Friday, February 21, 2014

Industry Ticket Offers

Ain't Misbehavin' – Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave., in Chicago, is offering $10 industry tickets for the Sunday, February 23rd at 6pm performance (only). Call 773-327-5252, go online at porchlightmusictheatre.org, or visit the Stage 773 Box Office in person and mention the code PMTINDUSTRY. Subject to availability; non-transferrable; cannot be combined with any existing offers.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway, is offering $25 industry tickets on all performances Feb 28 - March 9. Use code INDUSTRY. Tickets available online at AuditoriumTheatre.org, by calling (800) 982-2787, or at the box office at 50 E Congress Pkwy.

The Pitchfork Disney - Interrobang Theatre Project, in residence at Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N Southport Ave, is offering $10 industry tickets (with proof) for the final 5 performances. Closes March 2nd. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Saturday & Sunday at 3pm. Buy online at athenaeumtheatre.org or by calling the box office at 773-935-6875. Use the code CHOCOLATE when ordering. Visit interrobangtheatreproject.org for more information.

Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard - First Folio Theatre at Mayslake Hall, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W 31st St, Oak Brook, is offering $10 industry tickets Weds. evenings at 8 PM on Weds., Feb. 26 and 7:30 on Sunday, March 2. Tickets are on an "as available" basis and may be purchased in advance. Professionals must bring a union card, a headshot/resume, tech resume, or business card indicating employment in the theater business. Tickets may be purchased by calling 630-986-8067.

Into the Woods by Steven Sondheim and James Lapine - The Hypocrites at Mercury Theater, 3745 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 , is offering $20 industry tickets this Thurs evening, 2/27 at 7:30PM with code "thehypocrites" and may be purchased in advance at http://mercurytheaterchicago.com/into-the-woods/. The rest of the run is available for $10 off with code "wolf". Tickets may also be purchased by calling (773) 325-1700.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Spring Classes at Actors Gymnasium

Registration is open for Spring classes at the Actors Gymnasium, a circus & performing arts school that is home to some of the most exciting classes and performances in the Chicagoland area. The session runs March 31-June 8 with classes for kids, teens, and adults. Offerings include parent-tot classes, tumbling, circus arts, drama, parkour, physical theatre, areal arts, contortion, stage combat, gymnastics, & more! We are located right next to the CTA Noyes stop on the Purple Line. Register now! Classes fill quickly. www.actorsgymnasium.org.

Rehearsal Space Availability at About Face Theatre in Uptown

About Face Theatre has a 23'x24' rehearsal space available at their administrative offices, just off the Wilson redline stop. Includes tables and chairs and features great lighting and wood floors. Perfect for rehearsals, classes, or workshops. For more information, including rental rates and availability, please contact Corinne Neal at corinne@aboutfacetheatre.com or call 773-784-8565 x116.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Call for Volunteers for IPW 2014

Calling all Chicagoans! Our magnificent city needs your help to make IPW 2014 a success! We are looking for 800+ passionate, knowledgeable individuals to become IPW Chicago Ambassadors and assist with greeting, information desks, transportation, sightseeing tours, evening events and more. http://www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/Volunteer/925/

WHAT IS IPW 2014? IPW (formerly known as International Pow Wow) is the largest international tourism trade show hosted each year by the U.S. Travel Association. Cities compete to host IPW and this year it will be in our very own Chicago, April 5-9. More than 1,300 international travel buyers and 500 international media from over 70 countries attend the IPW marketplace with a focus on future travel to the United States. The media and buyers meet and network with over 3,700 U.S. suppliers.

WHY IS CHICAGO HOSTING IPW 2014?
• To promote Chicago as top-tier destination U.S. destination for international travel
• Chicago last hosted IPW in 1998 -- our city has changed dramatically over 16 years and we want to showcase our city to these key influencers
• Hosting IPW is key to achieving two key goals set forth by Mayor Rahm Emanuel
o Attract 50 million visitors by 2020
o Elevate Chicago to among the top 5 most visited U.S. cities by international travelers (currently ranked #9)
• Substantial economic impact:
o $13.3 million in direct spending in the host city by participants
o $1.3 million in state and local lodging and sales taxes
o $350 - $400 million in future business within three to five years after hosting the event

VOLUNTEER FOR 2 OR MORE SHIFTS
Volunteers who sign up and complete two or more IPW 2014 shifts will receive two complimentary tickets to one of the following Chicago attractions: John Hancock Observatory, Willis Tower Skydeck, Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Adler Planetarium or The Field Museum.

For more information: http://www.choosechicago.com/ipw2014/

Sign up today to become an IPW Chicago Ambassador, spots will go fast! Chicago, this is your chance to showcase our wonderful city to the world. Help us welcome visitors and give them an unforgettable experience!

TimePieces Australian Playwrights Event

TimeLine Theatre Company, in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Australian Consulate, announces that it will host several of Australia’s best and brightest performance writers for a day of discussion and play readings on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago.
Writers Reg Cribb, Tom Holloway, Lally Katz and Maxine Mellor are visiting Chicago as part of a tour of the United States that also takes them to Los Angeles and New York City this month. The tour has been organized by the Australian organization Inscription, led by its director Marcus West. Founded in 1998, Inscription collaborates with leading artists from Australia and the United States to script, sharpen and present quality content across theatre, film and television.

All events are free and open to the public, but space is limited and reservations are strongly recommended. Call the TimeLine Theatre Box Office at 773.281.8463 x6 or email boxoffice@timelinetheatre.com to request reservations to any individual or all events.

EVENT SCHEDULE
11 am – 11:45 am: Panel Discussion moderated by Chris Jones, chief theatre critic for the Chicago Tribune, and featuring playwrights Reg Cribb, Tom Holloway, Lally Katz, Maxine Mellor, and Inscription Director Marcus West.
12 pm – 1:30 pm: Reading of Forget Me Not by Tom Holloway
Gerry is almost 60 and he's going to meet his mother for the first time since he was 3. His mother lives somewhere in the UK—Liverpool, according to the records—and his daughter Sally has had it up to here with him and his problems. So Gerry is going back to Britain to find out what made him who he is. Between 1945 and the late 1960s more than 3,000 British children were told they were orphans and sent to Australia on a promise of warmth, fresh air, abundant food and boundless opportunity. Instead they arrived to deprived institutions where neglect and abuse were the norm. Playwright Tom Holloway has written a series of raw, achingly beautiful conversations between members of a scattered family. Drawing the whole thing together is Gerry's extraordinary, precarious bid to finally learn what it means to love and belong to a family.
1:45 pm – 3 pm: Reading of A Golem Story by Lally Katz
Ahava, a young Jewish woman, wakes up in the Synagogue. She has been through a traumatic ordeal. Her memory is weak, her heart is broken. She has woken into a desperate time, in a desperate place. On the cobblestone streets of medieval Prague, chaos reigns. As the men fight their own demons and each other, children are disappearing. An invisible emperor has decreed a purging of the Ghetto, and a Rabbi works through the dark night to fashion an avenging monster, a man made out of clay. The Golem. A love, mystery and revenge story.

All events will take place on the 5th Floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, in downtown Chicago, with the panel discussion taking place in the Millennium Park Room and both play readings taking place in the Washington Room.

Summer Space Rental Availability at the Cornservatory

The Cornservatory at 4210 N Lincoln Avenue in Chicago is available for summer rentals. Unique and versatile stage, BYOB theater, seating for up to 60, light and sound system, with great prices for prime time or late night shows! Contact cornservatoryrentals@gmail.com.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Space Rental Availability at the Elaine and Zollie Frank Theater in Skokie

The Elaine and Zollie Frank Theater in Skokie at the Mayer Kaplan JCC is available for summer rentals. 250 seats, air conditioned, priced to move! Contact Robert at rbouwman@gojcc.org. 

Prologue Theatre Co. Seeks Short Scripts

Prologue Theatre Co. seeks new short scripts for our fifth annual Landmark Festival. This year’s theme (to which submitted scripts should be related) is “Shattered Reason" Scripts should be about 10 minutes long and not yet produced in Chicago. Selected scripts will be produced in the spring of 2014. Send full script to Whitney Morse, Literary and Casting Director at literary@prologuetheatreco.org by March 15th. Please include a cover letter indicating your level of interest in participating in script development sessions in advance of the festival (note: not being interested/available for script development will not affect a script’s eligibility to be produced as part of the festival). More information about the festival, including detailed information on what kind of plays we’d like to receive, can be found at our website: www.prologuetheatreco.org.

The theme for our season is "Shattered Reason." This is a theme that applies in several different ways to the shows we'll be producing this season - so don't feel as though you need to take the prompt literally. We strive for a variety of tones, styles, and tempos throughout the festival - comedy is just as welcome as tragedy. Also keep our mission in mind as you are writing:

The Past is Prologue. We produce new and forgotten works from underrepresented voices. In this way, we relate the experiences of yesterday with the lives of today.

Industry Ticket Offers

A New Brain - The Brown Paper Box Co. at Rivendell Theatre, 5779 N. Ridge Ave. is offering $15 industry tickets at the door for all performances (Feb. 21–Mar. 9) with headshot and resume or other proof of industry. For more information, see www.brownpaperbox.org.

The Little Prince – Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works at 821 N. Michigan Ave, is offering exclusive half-priced industry tickets for February 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27 at 7:30pm. Industry tickets are available with code INDUSTRY when you call 312.337.0665 or visit www.lookingglasstheatre.org to purchase tickets. Discount and seating are subject to availability.

Teddy Bears Picnic – Emerald City’s Little Theatre, 2933 N Southport Ave Offering $10 industry tickets through March 23rd. Buy online or by calling 773.529.2690 and use the code INDUSTRY when ordering. Are you a theatre professional without children who is curious about Theatre for the Very Young? Use a $10 industry ticket as an observer to see this unique show for ages 0-4. To secure your ticket please call 773.529.2690 and ask for an “industry observer” ticket. House management will make sure you are seated somewhere unobtrusive to see the picnic in action.

War Song - The Plagiarists at the Berger Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660, are offering a limited number of $10 industry tickets for the preview performance on Wednesday, March 12th at 7:30pm. Email reservations@theplagiarists.org for more information.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Industry Ticket Offers

The Little Prince – Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works at 821 N. Michigan Ave, is offering exclusive half-priced industry tickets for Wednesday evening performances in February. Industry tickets are available with code INDUSTRY when you call 312.337.0665 or visit www.lookingglasstheatre.org to purchase tickets. Discount and seating are subject to availability.

The Language Archive – Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street, Evanston, is offering $15 Industry tickets all Thursday, 7:30pm performances February 20-March 20. Use the code INDUSTRY online at piventheatre.org/current-productions or at our box office at 847.866.8049.

Sons of the Prophet – American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron, is offering $20 industry tickets for all Thursday performances between February 6 and March 9. Available in-person at the box office starting at 7pm, proof of industry required. For more information, call audience services at 773-409-4125

Rasheeda Speaking - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5775 N. Ridge Ave, is offering $15 industry tickets for the following performances: 2/7, 2/8, 2/12 at 8pm; and also 2/16 at 2pm. Buy online at rivendelltheatre.org or via email to trisha@rivendelltheatre.org. Use the code INDUSTRY when ordering.

Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams - Profiles Theatre is offering a limited amount of $15 industry tickets for Thursdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 7 pm through March 9. Industry tickets are available with code INDUSTRY47 when you call the box office at 773-549-1815 or visit www.profilestheatre.org to enter the code. Discount and seating are subject to availability.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

ITA Casting Rep Notice

PLEASE join ITA as a Casting Rep and help to spread the word. They have chosen your 300 actors…. Now they just need YOU!!!

If you can't personally attend, please send a representative from your theatre. We want your company to be represented in this, the only statewide audition of this kind in Illinois.
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The ITA will conduct its 35th Annual Statewide Non-Equtiy Professional Auditions on Saturday, February 8th, and Sunday, February 9th, 2014 at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Theatre and Music (1044 W. Harrison St. in Chicago). Saturday's auditions will focus on musical theatre and Sunday's on non-musical theatre. This year we hope to see more than 300 actors over the two days --This is a WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW LOTS OF TALENT IN A COMFORTABLE SETTING! PLEASE JOIN US!

Casting Representative Information, including on-line registration is available by clicking here (www.illinoistheatre.org/auditions).

This year's audition format will be comprised of the following:

Audition Schedule: Saturday auditions focus on musical theatre. Sunday auditions focus on non-musical theatre only.

Dance Audition: Saturday auditions will include a dance audition which allows musical performers a chance to showcase this aspect of their talent, and give musical theatre representatives a chance to better evaluate all of the performer's skills.

Audition Times and Format: The actor's audition time limit will be one and one-half (1 ½) minutes to conform with the standard in large general auditions, and to allow more actors to be seen. Actors may use the audition time in a way that best showcases individual talents. Musical theatre performers are to both sing and perform a portion of a monologue. Non-musical theatre performers are encouraged, though not required, to present two (2) contrasting pieces showcasing their range.

Theatre companies from throughout the state and beyond are invited to send casting representatives to this event. Inquiries may be made by phoning Executive Director Aimee-Lynn Newlan at 312-265-5922, or by visiting www.illinoistheatre.org.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! We have the actors... NOW WE JUST NEED YOU!

We will serve you breakfast and lunch on both days. Coffee/tea and snacks will be a plenty! You will also receive a binder full of all auditionees headshots/resumes.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Industry Ticket Offers

The How and the Why - TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington Ave. is offering $15 industry tickets during previews 1/28, 1/29, 1/31, 2/1, 2/5 at 8 pm and 2/2 at 2 pm., and $22 tickets 2/8 at 4 pm & 8 pm, 2/9 at 2 pm, 2/12 at 7:30 pm, 2/13 at 7:30 pm, 2/14 at 8 pm, 2/15 at 4 pm & 8 pm, and 2/16 at 2 pm. Buy online or call the TimeLine Box Office at 773.281.8463 x6 and use the code INDUSTRY when ordering. Box Office hours are TUE - FRI 12-5 pm. Visit www.timelinetheatre.com for more information.

DarkRoom 2014 - 20% Theatre Company is offering $5 tickets for this week's The Dark Room featuring Thing 100 by Samantha Beach and directed by Charlie McGrath and Outside Agitators by Laura Nessler and directed by Amy Buckler. Performance are at Mrs. Murphy's Irish Bistro (3905 N. Lincoln Ave) Wednesday- Saturday at 7:30pm. Tickets can be reserved by emailing the box office at boxoffice@twentypercentchicago.com.

Rasheeda Speaking - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5775 N. Ridge Ave, is offering $15 industry tickets for the following performances: 1/22, 1/23, 1/29, 1/30, all shows at 8pm. Buy online at rivendelltheatre.org or via email to trisha@rivendelltheatre.org. Use the code INDUSTRY when ordering.

The Luck of the Irish - Next Theatre Company, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston, IL - is offering $15 industry tickets during Thursday at 7:30 performances of the run. The show runs until February 23rd. Buy online or call the Next Theatre Box Office at 847-475-1875 Ext. 2 and use the code INDUSTRY when ordering. Visit nexttheatre.org for more information.

Contemporary Choreographers -The Joffrey Ballet performing at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway, is offering 50% off industry tickets on 2/15 matinee, 2/20 and 2/21, 2/22 matinee. Tickets are available online at Joffrey.org/Contemporary or by phone at 800.982.2787, use code INDUSTRY.

Tribes - Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago, is offering $25 tickets to newly added performances Tuesday, February 11 through Thursday, February 13. Use code “15776” online at steppenwolf.org or call Audience Services at 312-335-1650. Tickets must be reserved at least one hour before performance. Subject to availability.

The Pitchfork Disney - Interrobang Theatre Project, in residence at Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N Southport Ave, is offering $10 industry tickets (with proof) for previews 2/6 and 2/7 at 8pm; performances 2/12, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 at 8pm; and matinees 2/9, 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 (special understudy performance), 2/23, 3/1 at 3pm. Buy online at athenaeumtheatre.org or by calling the box office at 773-935-6875. Use the code CHOCOLATE when ordering. Visit interrobangtheatreproject.org for more information.

Sweet Phoebe - Runcible Theatre, The Frontier 1106 W Thorndale, is offering industry tickets for $10 through March 8. Call 312 369 0590 and mention this offer, or visit http://www.runcibletheatre.org/tickets-and-venue-information.html.

From White Plains -- Broken Nose Theatre at the Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. is offering a limited number of $15 industry tickets for the community opening performance Saturday, February 1st, at 7:30 PM. $15 industry tickets are also available for all Thursday and Sunday performances through February 16th. Tickets can be purchased by calling at 773-404-7336, or in person at the Greenhouse Box Office. Visit http://www.brokennosetheatre.com for more information on BNT and the show.

Macbeth - Polarity Ensemble Theatre at the Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln, is offering $10 industry tickets throughout the entire performance run February 1st through March 2nd (Thursdays, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 and Sunday at 2:00). Tickets can be redeemed with the promo code "showpros" and can be purchased online or by calling the Greenhouse box office at 773-404-7336. Visit www.petheatre.com for more information.

The Magical Exploding Boy and the Invisible Circle - The Actors Gymnasium, 927 Noyes St., Evanston, is offering $10 tickets to their Feb 21st show. To purchase tickets and for more information click here and when it comes time to pay, use the code INDUSTRYNIGHT. In case you can't make it on the 21st or would like to come back again, there is also have a 10% off INDUSTRY code for every other show February 15th through March 23rd.