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The 2nd Act Players invites aspiring playwrights to enter its 2017 short-script competition. Six winning scripts will receive staged readings by the 2nd Act Players in September. “We had such a great response to our script contest last year, we ...
The 2nd Act Players will be featuring seven new works for the stage in their 2017 season. In September, they will host a weekend of staged readings of six new short plays by local authors, followed in November by the ...
The 2nd Act Players is in the midst of planning its 2017 season and we want to hear from you! What type of plays would you like to see us performing at our theater in Northminster Church, Evanston? We've already ...
Did you miss the 2nd Act Players' first-ever One-Act Play Festival? We missed you too, but you can still show your support for the 2nd Act Players and for local theater. We love all of you who have come to ...
The final performance of the 2nd Act Player's One-Act Play Festival is today, Sunday, March 26 at 3:30 in our theater at Northminster Church, Evanston. So you still have a chance to see the shows audience members have been raving about. Come and enjoy, buy your tickets by simply clicking here. Here's a sampling of ...
A creative process that began for me more than a year ago is coming to an end this weekend, so allow an old man some musing time about what an amazing journey it's been. What I'm talking about is the conclusion of the 2nd Act Players' One-Act Play Festival this weekend, March 24-26. There are ...
The 2nd Act Players' One-Act Play Festival has only THREE MORE PERFORMANCES this weekend, March 24-26. You still have time to come and see two one-act plays that audiences have been raving about. "Great, true to life and true about marriage, siblings and the death of a parent" wrote one audience member who attended a ...
The opening night audience for the 2nd Act Players' One-Act Play Festival raved about the performances they saw Saturday, March 11, with 100% of those who filled out evaluation forms saying they would recommend the festival to a friend. All the respondents rated the performances as either excellent or good with none rating it fair ...
The 2nd Act Players' One-Act Play Festival opens tonight, Saturday, March 11, and it's not too late to buy your tickets for one fo eight scheduled performances running weekends through March 26. What you will see is two one-act plays performed each evening of the festival. Click here to buy your tickets and avoid long ...
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Opening night for the 2nd Act Players all-new One-Act Play Festival is this Saturday, March 11. Doors open at 7 for our 7:30 p.m. curtain call. Buy your tickets today to see two new award-winning one-act plays.
Writing “The Last Days of Wonder” was an act of healing for me — though I generally don’t write confessional or autobiographical plays, this one is largely true. My mother was the grasshopper to my ant, balancing my industry with her sense of fun. Her irresponsible optimism was maddening, and joyous, and terrifying, and infectious. ...
Becca Russo will portray Imogen in the 2nd Act Players’ production of the dynamic new one-act play The Last Days of Wonder on March 11-26. Who is Imogen? The actress-daughter of the well-traveled mother, she also lives with her mother while she tries to get her own life together. As the play opens, Imogen is rehearsing for a real-life role ...
Julie Mitre will portray Mother in the 2nd Act Players’ production of the dynamic new one-act play The Last Days of Wonder on March 11-26. Mother has led a wild life. Drinking, Paris, multiple husbands, the world was a blur to her for many years, years in which she wasn't there for her two daughters. But now her ...
