd!
ABOUT FACE collaborates with AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY!
American Theater Company, in association with
About Face Theatre, presents
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Text by John Cameron Mitchell
Music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by PJ Paparelli
Now extended through May 31!
Click here for tickets and info
Winner of the 2001 Obie Award and Outer Circle Critics Award for best Off-Broadway Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of a young East German who discovers that the only way to escape communism and come to the United States is to give up a little part of himself. Yes, through a bit of surgery, Hansel becomes Hedwig, marries, and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. In its first rock musical ever, American Theater Company transforms its theatrical warehouse into an underground nightclub for a concert event not to be missed.
American Theater Company
1909 W Byron Street, Chicago
773-409-4125
ABOUT FACE collaborates with COLLABORACTION!
THE BIG TENT
A part of the 9th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival
April 16 – May 10 / The Building Stage / 412 N Carpenter
“The Big Tent”
Devised by: Paula Gilovich*, Greta Honold*, Dav Yendler, Josh O’Kain, John Rooney, Kit Novotny, Members of the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble
This new American fable by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble captures stories of preaching, gambling, marriage, love, citizenship, race, children, and hope under one tent. Will the tent remain standing in a moment characterized by a mythic president, a mythic economic collapse, and the mythic promise of hope and unity?
Click here for tickets and info or call 312-226-9633
About Face Theatre
In association with Scott Ferguson
And The Windy City Media Group
Proudly presents
Theatrebam Chicago’s*
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 8 pm
Mary’s Attic @ Hamburger Mary’s
5400 N. Clark St, Chicago IL 60640
Join us for this fun-filled fundraiser and adaptation of the beloved Emmy Award-winning animated series. After successful runs in Chicago and Off-Broadway, About Face Artistic Associate Scott Ferguson and the Windy City Media Group brings SHRL! to Mary’s Attic for a one-night only benefit for AFT’s Face The Future Campaign.
Tickets are only $20!
Doors at 7 pm, Performance at 8 pm
Click here for tickets and information
*SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
Originally Conceived and Directed by Scott Ferguson Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
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Directed by RICK DILDINE This unique twist on a classic musical asks the eternal question: Why can’t a woman be more like a man? Here, Eliza Doolittle is a young aspiring drag queen with everything to learn and Henry Higgins is the queen who takes young Eliza under her wing. “England” is not the country but rather the biggest most glamorous drag club in town. About Face brings you a luscious cabaret evening filled with lots of good cheer! |
December 11, 12 & 14 at Center on Halsted (3656 N. Halsted)
10TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT READING
OCTOBER 6TH, 2008 AT CENTER ON HALSTED
Written by Moises Kaufman & Members of Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Leigh Fondakowski & Kelli Simpkins
Produced by Amy Matheny
Featuring
Will Allan, Patrick Andrews, Annabel Armour, Daniel
Bryant, Scott Duff, Deanna Dunagan, Brian Goodman,
Elliot Greenberger, Kyle Hall, Ted Hoerl, Ora Jones,
John Judd, Patricia Kane, Keith Kupferer, Amy Matheny,
Larry Neumann Jr., Kelli Simpkins, Phil Smith,
and Penelope Walker
With participation from About Face Youth Theatre members
Sura Antolin, Edlyn “Sonny” Griffin, Ena Ibrakovic,
Scott Jaburek, Lori Moody, Pookie, Chad Roat,
Tea Sefer, and Raina Sun
All proceeds benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation & About Face Youth Theatre.
(all photos from the event taken by Kat Fitzgerald)
Monday August 25th, 2008 at Sidetrack.
Thank you to all who came!
Managing Director Rick Dildine and Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar
photo credit Cheryl Mann
The bidding kicks off for a Tupperware party hosted by Aunt Lola
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Board Secretary Mike Sullivan and Mark Robertson
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Aunt Lola performs
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Chris Walsh and Dennis Remer
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Angelique Munro and Rick Dildine
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Host Amy Matheny and Amanda Lee Cobb
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Kim Osgood and Pat Kane
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