20% Theatre Company Chicago

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED 20%'S FIRST EVER WORK SHOP! 

Thank you as well to Sarah Gubbins and Jennifer Dobby for sharing their work with us, to Nicole Gilman and Gianine DeFrancesco for directing, and to all the actors for their terrific performances. 

Jennifer Dobby is honored to again be working with 20%, after taking part in Snapshots 2006 and 2007.  A native of Chicago, she's currently working towards her M.F.A. in playwriting and screenwriting at Northwestern University.

 

Sarah Gubbins has been working in Chicago theater for the past nine years as a dramaturg and playwright.  Her short plays, Underoos and Mea Culpa were produced as part of 20% Theater's Snapshots 06 and 07 respectively.  Her short play Out of Order is a finalist for the Heideman Award at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and was produced at the Estrogen Fest and the Rhino Fest this year.  She wrote the book to Fatty Arbuckle's Spectacular Musical Revue which was produced by Second City Theatricals.  She is the recipient of the 2007 Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award at Northwestern University where she is currently pursuing a MFA in Screenwriting and Playwriting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20% Theatre Company announces Work Shop, a look at two fresh new plays by Chicago playwrights Jennifer Dobby and Sarah Gubbins.

 

In two weekends of performances, 20% Theatre Company’s Work Shop will give audiences a first look at two edgy, in-progress works – while giving playwrights a chance to see their plays in action. Each staged reading will be followed by a talk-back session with the playwright.

 

Where: The Side Project, 1439 W. Jarvis, Chicago
When: Thursday, Oct. 18 – Saturday, Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 25 – Saturday , Oct. 27;  Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $10 for one show; $15 for both shows

RSVP:  773.944.5692, twentypercentchicago@yahoo.com

 

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Tester, by Jennifer Dobby

Directed by Gianine DeFrancesco

Thursday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m.

 

With Christmas approaching, Hamlin is selling rolls of wrapping paper out of the trunk of his car, struggling to support his aspiring cosmetologist wife, Dinah, and her invalid brother, Jimmy, the frequent guinea pig of Dinah's botched shave jobs and manicures. When Dinah gets fed up with poverty and threatens to leave, Hamlin brings in Lulu, a beautiful ballerina-whore, to sell off his wares. But things get complicated when Lulu falls for Jimmy, and sets out to save him from his sedentary life.

 

Our Vigil Strange, by Sarah Gubbins

Directed by Nicole Gilman

Thursday, Oct. 25 through Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.

 

As six college friends head into their senior year, the world seems full of possibilities.  But the tragic events of one Friday night party would change their lives forever.