An exciting event is only a week away here in our home town of Evanston and the 2nd Act Players is thrilled to be a part of it. It’s the 2017 Girl on Fire Women’s Expo. The theme of this year’s event is Living an Impactful Life. Given recent headlines, what better time for women […]

  Ryan Hall will portray Frankie in Moving Boxes, the world premiere play being presented by the 2nd Act Players Nov. 4-19. Frankie is trying to reconnect with his mother, Faye, after many years of living apart. Frankie left home to attend college, and to find himself outside his mother’s shadow. But now, shortly after […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Our mission is to showcase new talent and we routinely have cast members ranging in age from 16 to 60+ as part of that mission. This fall, we’ll be at it again with our newest play, “Moving Boxes.”