The Mechanical Man opens Saturday 8/30 @ 2:30pm! So excited to make my Chicago Fringe Fest debut with fellow Dream Theatre company members, Nicole Roberts, Madelaine Schmitt, and Anna Menekseoglu. Writing and projection design by DTC Artistic Director Jeremy Menekseoglu, and directed by company member Greg Callazzo. Anna also designed our awesome costumes! Check out these photos for our crazy awesome all-girl, silent, steam-punk play of insanity, debauchery, and revenge!
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Announcement time! In light of an actor having to drop out, I have been promoted from "button pusher" to "Mrs. Heckwick/Prossie" in Dream Theatre Company's The Mechanical Man, to be performed at the Chicago Fringe Festival! While unexpected, this is exciting news, as many of you may have gathered, I'm a girl who likes to be on stage. This silent all-girl steampunk German Expressionist play is like nothing else you'll see in Chicago, let alone at the Chicago Fringe. We started rehearsing tonight, tried on some costumes, and I am already in love with this show. Anna Menekseoglu, Managing Director of Dream Theatre, actor, director, knitter, costumer, and podcaster extraordinaire, did a podcast interview with Vinnie Lacey, co-founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Fringe. Anna teases Mechanical Man, reveals the origins of Dream Theatre, plugs MEDEA currently running at DTC, and explains the wonders of yarn bombing the Fringe. Check out the podcast below! Opening weekend of Jeremy Menekseoglu's MEDEA with Dream Theatre Company was glorious. Thank you to our amazing audiences for helping us kick off this thing with a bang! Some production photos have been added to my MEDEA album courtesy of DTC Artistic Associate, #1 Fan, and Professional Audience Member, Marcia Clark! A couple other bonus photos in there as well.
Many many more chances to see MEDEA before we close! We run every Friday-Sunday @ 8pm through Sept. 14. No performances on Aug. 31 or Sept. 5. Tickets are $20. We take Cash & Credit Cards (Square) at the door. Reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited to 28 seats per performance! 10 seats are available at Goldstar for 1/2 price every night, but they go fast! In other news, I will be helping out DTC in another venture, this time behind the scenes! I'll be the board operator (pressing buttons for lights/sound/projections) for the Chicago Fringe Festival performances of The Mechanical Man! This all-girl silent steampunk play is a truly unique experience not to miss, and I am super jazzed to even be a very small part of it. Check out details in my Current Projects section! Cheers, all! This is a fundraiser event for MEDEA with Dream Theatre Company at our new space in Lincoln Square. It's our kickoff mainstage, and I'll be featured as "Glauce" when we open in August!
STRIKE OUT MEDEA! DON'T LET THE CHILDREN BE SACRIFICED! ALL YOU CAN BOWL & DRINK FOR ONLY $25! **For less than the price of 4 Venti Peppermint Mocha Frappuccinos – you can make a difference** EVERY PENNY HELPS! Join Dream Theatre’s quest to save two adorable twins by drinking, eating, bowling and preventing murder. @ Lincoln Square Lanes 4874 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 561-8191 Wednesday, July 23 8-10pm $25 in advance; $30 at the door BUY TICKETS: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/3577 Even if the children are not saved there will still be LIVE BAND KARAOKE starting at 10pm DETAILS: Dream Theatre is hosting an event at Lincoln Square Lanes to help raise funds for our first main stage MEDEA at Dream Laboratory. Join us in celebrating our successful move and our exciting season. - For $25 ($30 @ the door) you’ll receive 2 hours of UNLIMITED bowling and domestic beers/house wine - Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. Make sure to enter for your chance to win some great prizes - Food will also be available for purchase while enjoying the festivities - Live Band Karaoke will begin at 10pm DTC is a 501(c)3 public charity arts organization that produces original and innovative plays in an intimate theatre in Chicago since 2002. If you can’t attend our event but would like to support our company, please consider donating via our website at www.dreamtheatrecompany.com I just wanted to say how fortunate I feel to be working with two really different yet wonderful theatres in Chicagoland.
Dream Theatre Company has not only welcomed me with open arms, but made me a company member, talent coordinator, and I will be playing Glauce in DTC's kickoff mainstage MEDEA in our new Lincoln Square space. And I just learned that DTC was awarded 2014 "Best Off-Loop Theatre Company" AND "Best 15-Minute Horror Play" for Audience Annihilated: Gold Star Sticker, by the Chicago Reader! How cool is that?? Meanwhile, I just finished the final preview performance of Come Blow Your Horn with Oil Lamp Theater, to a standing ovation! This is my second show with Oil Lamp, and it is always a pleasure. And we've just been informed that we are completely SOLD OUT for opening night! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the leopard-print lingerie in Act 2..... ;) In closing, I'm feeling very thankful for the people I've gotten to know and work with, and the wonderful opportunities that have recently been afforded me. Work comes and goes as an actor, but the connections we make will (hopefully) last a lifetime. Cheers! Come Blow Your Horn is entering final rehearsals before our big opening this Thursday at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview!
There is a FREE preview performance this Wednesday, at 8pm! No reservation required, just come, enjoy, be our test audience and BYOB! Full price tickets for the run can be found at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/607762 1/2 price tickets (limited supply) for Sunday & Thursday performances at:http://www.goldstar.com/events/glenview-il/come-blow-your-horn Free parking, glasses, corkage, fresh baked cookies, and snacks included with every ticket! BYOB theater! Please consider supporting my theatre family at Dream Theatre Company as we embark on an exciting new journey in Lincoln Square at the "Dream Laboratory"! Here is a letter from DTC and our Director of Marketing and Development: Dear Friends of Dream Theatre Company, We are excited to announce a lot of positive changes for Dream Theatre Company this summer! We have been developing the administrative side of our theatre, to better support the original, immersive theatre we are known for. We are also moving: Mold and landlord problems in our current space are forcing us to move out quickly, but we have found a new spot in Chicago’s Lincoln Square – a busy, arts-friendly neighborhood easily accessed by public transit. We think our new space will give our audience numbers a big boost and return us to our historically intimate style. The need to move urgently means our reserves are not enough to fund all our moving expenses and cover our bills until we can get shows up and running. Please consider donating now to fund our move and keep providing Chicago with theatre that can’t be found anywhere else. We’d like to offer you the following rewards for supporting our mission: $50 donation: Recognition on our website and in our show programs for the season $250 donation: Four tickets to be used at any point during the season Recognition on our website and in our show programs for the season $500 donation: Two tickets to each show of the season Copy of a script of your choice Recognition on our website and in our show programs for the season $1500 donation: Two tickets to our Annual Gala Reserved seating for two on opening night of each show in the season Free quarter-page ad in each show program for the season Copy of a script of your choice Recognition on our website and in our show programs for the season $2,500 donation: A private lesson from a company member on a subject of your choice (anything from an acting lesson to costume/millinery construction to puppet making or makeup design) Private performance of Anna, in the Darkness for up to 30 people Two tickets to our Annual Gala Season Pass: see any show of the season as many times as desired Reserved seating for two on opening night of each show in the season Free half-page ad in each show program for the season Copy of a script of your choice Recognition on our website and in our show programs for the season We want to make it easy for you to donate. Checks can be made out to Dream Theatre Company and sent to our new address: 5026 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago IL 60625. We also have a PayPal button where you can donate with just one click at http://dreamtheatrecompany.com/. You can also donate by phone: Contact Managing Director Anna W Menekseoglu at 773-552-8616 with phone donations or any questions. Dream Theatre Company is a nonprofit charity organized under 501(c)3 and all donations are tax-deductible. Your support is needed now. Please join us in fulfilling our mission of bringing you the highest art possible in its most raw, unflinching and entertaining form. Sincerely, Megan Merrill, Director of Marketing and Development Dream Theatre Company Best Off-Loop Theatre Company 2012, 2010 (Chicago Reader Poll) www.dreamtheatrecompany.com It is with great excitement that I can announce that Dream Theatre Company has a new home in Lincoln Square!!! In addition, I can also announce that I am now officially a COMPANY MEMBER as well!!! This means I will participating in a greater capacity at DTC in addition to acting in shows. What my role will entail exactly is still being determined, but I'm excited to take this journey with DTC. Our new location on Lincoln between Winnemac and Argyle will be known as "The Dream Laboratory" and is steps away from the Lawrence and Foster buses, as well as a short walk from Western Brown Line stop. Many more announcements to follow, including fundraising opportunities (we're a non-profit and a tax write-off!), the continuation of our Move-out/Move-in Sale, remounting of Anna, In the Darkness, the Chicago Fringe Festival debut of The Mechanical Man, and more! I'm so freaking excited to bring DTC to new audiences in Lincoln Square and to become an "official" part of the DTC family. Great things ahead!!!! It has been so much fun working with this awesome group of people at Oil Lamp Theater. The theater also received some exciting news, as they are now members of the League of Chicago Theatres as well as the Theatre Communication Group! Big leaps for this "little" theater which is selling out shows left an right! Speaking of selling out, we've sold out a number of shows already for The God Committee, and there are only 2 weekends left to see it! This fast-paced medical dramedy must close on April 20th. There are still plenty of tickets left for select dates, but they're going fast so hurry over to Brown Paper Tickets to secure yours now. Use discount code "god" to get $5 off your ticket! And a big thank you to my extended Dream Theatre Company family who came out to see The God Committee in a big show of support this past weekend. It truly warms my heart to see theatre artists supporting each other. DTC could also use your support as we search for a new space! Check out http://www.dreamtheatrecompany.com/ to find out what we're doing next. We've been extended! 2 more chances to see RIO by Jeremy Menekseoglu on March 27 & 28th at 8pm! There's something in the water in Hope, Texas, don't miss finding out what drives a man by the Rio to karaoke and murder. Information and tickets: http://www.dreamtheatrecompany.com/now-showing-rio-click-here-to-read-more-about-the-current-production.html |
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