Caroline Cassidy will play Stella in our December production of It’s My Brooklyn, Too! Stella is the outsider in the Smaldone family, shunned by most of her husband’s sisters, she still dutifully comes to family events but dreams of escaping to a place far from her antagonists. Here, read about Caroline and her acting career. […]
Read MoreGiacoma Bonello will be wearing two hats in our December production of It’s My Brooklyn, Too! She is directing and also playing the role of Faye, the daughter who insists she was poppa’s favorite (you can imagine how her sisters and brother react to that). Gia is Brooklyn born and raised and also the daughter […]
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Tickets are now on sale for the December performances of It’s My Brooklyn, Too! in Brooklyn Dec. 6-8 and Dec. 13-15. To reserve your seats, simply click here to go to our online box office. Tickets are $45 each. Shows will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, 3 p.m. on Sundays. Seating is […]
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Rehearsals are beginning in New York for the Big Apple showcase production of Its’ My Brooklyn, Too!, 2nd Act Players’ cofounder John N. Frank’s dramatic look at the American immigrant experience. Cast and friends gathered in late September for their first reading of the script which begins at the 1960 New Year’s Eve party for […]
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The Midwest Players Theater’s new production of the two-act play Grand Family Foods by Kurt Peters has sold out all four of its scheduled April performances, a tremendous accomplishment for a new theater. The production is being done in cooperation with the Evanston 2nd Act Players. “Kurt’s play about the struggles of a small Midwest […]
Read MoreArts organizations that survived the Covid years found themselves changed, often in ways they never expected. The Evanston 2nd Act Players certainly has. This year has seen the 2nd Act Players become an incubator theater, a place where playwrights can try out new shows before taking them elsewhere, and a place where new theaters can […]
Read MoreJoin us in April for the world premier of Grand Family Foods by Kurt Peters. The play marks the first production by The Midwest Players and is being done in cooperation with the Evanston 2nd Act Players. Grand Family Foods tells the story of Rick Erickson, owner of a small grocery store in Millburg, Wis., as […]
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The 2nd Act Players invite you to join us for a very special event on Friday, Feb. 9 — a one-woman show of playwright Eileen Richards’ new, one-act play Running with Coffee. The one-hour play is a tragi-comedy about mid-life, mental health, caregiving and fighting over the washing machine — when your parents move back […]
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Sadly we are canceling our planned November production of the new play, So Now, What? Ticket buyers will receive refunds through Eventbrite.
Read More2nd 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 […]
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