playing
pretend
Arriving at
Greenshirt Studio
June 15th 2024
What happens if a subway car that you're riding with strangers . . . at 1:00 in the morning . . . stops? Would you talk to the other strangers? Grow close? Reveal things you don't normally mention in public? Arriving At is a humorous look at connecting with people you never expected to connect with.​
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DIRECTED BY MINH HÀ (MILLIE) LÊ
WRITTEN BY IKE BUTLER
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Minh Hà (Millie) Lê
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Minh Hà (Millie) Lê
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Minh Hà (Millie) Lê
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Minh Hà (Millie) Lê
​Does it feel like home
loyola university chicago
UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER
Mar 3rd-4th 2022
Sometimes home is as simple as a feeling, tucked away in a fragment of time that we don’t or actively choose to not remember. DOES IT FEEL LIKE HOME, led by Minh Hà (Millie) Lê, is a reflection of home, its complexity, comfort and permanence. Through a two-week workshop, collaborators used moment work to create and perform original scenes, spoken word and suitcase puppetry, examining the homes we came from and the homes we know now.
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DIRECTED BY MINH HÀ (MILLIE) LÊ
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Devon de Mayo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Devon de Mayo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Devon de Mayo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Devon de Mayo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
EVERYBODY
NEWHART FAMILY THEATEr
feb 17-27th 2022
A groundbreaking adaptation of the medieval morality play EVERYMAN, Branden Jacob-Jenkins’s EVERYBODY considers what we bring with us into death and what we leave behind. Just as life is unpredictable, actors are randomly assigned a new role every night. With dozens of possible casting combinations, audiences will witness a performance unlike anything they have ever seen. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, this metatheatrical piece asks the existential questions without the heaviness, making death both witty and full of life.
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​Join us for a talkback with medieval scholar Edward Wheatley and dramaturg Minh Hà (Millie) Lê after the EVERYBODY performance on Friday, February 25th.
DIRECTED BY DEVON DE MAYO
CREDITED FOR DRAMATURG
POLAROID STORIES
NEWHART FAMILY THEATEr
sept 30th - oct 10th 2021
In telling our stories, perhaps we all can become gods. Drawn from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and interviews with homeless youth, Polaroid Stories uses the prestige of Greek mythology to illuminate overlooked voices in the contemporary United States. Playwright Naomi Iizuka navigates the epic and the intimate in this synthesizing play about dreams, desperation, and desire in a harsh reality. The vulnerable and marginalized characters transcend violence and loss through storytelling and song. As they share the true and devised details of their lives, the figures become as magnificent as the Greek gods themselves.
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DIRECTED BY LAVINA JADHWANI
CREDITED FOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
NEWHART FAMILY THEATRE Directed by Lavina Jadhwani Credited for ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATRE Directed by Lavina Jadhwani Credited for ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATRE Directed by Lavina Jadhwani Credited for ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATRE Directed by Lavina Jadhwani Credited for ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Mark Lococo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Mark Lococo Credited for DRAMATURG. (dramaturgy note)
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Mark Lococo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
NEWHART FAMILY THEATER Directed by Mark Lococo Credited for DRAMATURG. Photos by Joe Mazza
FUN HOME
NEWHART FAMILY THEATEr
feb 6-16th 2020
Based on the autobiographical graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home is a musical coming-of-age story. Present-day Alison recalls her youth in the Bechdel Funeral Home, seeking understanding of her father’s death and acceptance of her own sexuality. This undeniably human story invites audience members to process and reflect alongside Alison, upon the moments which brought each of them to this point in their lives.
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DIRECTED BY MARK LOCOCO
CREDITED FOR DRAMATURG
WE ARE THE HOPEFUL
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER
apr 15-16th 2019
"We Are the Hopeful: Exploring Mental Heath Through Design” is a design-based exploration looking at the intersection of mental health and theatre. A team of designers, student directors, and actors aim to illuminate the struggles and triumphs of mental health through lighting and sound design in this two-week laboratory project.
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DIRECTED BY MOLLY CORNELL
CREDITED FOR WRITER & DESIGNER
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Molly Cornell Credited for WRITER and DESIGNER.
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Molly Cornell Credited for WRITER and DESIGNER.
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Molly Cornell Credited for WRITER and DESIGNER.
SECOND STAGE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY THEATER PROJECT Directed by Molly Cornell Credited for WRITER and DESIGNER.
