Scenes from the 2nd Act Players’ 2019 production of Joe Simonelli’s Old Ringers are now available for watching on the 2nd Act Players website as well as on Facebook and YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9QYJ0HRT0lklhCwUdlizg/videos The show played to sold-out houses last year. “Old Ringers was the first comedy we did. we decided to stop asking people to think […]
Scenes from past plays performed by the 2nd Act Players are now viewable through links on two sites run by the League of Chicago Theatres and by a group called Arts for Illinois. The 2nd Act Players began posting clips from past shows in late March after having to cancel it’s upcoming May show because […]
Scenes from the 2nd Act Players’ 2019 production of noted playwright Joe Simonelli’s Old Ringers will soon be added to the 2nd Act Players Video Vault and start appearing on its Facebook page and YouTube channel. Old Ringers has been our most successful play in the seven years we’ve been in existence so we know […]
The remaining Sunday performances of the 2nd Act Players’ production of Old Ringers are essentially sold out!! We may have a few tickets available on day-of-show for walk-ups but all advanced tickets have been sold. The remaining Saturday shows, Nov. 9 and Nov. 16, have a very few advance tickets left, click here to grab […]
Opening weekend audiences are raving about the 2nd Act Players’ production of Joe Simonelli’s Old Ringers, a comedy about four older women trying phone sex. Asked to rate the performances on a scale of one to five stars, opening weekend audiences Nov. 2-3 gave the show an average of 4.3 stars, with 91% rating the […]
The Sunday, Nov. 17 show is sold out!!! Opening Night Nov. 2 is 66% sold out Snag one of the remaining tickets today Tickets available for Nov. 2-16 shows Our ticket site has been flooded with buy orders for tickets to see Joe Simonelli’s Old Ringers Nov. 2-17. We’ve added a few seats to accommodate […]
Yes, the rumors are true, 2nd Act Players’ Cofounder John N. Frank will have two scenes in his underwear during this November’s performances of Old Ringers. “The playwright’s original stage directions have Harry wearing a Speedo, we’re not going there,” says Frank. “Men in their 60s pretty much should never go there. But Harry is […]
John N. Frank is returning to the 2nd Act Players stage for the first time since 2016 as he takes on the role of Harry in Old Ringers. “Harry and I are a lot alike, which is making this role so much fun for me,” says Frank, who is a cofounder of the 2nd Act […]
Sandy Gulliver will be portraying Kathy Ann is the 2nd Act Players’ fall show, Old Ringers. Her character is perhaps the most naive among the group of four women the play deals with. But the old saying “Still waters run deep” could come into play for here before the story ends. Here, Gulliver talks about […]
Debra Rodkin will portray Verna, the wild talker in a group of four older women who are at the center of the action in Old Ringers, to be performed this Nov. 2-17 by the 2nd Act Players. The show marks Rodkin’s second performance with the 2nd Act Players. She played Helen in Intentions, which was […]