NEXT DATE: May 16 at 8pm
On The Radar
Special reading series produced by
Associate Artistic Director Jocelyn A. Brown

See the shows that might end up in our next season!

$10 General Admission
FREE to our Sustaining Members and Advocate Level Donors
Wednesdays at 8pm

MAY 16 - The Origin Story of Mr. Clean
by Resident Playwright Zayd Dohrn
directed by Marya Mazor
Our Resident Playwright for 2012, Zayd Dohrn, brings us a glimpse of the struggle between addictive escape and honest survival. When Kris gets pregnant, she and her junkie friends Sal and Mikey decide to kick the habit. But with no jobs, no prospects, and a duffel bag full of heroin under the bed, they'll need more than Mister Clean to the rescue.

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CREW
Playwright: Zayd Dohrn
Director: Marya Mazor

CREW
Sal: Jackson Tobiska
Mikey: Adam Silver
Kris: Liz Holt
Roy: Michael Manuel


2012 SCHEDULE

JULY 25 - Magic Forest Farm
by Resident Playwright Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Associate Artistic Director Jocelyn A. Brown
Zayd Dohrn, the Chance Theater’s Resident Playwright for 2012, explores how revolutions against convention and youthful passions can sometimes come full circle. Seventeen-year-old Allegra hasn’t felt at home since her family left the commune where she grew up. When a party unearths long-forgotten memories, she heads back to Magic Forest Farm to explore where she came from and who she really is.

[ Tickets go on sale Monday, July 16 ]

OCTOBER 10 - The Rise and Fall of "Tropic Ana"
by Diana Montané
Directed by Chris Shelton
The life, work, and mysterious death from a fall from a 36th story window of tempestuous Cuban sculptor Ana Mendieta. Was it suicide, a final performance piece, or murder at the hands of her sculptor husband?

[ Tickets go on sale Monday, October 1 ]

MEET OUR 2012 RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT
ZAYD DOHRN
A fresh, dynamic voice joins us in 2012 as the Chance’s Resident Playwright: Zayd Dohrn. Zayd earned his MFA from NYU and was a two-year Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at Juilliard. He twice received the Lincoln Center’s Lecomte du Nouy Prize, the Theatre Masters Visionary Playwrights Award, the Sky Cooper Prize, and the Jean Kennedy Smith Award, as well as residencies and commissions from theaters such as Dallas Theatre Center and the Royal Court Theatre of London. Currently, Zayd is developing screenplays for Vox3 Films and American Film Company while teaching playwrighting and screenwriting at Northwestern University.

Chance Theater is enthusiastic to produce the unsettling dark comedy REBORNING on our Mainstage and readings of two new plays of Zayd’s as a part of the Chance’s On the Radar Series: THE ORIGIN STORY OF MISTER CLEAN and MAGIC FOREST FARM. Jocelyn A. Brown, Associate Artistic Director and producer of On the Radar, states, "We're very eager for this collaboration with Zayd Dohrn. Independent from his notable parents, Bernardine Dohrn and William Ayers who are former Weather Underground leaders, Zayd is making a significant impact in the theatrical world with a voice that is as disconcerting as it is empathetic. Zayd's plays have been described as riveting, fearless, and poignant, with themes that you often find yourself chewing upon days later. With much anticipation and pleasure, the Chance is looking forward to joining forces with Zayd Dohrn as our Resident Playwright this year."

ABOUT "ON THE RADAR" READING SERIES:
“On The Radar” Reading Series at the Chance is a collection of new works and works that are new to the Chance that are being considered for our Mainstage season. Each season, OTR provides two readings of new plays from our Resident Playwright. This series offers our audiences the opportunity to see works in progress of contemporary and inventive theatrical experiences and provides exploration for further production development. These productions have very short rehearsal periods, between 3-5 days, and the artists all generously volunteer their time. Running alongside the Mainstage season, performances are on Wednesday evenings and are usually one-night-only events. Tickets are complimentary for Sustaining Members as part of their benefits package.