Company in the News February 2023

See what PlayGround-CH Writers and Company Members are up to this February!

On Monday January 30th, Rammel Chan‘s full length play House of the Deaf will be performed in a staged reading as part of the Gift Theatre’s In The Works series at Filament Theatre, 4041 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60641. Learn more here.

AstonRep Writer’s Series presents a reading of the play “Finger” by DC Cathro. Saturday, February 25 – 2pm with a discussion after the reading. Seventeen year old Vee discovers something strange inside a small box, and embarks on a dangerous search for the owner. Performed live and in-person at the Edge Off Broadway Theatre: 1133 West Catalpa Avenue, Chicago. Learn more here.

Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend has a short play included in Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s 2nd annual Patchwork Play Festival (along with fellow Playground writer, Dana Hall!) Feb 10 and 17 (Fridays) at 7:30, and Feb 12 and 19 (Sundays) at 3pm at the Edge Theatre (5451 N Broadway). Learn more here. 

Kym Fraher‘s 10 minute piece “Solomon” was recently included in the 2023 Theatre Southwest Reader’s Production in Houston, Texas. Learn more here.

Dana Hall (Miranda) is performing in the Palos Village Players’ production of ALL THE DAYS by Sharyn Rothstein. Show runs: February 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. Synopsis: Miranda has done everything in her power to create a family completely different than the one she came from. But after a painful loss, Miranda suffers a lapse in judgment and invites her hilarious, complicated, and self-destructive mother, Ruth, to stay with her before her son’s bar mitzvah. Learn more here or 1-877-PVP-TIXS.