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Eclectic Full Contact Theatre's Patchwork Festival To Return with New Plays Celebrating Metamorphosis

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre's Patchwork New Play Festival is back with a celebration of new one-act plays based on the theme of Metamorphosis.
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre Presents First Annual Crashbox Festival of Short Live Audio Plays

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre has announced their first annual Crashbox Festival of Short Live Audio Plays, running November 16-19 at the Edge Off Broadway Theatre.
Cast and Crew Revealed For the World Premiere of Mark Pracht's THE INNOCENCE OF SEDUCTION at City Lit

Full casting and production team have been announced for City Lit’s forty-third season opener - the world premiere of THE INNOCENCE OF SEDUCTION by Chicago playwright Mark Pracht. It is the second play in his projected “Four-Color Trilogy” of plays set during the early years of the comic book industry. The first play in the trilogy, THE MARK OF KANE, opened City Lit’s forty-second season. 
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre to Present World Premiere of THE WONDER This Spring

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre will present their first full-length production in Chicago since 2019-the world premiere of 'The Wonder' by Maggie Lou Rader at the Edge Theatre 5451 N Broadway.
EFCT's BLITHE SPIRIT Star and Director to Guest on Chicago Radio's 'It's Showtime with Rikki Lee”

On the heels of the heralded opening of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Skokie Theatre, director Michael Woods and star Andrew Pond join radio’s It’s Showtime with Rikki Lee for an interview airing on Friday June 10 at 3 PM Central on 101.5 FM WHRU.
Black Button Eyes Productions Presents MARY ROSE At The Edge Theater

Black Button Eyes Productions will conclude its 2021-22 season with the world premiere musical Mary Rose, featuring book and lyrics by Producing Artistic Director Ed Rutherford, music and lyrics by Jeff Bouthiette, adapted from play of the same name by J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan), directed by Ed Rutherford with music direction by Nick Sula and choreography by Derek Van Barham.
Black Button Eyes Productions Presents the World Premiere of MARY ROSE At The Edge Theater

Black Button Eyes Productions will conclude its 2021-22 season this winter with the world premiere musical Mary Rose, featuring book and lyrics by Producing Artistic Director Ed Rutherford, music and lyrics by Jeff Bouthiette, adapted from play of the same name by J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan), directed by Ed Rutherford with music direction by Nick Sula and choreography by Derek Van Barham.
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre Founders Guest On IT'S SHOWTIME WITH RIKKI LEE

The Friday, February 5th episode of radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee will feature an interview with two of the founding members of critically acclaimed Chicago theater company Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. Host Rikki Lee Travolta will be joined by Eclectic's artistic director Andrew Pond and casting director Jessica Lauren Fisher, both founding members.
Pride Films And Plays Announces Extension of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Pride Films and Plays' Jeff-recommended production of  A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, the Chicago area's first revival in over a decade of the heartwarming musical created by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally, has been extended for one additional week due to popular and critical demand. The musical will now close with the 2:30 pm matinee on Sunday, November 17.
Eclectic Full Contact Theater Announces Cast For THE SECRET OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

Eclectic announces casting for the world premiere of THE SECRET OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK by Andie Arthur. Directed by Artistic Director Katherine Seigel*. The cast includes Kelly Levander* (Elanor Dawson), Elise Soeder (Ellie Dawson), Aziza Macklin (Jasmine), Mark Tacderas (Peter Wilder), Lance Spender (Robert Wilder), Randy Johnson (Franklin Wilder), and Marcie Portugal (Alice Garcia). Understudies in- clude: Brandii Champagne (Understudy Ellie), Serina Johnston (Understudy Jasmine) Alex Rocha (Understudy Robert and Peter) and Jessica Lauren Fisher (Understudy Al- ice)
Eclectic Full Contact Theater Announces Cast For DEAR BRUTUS

Eclectic announces casting for its 7th season opening show DEAR BRUTUS by J. M. Barry.
Eclectic Presents FUDDY MEERS

Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. This morning, like all mornings, she wakes up a blank slate. But today turns out different. She's kidnapped by a limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man in a ski mask who claims he's there to save her, and he spirits her off to her mother's house. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten. It's one harrowing and hilarious turn after another on this roller coaster ride through the day of an amnesiac trying to decipher her fractured life. This poignant and brutal comedy traces one woman's attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters.
Eclectic Full Contact Theater Announces Cast For FUDDY MEERS

Being an amnesiac isn't easy. See the world through their eyes and everything flips on its head in a minute. Who's your friend? Who's your enemy? What's with the hand puppet?
Eclectic Presents FUDDY MEERS

Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. This morning, like all mornings, she wakes up a blank slate. But today turns out different. She's kidnapped by a limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man in a ski mask who claims he's there to save her, and he spirits her off to her mother's house. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten. It's one harrowing and hilarious turn after another on this roller coaster ride through the day of an amnesiac trying to decipher her fractured life. This poignant and brutal comedy traces one woman's attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters.
Eclectic Full Contact Theater Announces Cast For FUDDY MEERS

Being an amnesiac isn't easy. See the world through their eyes and everything flips on its head in a minute. Who's your friend? Who's your enemy? What's with the hand puppet?
Stage 48 Productions/Wishing Star Theatre Present INTO THE WOODS, 6/17-26

Stage 48 Productions, in collaboration with Wishing Star Theatre, is proud to present Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods. Originally on Broadway in 1987, this dazzling score brings to life fairy tale characters, who are forced into the woods to obtain certain wishes and desires. The show is a beautiful portrait of relationships, moral issues, and the lessons we teach our children.
Photo Flash: Attic Playhouse Presents HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall runs April 16 - May 30, 2010 with performances: Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Heaven Can Wait' is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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