HILARIOUS COMEDY: It’s 1939 and Hollywood is all abuzz! Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay just isn’t working so the Hollywood mogul who is being hounded by the film’s stars and gossip reporters, enlists the help of famed screenwriter, Ben Hecht and pulls the formidable director, Victor Fleming off the set of The Wizard of Oz to fix it. For the next five days, locked in a room on a diet of bananas and peanuts, it will be up to these three men to fashion the screenplay for one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Based on actual events, this tale of  desperation and genius makes for an engaging and hysterical night of entertainment.

HILARIOUS COMEDY: It’s 1939 and Hollywood is all abuzz! Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay just isn’t working so the Hollywood mogul who is being hounded by the film’s stars and gossip reporters, enlists the help of famed screenwriter, Ben Hecht and pulls the formidable director, Victor Fleming off the set of The Wizard of Oz to fix it. For the next five days, locked in a room on a diet of bananas and peanuts, it will be up to these three men to fashion the screenplay for one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Based on actual events, this tale of  desperation and genius makes for an engaging and hysterical night of entertainment.

Director: Lee F. Orchard
Performances: April 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 2 p.m.

Location: University Theatre

About the Performance: 

A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin’ at the Spitfire Grill.

630 dinner, 8 o’clock performance

Director: Lee F. Orchard
Performances: April 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 2 p.m.

Location: University Theatre

About the Performance: 

A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin’ at the Spitfire Grill.

HILARIOUS COMEDY: It’s 1939 and Hollywood is all abuzz! Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay just isn’t working so the Hollywood mogul who is being hounded by the film’s stars and gossip reporters, enlists the help of famed screenwriter, Ben Hecht and pulls the formidable director, Victor Fleming off the set of The Wizard of Oz to fix it. For the next five days, locked in a room on a diet of bananas and peanuts, it will be up to these three men to fashion the screenplay for one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Based on actual events, this tale of  desperation and genius makes for an engaging and hysterical night of entertainment.

Director: Lee F. Orchard
Performances: April 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 2 p.m.

Location: University Theatre

About the Performance: 

A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin’ at the Spitfire Grill.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

GREATER TUNA

A Play by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13

Performances are Friday/Saturdays 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. This hilarious comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes, but also a withering satire. Adding to the hilarity is that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

"Isn't it Romantic" deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: a short, slightly plump would-be writer named Janie Blumberg, and her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities. In Janie's case this leads to an inconclusive involvement with a young Jewish doctor who calls her "Monkey," while Harriet assails the world of big business and has an affair with her hard-driving (and married) boss. Told in a fast-moving series of inventive, alternately hilarious and touchingly revealing scenes, the play explores their parallel stories with uncommon wit and wisdom—resulting, ultimately, in a heightened awareness which, while not providing all the answers, goes a long way toward achieving the maturity and self-assuredness that both protagonists so desperately desire.

Admission
$9 - adults
$7 - students/seniors

"Isn't it Romantic" deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: a short, slightly plump would-be writer named Janie Blumberg, and her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities. In Janie's case this leads to an inconclusive involvement with a young Jewish doctor who calls her "Monkey," while Harriet assails the world of big business and has an affair with her hard-driving (and married) boss. Told in a fast-moving series of inventive, alternately hilarious and touchingly revealing scenes, the play explores their parallel stories with uncommon wit and wisdom—resulting, ultimately, in a heightened awareness which, while not providing all the answers, goes a long way toward achieving the maturity and self-assuredness that both protagonists so desperately desire.

Admission
$9 - adults
$7 - students/seniors

"Isn't it Romantic" deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: a short, slightly plump would-be writer named Janie Blumberg, and her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities. In Janie's case this leads to an inconclusive involvement with a young Jewish doctor who calls her "Monkey," while Harriet assails the world of big business and has an affair with her hard-driving (and married) boss. Told in a fast-moving series of inventive, alternately hilarious and touchingly revealing scenes, the play explores their parallel stories with uncommon wit and wisdom—resulting, ultimately, in a heightened awareness which, while not providing all the answers, goes a long way toward achieving the maturity and self-assuredness that both protagonists so desperately desire.

Admission
$9 - adults
$7 - students/seniors

"Isn't it Romantic" deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: a short, slightly plump would-be writer named Janie Blumberg, and her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities. In Janie's case this leads to an inconclusive involvement with a young Jewish doctor who calls her "Monkey," while Harriet assails the world of big business and has an affair with her hard-driving (and married) boss. Told in a fast-moving series of inventive, alternately hilarious and touchingly revealing scenes, the play explores their parallel stories with uncommon wit and wisdom—resulting, ultimately, in a heightened awareness which, while not providing all the answers, goes a long way toward achieving the maturity and self-assuredness that both protagonists so desperately desire.

Admission
$9 - adults
$7 - students/seniors

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

GRITTY COMEDY/DRAMA: Sam Shepard has always been a CST favorite and Fool for Love gives audiences a look at an earlier work that led to him becoming one of America’s greatest living playwrights. In a seedy motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the story is set for May and Eddie, two lovers who can’t live with or without each other. Surrounded by ghosts of their pasts and a mysterious old man who sits in a corner of the stage, they must survive the passions and volatility that keep drawing them together.

MOM COLE’S

MOM COLE’S

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

MOM COLE’S

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

MOM COLE’S

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

NOISES OFF

A Farcical Comedy by Michael Frayn

Directed by Jeffrey Baumgartner

June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1, 6, 7, 8
Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Noises Off provides a glimpse into the world of theatre. The audience will witness both the rehearsal process and what goes on behind the scenes once the curtain is raised. The play opens the night before the first performance and the cast are hopelessly unready. Baffled by entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines, and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines, Lloyd, the director, is beyond frustrated. Seen from backstage, Act 2 provides a view of the dysfunctional relationships between the cast. Romantic rivalries, lovers' tiffs and personal quarrels lead to offstage shenanigans, onstage bedlam and the occasional attack with a fire axe. Act 3 occurs during the play's last run where relationships between the cast have frayed considerably, the set is breaking down and props are winding up in the wrong hands, on the floor, and in the way. While the actors remain determined to cover up the mounting chaos, it's not long before the plot and script are seemingly abandoned entirely in this hilarious comedy.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

>July 6 - 7, 2018 at Dusk | Free or VIP RESERVED TICKETS
Park performances Downtown Valparaiso
Central Park Plaza, Porter Health Amphitheater

>July 12 - 15, 2018 | Tickets & Performance Calendar
Ticketed performances at Chicago Street Theatre

CLASSIC COMEDY: Full of mistaken identity, physical humor, razor sharp wordplay and robust hilarity, Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. After a successful battle, Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, journeys to Messina to celebrate. The festivities reunite the on again/off again relationship of Beatrice and Benedick and the handsome Claudio is smitten with Hero, the beautiful daughter of their host, Leonato. After several mishaps occur during the town’s masquerade ball, gossip and rumor run rampant, calling the honor of the young daughter into question. Complete with silliness, romance, wit and memorable characters, audiences will delight at this theatrical treasure.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Leigh Selting

August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 2

Performances on Friday/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for a doll stuffed with heroin, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. Complicating matters, is the fact that a little girl living in an apartment upstairs has stolen the doll. Intent on retrieving the heroine, con man, Roat, leads his companion of thugs into thinking they will be rich if they find the doll. In the end, Roat turns on his companions and sets his sights on murder.

AFTER PAUL McCARTNEY

A New Play

Written by David Hoppe

Directed by John Green

September 14, 15, 16, 21, 22

Performances on Fridays/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Written by local playwright, David Hoppe, After Paul McCartney tells the story of two die-hard fans in search of Paul McCartney post Beatles break-up. Determined their idol will invite them for a chat once they locate him, their journey takes them across America where they encounter several mishaps and misadventures. In the end they're almost certain McCartney will come to their rescue.

AFTER PAUL McCARTNEY

A New Play

Written by David Hoppe

Directed by John Green

September 14, 15, 16, 21, 22

Performances on Fridays/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Written by local playwright, David Hoppe, After Paul McCartney tells the story of two die-hard fans in search of Paul McCartney post Beatles break-up. Determined their idol will invite them for a chat once they locate him, their journey takes them across America where they encounter several mishaps and misadventures. In the end they're almost certain McCartney will come to their rescue.

AFTER PAUL McCARTNEY

A New Play

Written by David Hoppe

Directed by John Green

September 14, 15, 16, 21, 22

Performances on Fridays/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Written by local playwright, David Hoppe, After Paul McCartney tells the story of two die-hard fans in search of Paul McCartney post Beatles break-up. Determined their idol will invite them for a chat once they locate him, their journey takes them across America where they encounter several mishaps and misadventures. In the end they're almost certain McCartney will come to their rescue.

AFTER PAUL McCARTNEY

A New Play

Written by David Hoppe

Directed by John Green

September 14, 15, 16, 21, 22

Performances on Fridays/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Written by local playwright, David Hoppe, After Paul McCartney tells the story of two die-hard fans in search of Paul McCartney post Beatles break-up. Determined their idol will invite them for a chat once they locate him, their journey takes them across America where they encounter several mishaps and misadventures. In the end they're almost certain McCartney will come to their rescue.

AFTER PAUL McCARTNEY

A New Play

Written by David Hoppe

Directed by John Green

September 14, 15, 16, 21, 22

Performances on Fridays/Saturdays at 7PM & Sundays 2 PM CST

Written by local playwright, David Hoppe, After Paul McCartney tells the story of two die-hard fans in search of Paul McCartney post Beatles break-up. Determined their idol will invite them for a chat once they locate him, their journey takes them across America where they encounter several mishaps and misadventures. In the end they're almost certain McCartney will come to their rescue.

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