Here’s a sneak peek at Last Days of Wonder

February 23, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Becca Russo, Julie Mitre and Christine O'Keef star in The Last Days of Wonder.

The 2nd Act Players will be performing two dynamic new one-act plays at its One-Act Play Festival March 11-26. The first will be Last Days of Wonder, a look at the challenges faced by an ailing mother and her two adult daughters. Sensible, organized daughter Sue has flown into town to see her sick mother, unaware […]

Deal with snoring and help the 2nd Act Players at the same time

February 21, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Every time someone downloads it from the link on our site, the 2nd Act Players receive a small stipend from Snore Report. So it costs you nothing but helps you, your partner and the 2nd Act Players! Please download it today and let us know what you think of it.

Free previews of our One-Act Play Festival this Sunday, come one, come all

February 15, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Wondering what you’d see if you pluck down some cash for tickets to the 2nd Act Players One-Act Play Festival March 11-26? Wonder no more, come see us stage free previews of each of the two one-acts this Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3:15 p.m. at the main branch of the Evanston Library.

Top 5 Reasons you’ll love the 2nd Act Players’ One-Act Festival

February 11, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

The 2nd Act Players are staging two, dynamic new one-act plays this March at the Presbyterian Church Theater in Evanston — here’s why you should see them: 1. Two for the price of one…see two new dynamic plays for less than one ticket would cost elsewhere. The 2nd Act Players charge only $22. And parking is […]

The 2nd Act Players are back looking at love, family and love lost

February 10, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

The 2nd Act Players will be taking to the stage again March 11-26, bringing you its first-ever One-Act Play Festival with two new works that look at love from very different angles. Falling Into Macy by Richard Lyons Conlon, looks at the lives of two couples, one older and falling out of love, the other younger and trying […]

FAQs about the 2nd Act Players’ One-Act Play Festival

January 24, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

A one-act play festival in Evanston, what is that all about? It’s about fun, drama, comedy and an enjoyable evening with Northwest Evanston’s newest theater company, the 2nd Act Players. Read on, all your questions about the March festival are answered here. Read, then buy some tickets, what are you waiting for, all your questions […]

Meet the directors of 2nd Act Players’ One-Act Play Festival

January 23, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Two veterans of past 2nd Act Players’ productions will be directing plays during the 2nd Act Players’ One-Act Play Festival this March 11-26. “Our mission is to showcase new talent in stories about key 2nd acts in people’s lives. That includes new directing talent,” explains co-founder John N. Frank, who will be directing Last Days […]

Meet the Casts for the 2nd Act Players’ One-Act Play Festival

January 20, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

The 2nd Act Players has once again assembled dynamic casts for the two plays it will be staging as part of its first-ever One-Act Play Festival March 11-26.

2nd Act Players Announce One-Act Script Winners, One-Act Play Festival in March

August 1, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

The 2nd Act Players have selected two one-act play winners from more than 60 submitted for its first-ever one-act script competition. The plays, Falling Into Macy by Richard Lyons Conlon, and The Last Days of Wonder by Tess Light, will be staged by the 2nd Act Players in March and April, 2017, during their one-act […]

Entries are in for the 2nd Act Players one-act play competition

May 20, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The entry window has closed for the 2nd Act Players first-ever one-act script competition. More than 60 scripts were received from playwrights all over the country who have Chicago connections. Players board members are now reviewing all the entries and will select two winners whose plays will be performed by the 2nd Act Players in […]