Who is the landlord? On the surface, he runs the apartment building where Boys in the Basement takes place. But below that what makes this character tick? Watch Chris Johnson talk about his character in this exclusive video: Chris Johnson on the Landlord Will you love him, will you hate him? Chris has some other […]
Read MoreBoys in the Basement is the most ambitious production yet for the infant 2nd Act Players. When you come to a performance in November, you will see a staircase built for the play, along with a laundry folding table strong enough for people to sit on, a bookcase and other stage dressing to transport you into […]
Read More“Past 2nd Act Players shows have had sellout nights, so we’re expecting big crowds for this year’s performance as well,” says 2nd Act cofounder John N. Frank.
Read MoreThis is a really exciting time for the actors because now they can fully discover their characters.
Read MoreI would eventually meet other divorced men and we would create new friendships. I often wished we could all sit around together in the evenings and talk about our struggles, but we lived in widely spread out locations.
Read MoreBoys in the Basement opens Nov. 6, less than a month away. Tickets are already selling and the production, which focuses on the heartbreak of divorce from the male perspective, is getting media attention. So buy your tickets today, waiting might mean you won’t be able to see this ground-breaking original work from the 2nd […]
Read MoreWhatever comes up, Frank will be trying to talk about his latest play, Boys in the Basement which opens Nov. 6 in Evanston.
Read MoreChildren are the victims of divorce, caught in events totally beyond their control and scarred by them nonetheless. Boys in the Basement looks at how men think about their children in divorce. Some men struggle to stay involved in tier children’s lives after divorce, others can not bear the pain and simply disappear, leaving children […]
Read MoreBoys in the Basement takes an unapologetic look at divorce from a man’s perspective. We’ve been bringing you infograhics this week that look at the carnage that comes from divorce. Today’s examines the economics of marriage and divorce. It touches on the fact that children in middle-income households are less likely to have married parents […]
Read MoreBoys in the Basement looks at divorce circa 1993, before the Internet and before online dating, in the United States. By way fo comparison, 1993 was the busiest year on record for divorce in the U.K., according to the inforgraphic below. It saw 165,018 couples getting divorces there. Boys in the Basement centers around the 1993 divorce of […]
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