How Will We Transport You to 1960?

March 12, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House will take you back to Dec. 31, 1960. That was the year the United States elected an Irish-Catholic president, the precursor of a decade filled with change and upheaval for the country and the world. How will we make you feel that you’re in that time and place? Hopefully with our words but also with our […]

How Do I Buy Tickets for New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s?

March 11, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

How do you buy tickets for our shows April 13? We’re offering several options to make purchasing tickets easy for you. You can email us directly at lvl1971@yahoo,com, tell us how many tickets you would like for which performance. We’ll email you instructions for mailing payment and, once received, send out your tickets Orders close to performance date will be asked to pick up their tickets at […]

Where are the Costumes Coming From?

March 5, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Cast members in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House are responsible for assembling their own costumes — costumes that approximate what party goers in 1960 would have been wearing that night at Grandma’s House. The styles most closely associated with the 1960s, loud, Hippie-inspired looks, had not happened yet in 1960. Styles that year still […]

Who are the Evanston 2nd Act Players?

March 3, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

So who are the Evanston 2nd Act Players? A group of actors brought together by their love of theater and the telling of simple stories that touch everyone’s lives. The core of the troupe, including teacher/director Ryan Kitley, met in a 2012 acting class. Some went on to workshop New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House […]