Two New Shows at Award-Winning Theater

By Suzy Evans in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 11, 2009 4:45PM

The Golden Globes and the Oscars may have come and gone, but awards season is still going. The League of Chicago Theatres gave out the 2009 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theater Award to Rogers Park-based theater company, the side project, on April 1. While the mere giving of the award didn’t perk our news-gathering ears, the side project’s upcoming show The Rocks has us intrigued, partly due to the vague description on the website - "20-somethings talk about…stuff." Chicago Dramatists’ Resident Playwright Mark A. Young wrote the play as a follow-up to his successful New Orleans at the same company in 2006. The show is in repertory with The Bird Sanctuary, by award-winning playwright Lynne McMahon. (This show’s descriptions starts with “50-somethings”….the juxtaposition already has us excited/nervous.)

The League of Chicago Theatres award entitles the company to $5,000, marketing support and ad space in the Chicago Tribune and TimeOut Chicago. The League of Chicago Theatres presents this award as part of a five year support pledge from Broadway in Chicago.

Both shows open this Sunday and it's only $15 for both - that’s cheaper than a movie! You can buy tickets on the theater’s website.