Hannah Goodman, an Evanston High School junior who has studied acting at Evanston’s Piven Theatre Workshop and acted at Evanston’s Mudlark Theater, will be featured in the 2nd Act Players’ world premiere of the new two-act play Moving Boxes which will run from Nov. 4-19. Hannah plays Julia, a granddaughter who reconnects with the grandmother […]
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2nd Act Players’ Cofounder John N. Frank has been a prolific playwright since penning his first work, New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House, in 2013. But the play he’s written this year with his daughter Jenny Frank, Moving Boxes, may be the last he creates for the foreseeable future. “Health issues have been slowing me […]
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Anyone who has cared for an aging parent, anyone who has come to know a grandparent late in their lives, or anyone who has struggled to find the meaning of family in their own daily troubles and trials, will relate to this play and want to see it.
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The Lady in the Woods has been named the Judges’ Favorite while The Queen of Social Media was the run-away Fan Favorite for the 2nd Act Players’ 2017 New Playwrights’ Showcase staged Sept. 23-24. The Queen of Social Media by Lawrence Keller looked at the online obsession of a new mother who opens a Facebook […]
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The 2nd Act Players’ New Playwright Showcase is this weekend and we have 14 amazing reasons for you to buy tickets and come see it — plays from seven amazing playwrights and a cast of seven awesome actors to perform them. I was at a rehearsals Thursday night and was blown away by how quickly […]
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Haven’t bought your tickets for our 2017 New Playwrights’ Showcase yet? OMG what are you waiting for? Maybe the top 5 reasons to come? So here they are: Seven, count them, seven playwrights for the price of one. Each show features short plays from seven playwrights you may have never heard before. That’s exciting theater. […]
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Peter and Dana, the characters you’ll meet in Lawrence Keller’s The Queen of Social Media, are just home from the hospital with their new-born baby, Katey. While thrilled, tensions mount as Dana seems a bit preoccupied. To find out more, come to our New Playwright’s Showcase, Sept. 23-24. And keep reading here to find out […]
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Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich’s play, Spark, begins as Joan’s 25-year marriage with Steve has imploded and the day has arrived for her to move out. To find out more about it, come to the 2nd Act Players’ 2017 New Playwrights’ Showcase Sept. 23-24. Barbara’s play is one of seven chosen for staged readings at our showcase this year. […]
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Jean Waller’s play, A Little Something, begins in a pawn shop in a transitional urban neighborhood of a large city. To find out more about it, come to the 2nd Act Players’ 2017 New Playwrights’ Showcase Sept. 23-24. Jean’s play is one of seven chosen for staged readings at our showcase this year. Buy your […]
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When you attend the 2nd Act Players’ 2017 New Playwrights’ Showcase this Sept. 23-24, you’ll see a bit of history in the making. One of the plays we’ll be reading at each performance, The Lady in the Woods, will be going straight from Evanston to off-Broadway performances in New York at the New York New […]
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