AstonRep to Hold 7th Annual WRITER'S SERIES at The Den Theatre

AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to present its 7th annual WRITER'S SERIES, a daylong festival of staged readings of new works by local and regional writers. This year's series showcases five productions on Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 12 pm - 6 pm at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Patrons are invited to attend individual readings - or stay for the entire event. Reservations ($5 suggested donation) can be made at www.astonrep.com or by calling (773) 828-9129.

The 2015 WRITER'S SERIES line-up:

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL

By Jim Lucason

1896 in Dún Chaoin, Ireland. Fifty years earlier Margaret O'Connell and her younger sister Cathleen, orphaned by the loss of their father and mother, made a deal with the devil. Now he has come to collect payment.

TWO BY NIGHT

By Kevin Daly

A former Olympic decathlete buries a friend in his backyard after a drunk driving accident. Hoping to preserve his status as a national hero he invents a lie to explain his friend's disappearance. Matters are complicated further when the friend's wife invents her own lie; she acts as if her husband is still living at home.

SHOOTER

By Jeff Helgelson

A young father debates a social workers on the challenges of escaping the chains of poverty and beating the system.

A reading from RESTORATION DOGS

By M.L. Finnell

An adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's iconic film Reservoir Dogs set as a restoration comedy in verse.

THE BLACK SLOT

By Warren Hoffman

Tim, a playwright, and Beth, a dramaturg, have hatched a plan to show up the racism and hypocrisy of American regional theater, but things quickly get out of hand in this satire filled with talking scripts and theatrical forgery.

EVENT DETAILS:

Title: The 7th annual WRITER'S SERIES

Location: The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

Date/times: Saturday, November 14, 2015

12 pm - DANCING WITH THE DEVIL

1:30 pm - TWO BY NIGHT

3 pm - SHOOTER

3:30 pm - A reading from RESTORATION DOGS

4 pm - THE BLACK SLOT

Tickets: $5 suggested donation. Reservations can be made at www.astonrep.com or by calling (773) 828-9129.

About AstonRep Theatre Company:

AstonRep Theatre Company was formed in the summer of 2008. Since then, the company has produced 15 full-length productions and five annual Writer's Series. AstonRep Theatre Company is an ensemble of artists committed to creating exciting, intimate theatrical experiences that go beyond the front door to challenge audiences and spark discussion where the show is not the end of the experience: it is just the beginning.

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