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Echo
Directed by Anna C. Bahow
Read at
Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series
November 22nd at 2PM


Abby, an autistic teen, only speaks in echo-speech, until she is introduced to a promising communication method that requires a facilitator to help her type letters into a communicator.  Abby’s mother is thrilled, but her sister and father are dubious about this new method - the latest in a long line of therapies.  Just as the facilitator convinces the family Abby is actually communicating, she types a shocking accusation. “Echo” examines the complex dynamics of a family driven by the increasing pressures of hope.

Check these two stories (both very different) below to learn more:
Carly's Story (Video)

The Wendros Story (Newspaper Series)
The Wendros Story (Video)

 
Both stories above show how complex autism is, how little we know about it, and how heart-breaking it can be for families who don't know whether to push further for their child or accept that the
ir child will be different


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Ten in 10 Festival Hosted by the Village of Brookfield
November 15th at 7PM
St. Barbara Parish Center Theatre: 
4009-15 Prairie Ave

Brookfield, IL

Rahm Schnitzel With Mushrooms - Written by Barbara Lhota and directed by Gregg Valek

Ticket Purchase: Click this link
Other original new works presented include:
A Birthday Story - Written by James Henry and directed by Darla Goudeau
The Space Behind Your Heart - Written by Steven Simoncic and directed by Lanny Lutz
Oh, Brother - Written by George Loukides and directed by Tom Matriciano
It's Raining - Written by Lura McAllister and directed by Bob Kosson
Can Cause Death - Written by Gerry Ringwald and directed by Linda Roberts
When the Wheels Come Off - Written by Paul Pasulka and directed by Jason Smith
The Lady and the "Tyger" or William Blake's "How I Met Your Mother" - Written by Trace Crawford and directed by Roseanne Carlson
And Then What? - Written by Carl Zeitler and directed by Tom Matriciano
A Million Times Over- Written by Molly Campbell and directed by Peggy Carlson




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Small Fish Radio
Reserving Departure - October, 24- 31, 2014

Not your average horror show

CLICK THIS LINK TO LISTEN TO

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All Good Children Go To Heaven (in collaboration with M.E.H. Lewis)
Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series
Directed by Associate Artistic 
Director RACHEL EDWARDS HARVITH

June, 2014

Dramaworks Reading - July, 2014


March - 2014 - The Landing Theater Company - Houston, TX
New American Voices Play Reading Series and 

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ECHO  Summer - 2014
A workshop reading
at Stage 773
with Circle Theatre Company


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Warped 
at Theatre Wit Space

with Stage Left Theatre Company
 
August - September, 2013


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Voted by the Audience - Best of the Festival 
 
June 21st to June  23rd - The 
Women's Project (Fort Lauderdale) 
More at Girl Play


Personal Penchants - Summer, 2014

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August, 2014
Shorts Gone Wild Performed at Empire Stage
with City Theatre-Miami


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THE MATING HABITS OF  FROGS 

July, 2013

with Something Incredibly Marvelous Happens Festival of New Works


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THE ENDURING BANQUET - Women's Theatre   Alliance - June  25th
Directed by Emmi Hilger
on June 25th Stage 773 (Chicago) - More at WTA
2013 New Play Development Workshop: The Bechdel Test

Six New Plays 

DETAILS:

Performance is Tuesday, June 25th at 7PM at Stage 773 


located at 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 

What looks like a scandalous affair between two women becomes a warm, comedic view into long-term relationships and the true meaning of intimacy.  (Running time approximately 14 minutes)

What is Women's Theatre Alliance doing this year? The Bechdel Test...
It first appeared in a comic strip in 1985.  Now known as the Bechdel Test, the criteria for the plays included is as follows:

1.      There must be  two named female Characters…
2.      Who talk to each other…
3.      About anything other than a man.
                                            
Seems simple right? Then how come so much of our theatre can’t seem to pull this off today? 
 
Women’s Theatre Alliance also added...
4.      No more than four characters are allowed in the  scene
5.      It must be done without  effects or fancy set.

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Fall 2013 (Louisville)

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Lost

Published in Louisville Review


ECHO - Circle Theatre New Works Festival and The Athena Project Festival  - March 2013

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The Athena Project Festival in Denver accepted Echo into their Plays In Progress. 

Directed by Amanda Holter

The Plays in Progress Series, ran March 15-31, 2013 and provide a workshop level production designed for an audience to give feedback. This series featured 4 new works exclusively written by female playwrights. 

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

 - Albert Einstein

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