Elizabeth DeSchryver, author of the #MeToo Play festival play Fair, is a long-time Evanston resident and a former Methods Architect for an international consulting firm. Her short plays have been performed locally at Chicago Dramatists and Cold Basement Dramatics. Now retired, she plans to pursue writing full-time. 1. When and why did you start writing […]
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Cassandra Rose is a bisexual playwright who has had more than 300 plays performed in Chicago and beyond. That total includes the hundreds of micro-plays that make up all five years of her self-produced The Dictionary Project. Her longer plays include The Amen Trilogy, At His Best, Billy to his Friends, Children of Troy, and […]
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Playwright Carol Saller works at the University of Chicago Press on the team of The Chicago Manual of Style. She is the author of The Subversive Copy Editor, a book of advice for writers and editors, and author of several children’s books, most recently the young adult novel Eddie’s War. Her winning entry in […]
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Jean Waller has acted with the 2nd Act Players and also had a script she wrote, A Little Something, selected for the 2017 2nd Act Players New Playwright Showcase. Her script Cattywampus will be one fo six performed during the 2nd Act Players #MeToo Play festival May 19-20, 26-27. Learn a little about Jean is […]
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The first performance for the 2nd Act Players’ #MeToo Play Festival is only two weeks away on Saturday, May 19. Buy your tickets now so you don’t miss this paramount event. “This is the most important work we have done in the five years the 2nd Act Players has existed,” says cofounder John N. Frank. […]
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Karla Altmayer, cofounder of Healing to Action, will be joining the post-show discussion on Sunday, May 20 about #MeToo issues raised by the six short plays presented in the 2nd Act Players’ #MeToo Play Festival. Playwrights Jean Waller and Carol Saller also will be on the panel which will be chaired by 2nd Act Players’ Cofounder […]
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Want to know how the MeToo movement began and how it has morphed and grown since late 2017? Check the list of articles on our new #MeToo Play Festival page. The page begins with information about our festival May 19-20, and May 26-27 at Northminster Church in Evanston where we’ll be showcasing six short plays […]
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Aayisha Ruby Humphrey, an award-winning Chicago actor and acting teacher, will be the director for the 2nd Act Players’ #MeToo Play Festival May 19-20 and May 26-27. The festival presents six 10-minute plays from emerging playwrights dealing with issues such as sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual abuse, gender-stereotyping and bullying. “Aayisha was assistant director […]
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Rev. Michael Dale Kirby, senior pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston, has agreed to take part in a post-show discussion of #MeToo issues at the 2nd Act Players #MeToo Play Festival on Saturday, May 26. The festival, which features six 10-minute plays by emerging playwrights about issues relevant to the #MeToo movement, takes place […]
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