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Timely Show About Censorship In The Deep South Premiers During Banned Books Week

Ghostlight Ensemble will premiere Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones - a drama about censorship, book banning and Civil Rights - during Banned Books Week in September.
Cast Announced For ALABAMA STORY Timely Show About Books And Censorship Premiers During Banned Books Week

Ghostlight Ensemble has announced the cast of Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones- the company's first mainstage show since the global COVID-19 Pandemic brought arts organizations and productions around the world to a halt in 2020.
Ghostlight Ensemble To Return to Full Productions Post-Pandemic With Its 8th Season

Ghostlight Ensemble will present its return to a full production season with two mainstage shows, a Nightlight play for young audiences, staged readings, and collaborations with Chicago area museums. Learn more about the lineup and see how to purchase tickets.
Suffrage Takes Center Stage In PLAYS FOR WOMEN From Ghostlight Ensemble

Experience the power of suffrage theatre with Ghostlight Ensemble's presentation of Plays for Women!, a collection of overlooked suffrage plays at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
Ghostlight Ensemble to Present PLAYS FOR WOMEN! A Collection of Overlooked Suffrage Plays

Ghostlight Ensemble will return to the Richard H. Driehaus Museum this week with Plays for Women!: A collection of overlooked suffrage plays. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Race, Gender And Class Take Center Stage In THE WOMAN OF COLOUR: A TALE From Ghostlight Ensemble

Ghostlight Ensemble will present its original adaptation of The Woman of Colour: A Tale - the story of a biracial heiress on her travels from Jamaica to England to marry as a condition of her father's will - at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 at the Berger Park Cultural Center.
Culturally Rich, Diverse Stories Spotlighted In Ghostlight Ensemble's 2nd Annual Festival For Young Audiences

A child with no memory lost at sea, a balloon afraid of soaring through the clouds, a splash of Black Girl Magic. Welcome to year two of Make/Believe, a theatre festival that challenges its young (and young-at-heart) audiences to indulge their imagination and open their minds to all the beautiful, complicated ways life presents itself.
Ghostlight Closes Out For Your (Re)Consideration Series With THE ENCHANTMENT

Ghostlight Ensemble will present the final play in its series on historically overlooked female playwrights, The Enchantment. The play by the Swedish writer Victoria Benedictsson is a fascinating examination of a woman's capacity for love and yearning for a sense of her own self.
WARP AND WOOF to be Presented by Ghostlight Ensemble

Ghostlight Ensemble will present the penultimate play in its series on historically overlooked female playwrights, Warp and Woof. The play by the British novelist and playwright Edith Lyttelton scrutinizes the ethics of power, commerce and labor in a deeply unequal society.
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN and WAR BRIDES to be Presented by Ghostlight Ensemble

Ghostlight Ensemble will continue its series on historically overlooked female playwrights with two one act plays - Mine Eyes Have Seen by Alice Dunbar Nelson and War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth - that deal with wars and the battles families are forced to fight amongst themselves when someone is called to 'serve.'
Ghostlight Ensemble Presents DISTINGUISHED VILLA

Ghostlight Ensemble continues its series on historically overlooked female playwrights with Distinguished Villa, a play by the Irish playwright Kate O'Brien dealing with the suffocating consequences that can come from the trappings of middle-class life.
Ghostlight Ensemble Launches 'For Your (Re)Consideration' Reading Series With THE CONVENT OF PLEASURE

Ghostlight Ensemble is launching its new reading series, For Your (Re)Consideration, which explores the works of historically overlooked female playwrights, with The Convent of Pleasure by Margaret Cavendish at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 4.
Ghostlight Ensemble Puts Women Front And Center In Its Third Season

Ghostlight Ensemble announced its Season 3 lineup, including a staged reading of a little-produced World War I-era play, a play festival with new works for young audiences and a Shakespearean comedy that takes place in a living room - quite literally.
Ghostlight Ensemble's PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE Opens In October

Ghostlight Ensemble will tackle the age-old debate of which is more valuable to society: art or science with its fall production, Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
Ghostlight Ensemble's PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE Opens In October

Ghostlight Ensemble will tackle the age-old debate of which is more valuable to society: art or science with its fall production, Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
Steve Martin, Oscar Wilde Part Of Ghostlight Ensemble's Second Season

Ghostlight Ensemble will tackle the age-old debate of which is more valuable to society: art or science, and will probe the perils of building a wall to keep out unwanted children during its 2018-2019 Season.
Photo Flash: IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN Comes to The Annoyance

Improvised Jane Austen (Chicago Reader Recommended & PerformInk's Critics' Pick) performs Thursdays, April 3 - June 21 at the greatly esteemed Annoyance Theatre. The long-running, all-female comedy team will conjure a tale on the spot in the style of the beloved 19th-century British novelist.
Ghostlight Explores The Human Side Of Politics With AN IDEAL HUSBAND

Ghostlight Ensemble will presents An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde's comedic masterpiece of blackmail and political corruption, this April with a site-specific production in Berger Park's North Mansion.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Improvised Jane Austen to Make Merry for Michaelmas

Chicago Reader-recommended and a PerformInk Critic's Pick, Improvised Jane Austen performs on four Sundays this fall at the Blackout Cabaret in Piper's Alley. Starting off the holiday theater season early, the long-running all-female comedy team makes merry for Michaelmas, conjuring a tale on the spot in the style of the beloved 19th-century novelist. Headstrong heroines, cads and suitors, meddling mothers and merry misadventures culminate in a properly absurd British conclusion. Scroll down for a sneak peek!
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Improvised Jane Austen to Make Merry for Michaelmas

Chicago Reader-recommended and a PerformInk Critic's Pick, Improvised Jane Austen performs on four Sundays this fall at the Blackout Cabaret in Piper's Alley. Starting off the holiday theater season early, the long-running all-female comedy team makes merry for Michaelmas, conjuring a tale on the spot in the style of the beloved 19th-century novelist. Headstrong heroines, cads and suitors, meddling mothers and merry misadventures culminate in a properly absurd British conclusion. Scroll down for a sneak peek!

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