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By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead -- expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption. Tuneful songs, and a whimsical chorus follow the story of Nelly, Jenny June, and Gerty as they live out their lives above the family clock repair shop near the Chicago River, before their time unexpectedly runs out. A magical, musical fable where, in the end, the power of love is far greater than any individual's successes or failures.
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"A wholly wonderful show that is profound, yet at the very same time whimsical beyond all imagining -- a show in which time is of the essence, and in which love and death (especially death that comes suddenly and prematurely) conjoin in the strangest yet most beautiful of waltzes."
Hedy Weiss, The Chicago Sun Times
The Ash Girl is an ambitious Cinderella variation with hints of the Brothers Grim, medieval allegory and anthropomorphism, it has a quirky originality, perfect for ages 10 and up.
Auditions August 21
Performs October 10-12.
Fall shorts will be a series of 10 minute plays, auditioning September 16, and performing September 27 and 28.
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The Holiday One-Act will be an as-yet-determined family-friendly short play perfect for the season. Auditions November 4, Performs December 7, 8
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In Something Rotten, two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway.
Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten.
Auditions October 14-16,
Performs January 16-25
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Student Directed One-Acts will audition February 3rd and perform March 6-8
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Spring Shorts will be modeled after fall shorts
Auditions April 7, Perform April 18-19.
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Paragon Springs: in this vibrant, often funny, and highly theatrical re-imagining of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, Steven Dietz puts the lure of capitalism and the greed of small-town self-interest squarely on trial. Auditions March 10, Perform May 1-3
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Failure: A Love Story
Tuneful songs, and a whimsical chorus follow the story of Nelly, Jenny June, and Gerty as they live out their lives above the family clock repair shop near the Chicago River, before their time unexpectedly runs out. A magical, musical fable where, in the end, the power of love is far greater than any individual's successes or failures.
Auditions March 10
Performs May 22-24
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