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Meet the cast & crew for So Now, What?
The Evanston 2nd Act Players will be returning to on-stage, in-person performances this fall with a world premiere of a new play, So Now, What? Stage veteran Edward Voci, who has performed with the Lyric Opera and sits on the board of the Oak Park Festival Theatre, will star as Frankie. 2nd Act Players’ […]
Read MoreEvanston 2nd Act Players return to the stage this November
The Evanston 2nd Act Players will be returning to on-stage, in-person performances this fall with a world premiere of a new play, So Now, What? The show will be produced at Evanston’s Northminster Presbyterian Church, where the 2nd Act Players have been in residence since 2017. Performance dates are Nov. 10, 11 at 7 p.m., […]
Read More2nd Act Players take next step with plans for a November return to the stage
2nd Act Players’ actors will assemble Saturday, July 22 for what’s known as a table read of the new two-act version of Talking with My Dad. The Players hope to do a full stage production of the play, written by cofounder John N. Frank, this November in their pre-Covid home of Northminster Presbyterian Church. “Talking […]
Read MoreFrank play “I’ll Take This One, Brother” gets online reading Monday, July 17
2nd Act Players’ cofounder John N. Frank’s new 10-minute play, I’ll Take This One Brother, will have a free online reading Monday, July 17 at 6 p.m. central time. To see it, simply click here that evening. The reading is being done by Just Write, Lakeland, a place for writers of stage and screen to […]
Read More2nd Act Players begin fund-raising campaign, please help today
The Evanston 2nd Act Players need your help to return to the stage this November. “We plan to pay actors more than we have in the past. We also need to hire a production manager for the first time because frankly I’m getting too old to do all the physical labor involved in putting on […]
Read More2nd Act Players Hope to Return in November
The Evanston 2nd Act Players, which did it’s last show online in mid-2021, is hoping to return to a live stage this November with performances of a new, two-act version of the poignant drama Talking with My Dad. Written by 2nd Act Co-founder John N. Frank, Talking with My Dad centers around a man awaiting […]
Read More2nd ACT ALUM ACTING ACROSS CHICAGOLAND
2nd Act Players alum continue to make their marks on stages across the Chicago area in early 2023. Valerie Gorman is appearing in The Legend of Georgia McBride at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights through March 4. Debra Rodkin is appearing in Driving Miss Daisy at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center in Cicero […]
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JOHN FRANK IN TWO UPCOMING SHOWS
John N. Frank, co-founder of the 2nd Act Players, will be portraying the local habadasher in the 1950s’ classic Inherit the Wind at Deerfield’s Theater D this April. Frank also has been cast as the dean of the Sanford Medical School in the Oakton College February staged reading of Let Me Down Easy, a contemporary […]
Read More2nd Act Players’ founder John Frank to play Einstein
John N. Frank, co-founder of the 2nd Act Players, will be portraying an elderly Albert Einstein in a planned stage reading of a new play, Einstein’s Compass produced by Chicago’s Royal James Theater. The reading will take place Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. in The Merion, an Evanston senior-living residence. The part represents Frank’s […]
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