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Season 28: 2022-2023
- Mosque4Mosque*
Written by Oemr Abbas Salem, Directed by Sophiyaa Nayar
November 17 – December 17, 2022 @ The Den Theatre - Gender Play, or what you Will*
Co-created by Will Wilhelm and Erin Murray, Directed by Erin Murray
May 4 – June 3, 2023 @ The Den Theatre - Re/Generation Studios reading/workshop series
- Love & Nappiness by Kirsten Baity, directed by Dionne Addai | January 28, 2023
- Lavender Men by Roger Q. Mason, directed by Lucky Stiff | February 18, 2023
- The Model Congressman by Steven Strafford, directed by AJ Schwartz | February 25, 2023
- underdrown by Derek Lee McPhatter, directed by Mikael Burke | March 4, 2023
- The Wholehearted, co-created by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum, directed by Keira Fromm | March 11, 2023
- Switch Hitta by Pen Wilder, directed by Megan Carney | March 18,2023
Season 27: 2021-2022
- Laced*
Written by Sam Mueller, Directed by Lexi Saunders
March 17 – April 16, 2022 @ The Den Theatre - The Magnolia Ballet+
Written by Terry Guest, Directed by Mikael Burke
May 12 – June 11, 2022 @ The Den Theatre - About Face Youth Theatre: Gayme Changers*
Devised by the AFYT ensemble, Written by Kirsten Baity, Directed by Vic Wynter
June 18-24, 2022 @ The Den Theatre
Season 26: 2020-2021
- KICKBACK*
Conceived & directed by Mikael Burke
Streaming Dec 12, 2020 – Aug 31, 2021 - The Gift: a radio play*
Written and Directed by Eric Rosen
Streaming Dec 21-31, 2020 - About Face Youth Theatre: Whodunnit? A Groovy Queer Murder Mystery*
Created by the AFYT ensemble, Directed by Lisa Siciliano and Breon Arzell
Streaming June 1-31, 2021 - hold me the forgotten way*
By Harrison David Rivers, Produced by TigerBear Productions
Streaming June 16 – Dec 31, 2021
Season 25: 2019-2020
- Packing*
By Scott Bradley, Directed by Chay Yew
Oct 31 – Dec 7, 2019 @ Theater Wit - The Gulf+
By Audrey Cefaly, Directed by Megan Carney
Jan 9 – Feb 15, 2020 @ Theater Wit - AFYT: The Glow Up
Streaming - KINSHIP: An All-ages Variety Show (4 events)
- Out Front reading series 2019
- Crystal Lake by Tracy Baim and Clark Baim
Season 24: 2018-2019
- This Bitter Earth
- Dada Woof Papa Hot
- The Total Bent (co-production with Haven Theatre)
- About Face Youth Theatre: 20/20 (20th Anniversary of AFT)
- KINSHIP: An All-ages Variety Show (4 events)
- Out Front reading series 2018
- TransScripts by Paul Lucas
- First DrAAft reading: Packing by Scott Bradley
Season 23: 2017-2018
- Significant Other
- Time Is On Our Side
- Bull in a China Shop
- About Face Youth Theatre: Scary Stories To Save Your Life
Season 22: 2016-2017
- I Am My Own Wife
- The Temperamentals
- Bright Half Life
- About Face Youth Theatre: Brave Like Them: A Queer As Fuck Riot GRRRL Musical
- Out Front reading series 2017 – AIDS On Stage
- As Is by William Hoffman
- Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick
- In the Continuum by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter
- And All the Dead Lie Down By Harrison David Rivers
- First DrAAft reading: An Untitled Piece Inspired by Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Season 21: 2015-2016
- Le Switch
- after all the terrible things i do
- The Secretaries
- AFT 20: A Retrospective
- About Face Youth Theatre: Ad Hoc [Home]
Season 20: 2014-2015
- Methtacular (co-production with Justin Brill)
- Big Red and The Boys
- A Kid Like Jake
- Abraham Lincoln Was a F*gg*t
- About Face Youth Theatre: 15 Breaths
Season 19: 2013-2014
- We Three Lizas
- Brahman/i (co-production with Silk Road Rising)
- The Pride Performance Series
- About Face Youth Theatre: Checking Boxes
Season 18: 2012-2013
- We Three Lizas
- The Pride
- About Face Youth Theatre: What’s the T (remount)
Season 17: 2011-2012
- The Kid Thing
- Rent (co-production with American Theatre company)
- Immediate Family
- About Face Youth Theatre: What’s the T
Season 16: 2010-2011
- Float
- Pony
- The Homosexuals
Season 15: 2009-2010
- XYZ Festival 2009
- What Once We Felt
- Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South
- About Face Youth Theatre: Queertopia
Season 14: 2008-2009
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (co-production with American Theater Company)
- The Young Ladies Of…
- Stupid Kids
Season 13: 2007-2008
- Clay in LA
- Wedding Play
- The Little Dog Laughed
- About Face Youth Theatre: Fast Forward
Season 12: 2006-2007
- Clay
- Say You Love Satan
- Execution of Justice
- Pulp
Season 11: 2005-2006
- Loving Repeating
- M. Proust
- About Face Youth Theatre: The Home Project
Season 10: 2004-2005
- One Arm (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre and Tectonic Theatre Project)
- Take Me Out
- About Face Youth Theatre: The Home Project Workshop
Season 9: 2003-2004
- Pulp
- Winesburg, Ohio
- About Face Youth Theatre: On the Record
Season 8: 2002-2003
- Theatre District (in association with Steppenwolf Theatre)
- I Am My Own Wife (associate produced by Museum of Contemporary Art)
- Fascination
- About Face Youth Theatre: Up Until Now
Season 7: 2001-2002
- About Face Youth Theatre: Inside Out
- Xena Live! Episode 2: Xena Lives! The Musical*
Written by Claudia Allen, directed by Scott Ferguson, based on the television show created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian
March 28 – May 19, Extended thru June 2, 2002 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center
- Another American: Asking and Telling+
Written and performed by Marc Wolf, Directed by Joe Mantello
Feb 21 – March 10, 2002 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Seven Moves*
By Patricia Kane, Based on the novel by Carol Anshaw, Directed by Jessica Thebus
Jan 10 – Feb 17, 2002 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center
- Undone*
Conceived and directed by Eric Rosen, Texts by cin salach, Music by Andrew Pluess and Ben Sussman
Oct 4 – Nov 18, 2001 @ Jane Addams Hull House
Season 6: 2000-2001
- About Face Youth Theatre: In Real Life*
Written and performed by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble
June 21 – July 22, 2001 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - The Terrible Girls*
Written and directed by Kyle Hall, based on the novel by Rebecca Brown
April 12 – May 27, 2001 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Bash: Latterday Plays
By Neil LaBute, Directed by Eric Rosen
Jan 18 – March 4, 2001 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Whitman*
Conceived and directed by Eric Rosen
Oct 12 – Nov 26 , 2000 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center
Season 5: 1999-2000
- About Face Youth Theatre: Raising Voices*
Written and performed by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble
June 22 – July 23, 2000 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Eleven Rooms of Proust (remount) (co-produced with Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Conceived and directed by Mary Zimmerman
May 13 – June 18, 2000 @ 4039 N Ravenswood Ave - Four+
Written by Christopher Shinn, directed by Eric Rosen
Feb 18 – March 19, 2000 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - “Time Capsule: Rediscovered Performances from the Epidemic (1989-1994)”
Conceived by Carl Hippensteel; featuring works by Lisa Cordes, David B. Feinberg, Craig Lucas, Joe Pintauro, and Victor Bulbao; directed by Greg Copeland
Dec 1999 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Xena Live! Episode 1: Double Your Pleasure* (co-production with greasy joan & co.)
Written by Claudia Allen, directed by Scott Ferguson, based on the television show created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian
Nov 19, 1999 – March 19, 2000 (extended twice!) @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Dancer from the Dance*
Written and directed by Eric Rosen, based on the novel by Andrew Holleran
Sept 23 – Nov 7, 1999 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center
Season 4: 1998-1999
- About Face Youth Theatre: First Breath*
Written, directed, and performed by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble & staff
June 17 – July 11, 1999 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center, Touring through 2001 - Cloud 9
by Caryl Churchill, directed by Kyle Hall
April 1 – May 16, 1999 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - The SantaLand Diaries+ (co-production with RoadWorks Productions)
by David Sedaris, directed by Shade Murray
Nov 28 – Dec 28, 1998 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Dream Boy (remount)
Adapted and directed by Eric Rosen, based on the novel by Jim Grimsley
Sept 20 – Nov 1, 1998 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Face to Face Workshops
- Bright Out Here
by Page Hearn
Aug 1998
- Bright Out Here
Season 3: 1997-1998
- A Home at the End of the World*
Written and directed by Kyle Hall, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham
July 20 – Aug 30, 1998 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - Eleven Rooms of Proust* (in collaboration with the Northwestern University Dept of Performance Studies)
Conceived and directed by Mary Zimmerman
April 29 – May 10, 1998 @ Berger Park Mansion - In the Heart of America+
By Naomi Wallace, directed by Eric Rosen
Jan 19 – Feb 28, 1998 @ Jane Addams Hull House Center - The Boys in the Band
By Matt Crowley, Directed by Kyle Hall
June 2 – July 8, 1997, extended to July 27 @ The Theater Building - Face to Face Workshops
- A Home at the End of the World
by Kyle Hall based on the novel by Michael Cunningham
March 1998 - The Fear of Not Dying
by Eric Rosen
July 1997 - Seven Moves
adapted by Pat Kane from the novel by Carol Anshaw
June 1997 - For What?
by David Parris
March 1997
- A Home at the End of the World
Season 2: 1996
- The Gift*
Adapted and directed by Eric Rosen, based on “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
Dec 2 – 29, 1996 @ Famous Door Theatre / Jane Addams Hull House Center - Dream Boy*
Adapted and directed by Eric Rosen, based on the novel by Jim Grimsley
July 7 – Aug 18, 1996 @ Eclipse Theatre - “By The Power Invested” (performance piece)
Written and directed by Eric Rosen
July 1996, Performed at the Human Rights Campaign Out Vote Convention & the Democratic National Convention - “…feelings” (performance piece)
March 1996 (presented with the Windy City Gay Chorus/Windy City Performing Arts) - Face to Face Workshops
- Dream Boy
Adapted by Eric Rosen from the novel by Jim Grimsley
Feb 1996
- Dream Boy
Season 1: 1995
- “The Gift” (original version)
Adapted and directed by Eric Rosen, based on “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
Dec 1995 (presented with The Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus Christmas concert)
* About Face Theatre world premiere
+ About Face Theatre local premiere