Northminster Church continues as home for 2nd Act Players

January 23, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston has agreed to allow the 2nd Act Players to produce its new season in the church theater, marking the third year the 2nd Act Players will be staging plays at the church in northwest Evanston. “We are so thrilled to call Northminster home for our 2018 season,” says 2nd Act […]

Happy New Year from the 2nd Act Players

December 31, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The 2nd Act Players had an amazing year in 2017; our warmest thanks to all of you who made it possible. We featured 16 actors and three directors in nine works for the stage, ranging from our staged readings of six new 10-minute plays to our one-act festival with two plays and our fall production […]

Here’s what the 2nd Act Players gave you in 2017…your turn now

November 27, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Ticket sale proceeds alone did not cover the cost of any of our productions. Indeed we would be ending this year thousands of dollars in the red if not for our sponsors and our wonderful donors.

Thank you to the cast, crew and audiences for “Moving Boxes”

November 21, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Another 2nd Act Players’ world premiere, the two-act family drama Moving Boxes, has drawn the curtain for the final time and so we want to thank everyone involved in the production. Finding a cast for a play like this is always an adventure. A director never knows who he or she may end up working […]

Come see why Saturday is a sellout

November 15, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Audiences are raving about this story of a mother and son trying to reconnect while a granddaughter discovers the meaning of family.

Five years, five plays, wow

November 14, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Moving Boxes is the fifth play I’ve written in the last five years. Someone had the temerity to tell me last year, “you can’t keep writing a new play every year.” Well, I could and I did, so there.

Hear more about the dynamic new play, “Moving Boxes” in this insightful interview

November 7, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Julia Mitre plays Faye and Hannah Goodman plays her granddaughter Julia in "Moving Boxes" Nov. 4-19

Moving Boxes co-author John N. Frank and one of its cast members, Hannah Goodman, recently discussed the exciting new play that audiences are raving about with WCGO radio host Daniel French. Listen to them describe the heart of this story of the meaning of family, then click here to buy tickets for one of four […]

Opening weekend crowds rave about “Moving Boxes”

November 6, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

“Wonderful play, very touching story regarding family during a very tumultuous time of 9/11. Excellent, really enjoyed it.”

Hannah Goodman is getting noticed as she plays Julia in “Moving Boxes”

November 3, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Julia begins the play as an isolated teen wondering where she fits in to her dysfunctional family. But as the show progresses, she comes to better know her grandmother, Faye, and starts to get some answers to the questions we all ask about where do we come from and where do we belong.

Where to eat when you see “Moving Boxes”

November 2, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Evanston area is awash with places to eat, but most close before you’ll get out of Saturday evening shows of Moving Boxes (night shows end at roughly 9:30), so we advise you to eat before the Saturday shows. If you’re coming to a Sunday matinée, plenty of places will be open after the show, […]