Hibernation 
Written by Heleen Verburg
Translated by Manon van de Water
Directed by Logan Toftness

With Music by Scott Gendel

February 27th-28th at 7:30 pm
March 6th-7th at 7:30 pm
March 1st & 8th at 2:30 pm

Spring Valley Stagehands Theatre
S234 McKay Ave.
Spring Valley, WI 54767

Tickets are available at www.svstagehands.org or at the door.

$10 for adults
$8 for seniors/children

A Stupid Wind-Up Girl in a Stupid Wound-Up World
Written by Logan Toftness
Directed by Kelsey Shipley
Starring David Federman, Dave Fink, and Paige Wood Reilly

A story about a girl with a metal chest, the boy who loves her, and a metal leg that breaks her heart.

April 1st at 8 pm
Black Rock Pub & Kitchen
3614 N Damen Ave, Chicago
$5 (suggested donation)

More information here!

The Whiskey Rebellion presents Kodachrome Telephone written by Jessica Wright Buha and directed by Aileen McGroddy as part of Rhinofest--Chicago's longest-running Fringe Festival.

The story was centered around a bag of 500 Kodachrome slides found at an out-of-business antique store. It uses shadow puppetry, live action silhouette, an obsolete projection system, and a million sound cues to tell a story about a father and a daughter on their journey in the world.

The show features performers Charlotte Long, Errol McLendon, and James Snyder with music by John Szymanski and puppet design by James Snyder. I'm stage managing!

There are four performances at the Prop Thtr in Chicago at 7 pm on January 20th, January 27th, February 3rd, and February 10th. Click here for ticket info!

There's also an article in the SunTimes which highlights the show!

This year's 24 hour project is nearly here!

There are seven ensembles who will each write, direct and perform brand new plays all within--you guessed it--twenty-four hours!

I am writing a script for The Underground. My other teammates are director Hannah Farr, actors Samantha Haeli Johnson, Lucas McGee, Aubry Eggers, and Paul Haskins, with makeup design by Natalie Leighton.

The show is this Saturday, January 25th at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis at 8pm. Click here for ticket info!


And here's a link to the The Underground's head shots and bios!

I starting working as an intern at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago at the end of November. They specialize in original literary adaptations, and they have a KidsSeries and a MainStage set of shows.

This has been a great experience so far allowing me to be hands-on in the box office, to learn about development and grant writing, to help out with marketing mailings and photos, and even to introduce me to basic financials of the theatre.

Basically, I'm learning a little bit about everything that keeps a theatre running from day-to-day!

Here's a link to Lifeline's blog:

Hey look--it's me!

Do you like comedy? Do you like acting? Then you should audition for the UWEC Players' Summer Show!

Auditions will be Thursday, June 20th at 7 PM in Riverside Theatre.

Please prepare a 1-3 minute contemporary monologue.

Thieves and Bad, Bad Lies is a farce about a young man and woman who rob a liquor store and hide out in what they thought was an abandoned house in the woods. It is funny. You'll laugh, I promise. I should know, I wrote it.

There are also lots of parts. We need 5 Women and 4 Men.

Callbacks will be Friday, June 21st at 4 PM.

Performance dates will be August 29-31, September 6 and September 7th at 7:30 PM in Riverside Theatre.

I hope to see you there! :D

Ashes to Ashes
by Harold Pinter
Directed by Logan Toftness

May 9th at 4 PM and May 10th at 7 PM in Kjer Theatre
Starring Sami Johnson as "Rebecca" and Drew Gohman as "Devlin".

In a living room in London, a woman is questioned about a violent ex-lover. This play explores memory, violence, and desire—blending the three and blurring the lines between individual experience and atrocities in history.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by F. Reed Brown

April 18-20 and 24-27 at 7:30 PM
April 28 at 1:30 PM
Riverside Theatre

What happens when you combine Shakespeare, steampunk fashion, and a pool on stage? Come and find out this April! With fencing, dancing fairies and music composed by Terence Karn,
this is a show you won't want to miss!

Photo: Helena (Abbey Lowenstien, far left) and Demetrius (Nate Plummer, middle) and Puck (Jared Beebe, far right) during the poster photo shoot.