Company in the News Oct-2024

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this October!

Donaldson Cardenas will be appearing in the remount of The Conspirators’ “Commedia Divina- It’s Worse Than That” starting October 17th. This highly political romp through a re-imagined 9 Circles of Hell was called “bizarre and brilliant magic—a rollicking good time! (Third Coast Review) and “Outrageously funny… an absolute laugh fest, and may just be their funniest so far!” (Buzz Center Stage) Info and tickets here.

Alex Kingsley‘s debut novel EMPRESS OF DUST will be released by Space Wizard Science Fantasy on October 15. There will be a released party at Goblin Market October 14 at 5pm.

Shariba Rivers is the recipient of the 3Arts | Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Award. 3Arts Award ceremony is October 21.

Elizabeth Dudak‘s play, Same, has been accepted to the 2024 Gimme A Minute Play Festival in Lindenhurst, NY in December.

Peter Stielstra will be performing as Edward in Otherworld Theater’s production of Twihard: A Twilight Musical Parody. Twihard opens on Halloween.

Spencer Ryan Diedrick will present a **heavily** staged reading of THEY BROKE UP by Skyler Tarnas! As part of Avalanche Theatre’s Next Draft Series, the workshop production will go up on Oct. 5th and 7th at 7:30 at the Fine Arts Building. This will sell out, so grab your tickets now!

Matt Schutz’s play, The Second First Kiss, which was written and performed as part of Playground-CH’s first season, was adapted into a short film and has been making the festival circuits! You can catch the film at the Hollywood Queer Short Film Festival, October 6th at 7:00 PM as part of the “Error Prone Men” segment or at Stamped Film Festival in Pensacola, FL, October 6th at 1:30 PM at the Mainstage screen. https://www.stampedfilmfest.com/2024-festival-lineup

Vivian Delgadillo can be seen in her (Biológica) Debut Music Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKvLP14qgDA

On Saturday, October 19, from 1pm to 3pm CT, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth will lead an online, two-hour interactive introduction to playwriting, PLAYWRITING TO BREAK CYCLES OF OPPRESSION, sharing a brief introduction to caste oppression and colonialism, support participants to explore the ways in which caste and colonialism show up in their daily lives, and share writing activities to help build a short play based on these insights. Proceeds benefit birthwork and suicide prevention training for Chicago medics and Kalama Mutual Aid, a South Asian anti-caste organization. https://partiful.com/e/8XCbLeXZTDkmoj4wlcFT