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SUMMARY:FEM/THEM Comedy Open Mic at The Understudy
DESCRIPTION:If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan Levene\n\n\nPreeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics!\nIf you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! \n  \nWHAT’S THE PLAN?\n• 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early\, wonder what the vibe is gonna be like. Support the space by buying a drink! \n• 8:00 PM — the mic starts\, the chaos begins \n• Sign-ups close at 9 PM because of boundaries \n  \nSET DETAILS\n• 4 minutes of pure lightning \n• 5 minutes if you buy a drink — please support and tip our bartenders ♥️ \n  \nCAN MEN ATTEND?\nOf course! \nMen can sit\, watch\, hydrate\, clap\, and support women (a skill we’d love to see more of) \nWe kindly ask that you practice not-mansplaining \nIf you feel a mansplanation rising in your throat\, please swallow it \n  \nANYTHING ELSE?\nBring the vibes baby! This is our first time doing a comedy open mic and we’d love to make it a tradition. Come through! \n  \nxx \nPreeti & Jordan
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/fem-them-comedy-open-mic-at-the-understudy-6/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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SUMMARY:FEM/THEM Comedy Open Mic at The Understudy
DESCRIPTION:If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan Levene\n\n\nPreeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics!\nIf you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! \n  \nWHAT’S THE PLAN?\n• 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early\, wonder what the vibe is gonna be like. Support the space by buying a drink! \n• 8:00 PM — the mic starts\, the chaos begins \n• Sign-ups close at 9 PM because of boundaries \n  \nSET DETAILS\n• 4 minutes of pure lightning \n• 5 minutes if you buy a drink — please support and tip our bartenders ♥️ \n  \nCAN MEN ATTEND?\nOf course! \nMen can sit\, watch\, hydrate\, clap\, and support women (a skill we’d love to see more of) \nWe kindly ask that you practice not-mansplaining \nIf you feel a mansplanation rising in your throat\, please swallow it \n  \nANYTHING ELSE?\nBring the vibes baby! This is our first time doing a comedy open mic and we’d love to make it a tradition. Come through! \n  \nxx \nPreeti & Jordan
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/fem-them-comedy-open-mic-at-the-understudy-7/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260628T015553Z
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SUMMARY:Ari Gato Attempts to Share the Spotlight: A Murderously Funny Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Chicago drag superstar\, Ari Gato\, is BACK with a BANG this summer for a night of fun\, music\, and MURDER!\n\n\nJoin Ari as her “solo” cabaret falls apart once again as she’s forced to share the spotlight\, but this time… there are CONSEQUENCES! \nA night of amazing singing\, stories\, and laughter to close out your Pride Season that you WON’T want to miss. Featuring the talents of Jon Jackson\, Laura Vidal\, Bosston and Alex Newkirk on the keys\, you know you’re in for an unforgettable show. And somebody will DIE! \n \nCome find out who on June 27th at The Understudy Coffee & Books! \nTickets are PWYC (pay for a ticket via the “Donation” section) or a suggested donation of $15. See you there✨
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/ari-gato-attempts-to-share-the-spotlight-a-murderously-funny-cabaret/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260630T193000
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SUMMARY:my mother is a mixed metaphor: a cozy poetry concert
DESCRIPTION:A poetry concert in celebration of Shivani Gupta's debut chapbook: my mother is a mixed metaphor feat. Ikaros Ensemble and 4 featured poets.\n\n\nCome celebrate and immerse in a poetry showcase with a concert style book launch for Chicago poet\, Shivani Gupta’s debut collection\, my mother is a mixed metaphor\, published by Rockwood Press. Personalized signed copies of the chapbook will be available for purchase at the event! \nShivani’s poems will be accompanied by the incredibly talented chamber music ensemble: Ikaros Ensemble whose curated improv will echo the themes of the poems. \nLine-Up\n\nShivani Gupta feat. Ikaros Ensemble\nHelene Achanzar\nJitesh Jaggi\nJasmine Barnes\nTara Humphrey\nThis evening celebrates poetry in the city with local writers & musicians in the coziest spot.
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/my-mother-is-a-mixed-metaphor-a-cozy-poetry-concert/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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SUMMARY:Abuela’s Party
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an evening full of dancing\, hot ppl\, and coquito as we fundraise for Abuela’s Follies — new work written by Kidany Camilo✨\n\n\nAbuela cordially invites you to her party. Let’s just say… she didn’t spend all these years being alive just to not know how to throw down . Come down to The Understudy and come shake some a$$ with Chicago’s very own DJ miamor as we raise money for Kidany Camilo’s play\, Abuela’s Follies\, which is a part of Red Orchid Theatre’s Incubator Series running from August 10 – 23. \nThere will be music\, there will be a raffle\, hot ppl\, and there will absolutely be coquito. This isn’t your normal Abuela: so you better dress up right. \nShe wants to see you wear your best Boricua Baddie or Bad Bunny Halftime inspired attire. Scroll down for some inspo. \nTickets are $15 in advance\, $25 at the door – so get them ASAP! 100% of the proceeds will be going towards the production of Abuela’s Follies. \nThis event is 21+ \n \nSee you there~ \n \nAbout Abuela’s Follies\n“Abuela\, a Puerto Rican matriarch\, is summoned into purgatory\, which looks like her own kitchen. Inhabiting a hot young body reminiscent of a classic cabaret star\, she is guided by a mysterious entity to undergo a trial if she wants an escape. The only caveat is\, the audience gets to vote at the end of the trial and decide where she is destined to go. Will she find a way out to heaven or…” \n \nThis piece was written in memory of América Rosado. \n \nAbuela’s Follies Creative Team and Cast \nPlaywright & Our Star – Kidany Camilo \nDirector – Raquel Torre \nThe Maestro – Ana Santos \nThe Seer – Octavio Montes De Oca \nThe Shapeshifters – Ramon Smith\, Liam Bouza Díaz
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/abuelas-party/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260709T213000
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SUMMARY:TGNC Theatre Makers Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:Calling all TGNC  theatre artists in the Chicagoland area! Come hang out with us~\n\n\nCalling all TGNC theatre makers/performer qts in the chicagoland area – you looking to make some new friends? \nThe Understudy will be open after hours – we’ll be hanging out from 7PM – 9:30PM. Catherine Miller will be hosting\, Jett Parr will be making drinks behind bar. \nCome through\, say hi and make new connections before pride’s over! \nidk you may find some future collabs/buds/loves/alltheabove idk \nThis event is free99 \nSee you there✨
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/tgnc-theatre-makers-meet-up/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260710T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260710T203000
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SUMMARY:There Was A Time
DESCRIPTION:A staged reading of the new work before it's Edinburgh Fringe Festival run later this summer!\n\n\nThere Was A Time\nDot is depressed. What happens\, though\, when the weight of memory is too heavy a burden for one mind? An examination of mental health\, love\, loss\, and the fight to keep going. Mentions of depression\, mental health\, and suicide.
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/there-was-a-time/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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CREATED:20260618T012550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260713T024049Z
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SUMMARY:Kokandy Book Club presents: A Streetcar Named Desire
DESCRIPTION:A musical cabaret inspired by A Streetcar Named Desire produced by your friends at Kokandy Productions!\n\n\nJoin The Understudy and Kokandy Productions for the latest installment of our BOOK CLUB series! \nSummer is here—the air thick with music\, perfume and sweltering heat. It’s Tennessee Williams weather! Book Club is back\, storming into town like a long lost sister you thought you’d never see. We’re tickled to tackle A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE\, Williams’ masterful\, Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of Blanche\, Stella\, Stanley and all their New Orleans friends. Inspired by what is widely considered to be one of the best plays of the 20th century\, we’ll use music celebrate sisterhood\, southern hospitality and standing in the middle of the street to scream your lover’s name. It’ll have you hollering “Book Club! Boooook Club!!!”
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/kokandy-book-club-presents-a-streetcar-named-desire/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260717T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260718T025623Z
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SUMMARY:Leftovers Night with Band Practice
DESCRIPTION:An open stage for clowns\, goofs\, and funny people who'd like to test out first drafts. Hosted by the iconic clown duo\, Band Practice\n\n\nLeftovers Night is a strange and delicious feast of alternative comedy acts that are in the making\, need experimenting\, or somehow didn’t quite make it to the main event just yet. Berlin based idiot duo Band Practice is teaming up with Chicago’s Pocket Theatre to host this celebration of comedy anarchy. This evening originated back in Berlin and has been running since 2021 as a space for nourishing the genre-less comedy art scene in the fallout of COVID times. We are happy to get our first tour across the Atlantic started connecting with old friends\, new artists\, and a good old evening of hilarity. This is a mutual aid show\, proceeds will go to assisting local charities (tba). \nWant up to 5 minutes of stage time? Reach out to bandpracticeduo.com or on socials @bandpracticeduo to snag a slot. \n \nTickets are $10 or $15. \n \nMeet Band Practice\nA  theatre making duo made of Ash Willison and Lisa Ullrich. We create shows\, characters\, and theatrical happenings exploring and stretching the live experience of performance.  \nStrange\, cheeky\, and wonderfully modern\, we use elements of clown\, physical theatre\, improv\, and music to interact with the audience through all the ways you love: tech conferences\, bardic serenades\, exorcisms\, musical theatre showcases – to name a few.  \n \nquest to the Midwest tour \nleftovers 17.07.26 the understudy // Chicago \nlove detectives 24.07.2026 the understudy // Chicago \ndon’t be scared 26+29 the Newport theatre // Chicago
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/leftovers-night-with-band-practice/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260720T210000
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SUMMARY:RED BELL by Katherine Swan
DESCRIPTION:When ex-dancer Rina shows up at Hank’s gym wanting to learn how to box\, she embarks on a journey that will forever transform her.\n\n\nWhen ex-dancer Rina shows up at Hank’s gym wanting to learn how to box\, she embarks on a journey that will forever transform who she is and who she will become. \nBut when a past trauma surfaces\, Rina must confront a painful history that she’s struggled to leave behind. As she hurtles towards her first fight\, Rina will be forced to reckon with what she fears the most. \n \nPlaywright: Katherine SwanDirector: Faith HartDramaturg: Madie DoppeltStage Directions: Karina Patel \nRina: Noelle OhHank: Scott WestermanAlex: Harsh GagoomalAnnie/Jessie/Wanda: Laila RodriquesJason/Rina’s Father: Huy NguyễnLarissa: Marissa Stephens \n \nFreshly Brewed Team: \nNadya Naumaan – Co-Artistic Producer \nJoel Willison – Co-Artistic Producer \nDanny Fender – The Understudy Co-Owner \nAdam Crawford – The Understudy Co-Owner \n \nAbout Freshly Brewed \nFreshly Brewed seeks to invest in Chicago’s emerging playwrights and theatre artists in keeping with The Understudy’s commitment to Community\, Collaboration\, and Discovery. The series features monthly readings of new plays in various stages of development. Each artist conrtibuting– playwrights\, directors\, and actors– will receive a stipend underwritten by the series’ anonymous donor. \nFreshly Brewed is a collaboration between The Understudy Coffee and Books and Pocket Theatrics
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/red-bell-by-katherine-swan/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260722T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260722T220000
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CREATED:20260708T022620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T025602Z
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SUMMARY:FEM/THEM Comedy Open Mic at The Understudy
DESCRIPTION:If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan Levene\n\n\nPreeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics!\nIf you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage\, this is your night diva! \n  \nWHAT’S THE PLAN?\n• 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early\, wonder what the vibe is gonna be like. Support the space by buying a drink! \n• 8:00 PM — the mic starts\, the chaos begins \n• Sign-ups close at 9 PM because of boundaries \n  \nSET DETAILS\n• 4 minutes of pure lightning \n• 5 minutes if you buy a drink — please support and tip our bartenders ♥️ \n  \nCAN MEN ATTEND?\nOf course! \nMen can sit\, watch\, hydrate\, clap\, and support women (a skill we’d love to see more of) \nWe kindly ask that you practice not-mansplaining \nIf you feel a mansplanation rising in your throat\, please swallow it \n  \nANYTHING ELSE?\nBring the vibes baby! This is our first time doing a comedy open mic and we’d love to make it a tradition. Come through! \n  \nxx \nPreeti & Jordan
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/fem-them-comedy-open-mic-at-the-understudy-8/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260724T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260724T213000
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CREATED:20260701T021059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T025634Z
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SUMMARY:Love Detectives
DESCRIPTION:Band Practice combines a real live dating show with a real live clown detective show to find out the true nature of this so-called "love".\n\n\nDrat! LOVE has been ripping up the streets leaving people wounded\, broken\, confused\, and perhaps with a bad haircut and useless evidence of its nefarious behavior. You are invited to join the investigation to find love and catch it once and for all. Band Practice combines a real live dating show with a real live clown detective show to find out the true nature of this mysterious mastermind. Highly interactive and slightly chaotic\, leave the apps at home and expect to meet new eligibles as we collect clues\, hear eyewitness accounts\, go undercover\, and hopefully set some traps to catch the damn thing. With a villain this cunning at large\, no one should search for it alone! This show is welcome to anyone looking for love\, OR anyone interested in questioning its true nature. This is a two hour show with an intermission included. \nMeet Band PracticeA theatre making duo made of Ash Willison and Lisa Ullrich. We create shows\, characters\, and theatrical happenings exploring and stretching the live experience of performance.Strange\, cheeky\, and wonderfully modern\, we use elements of clown\, physical theatre\, improv\, and music to interact with the audience through all the ways you love: tech conferences\, bardic serenades\, exorcisms\, musical theatre showcases – to name a few. \nquest to the Midwest tour \nleftovers 17.07.26 the understudy // Chicago \nlove detectives 24.07.2026 the understudy // Chicago \nDON’T BE SCARED 26+29 the Newport theatre // Chicago
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/love-detectives/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260727T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260727T213000
DTSTAMP:20260726T103324
CREATED:20260704T022703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T025549Z
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SUMMARY:IN THE NEXT ROOM by Sarah Ruhl
DESCRIPTION:A play reading of In the Next Room (or\, The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl produced by Exit\, Pursued by a Play Reading.\n\n\n In the Next Room or the vibrator play is a comedy about marriage\, intimacy and electricity. \nSet in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat “hysterical” women (and some men)\, the play centers on a doctor and his wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household. \nIn a seemingly perfect\, well-to-do Victorian home\, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating “hysteria” in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor’s laboratory\, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter – and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new “hysterical” patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor’s home\, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage\, and what it truly means to love someone. \n \n** CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED **
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/in-the-next-room-by-sarah-ruhl/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260803T220000
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SUMMARY:I Can't … I Have Trivia: An evening of Theatre Trivia at The Understudy
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a night full of theatre trivia and fabulous prizes! Hosted by Patrick Zakem and Ben Kaye\n\n\nAaaaand we are back with another round of trivia at 7:30 on October 13th with new categories\, spoopy drinks and fabulous prizes! Hosted by our friend Patrick Zakem\, each round will test your knowledge of. A different facet of theatre history\, current events\, or culture. Think you’ve got what it takes? Come through✨ \nWe recommend playing with a team of four and if you’re thinking of coming alone — no worries! We’ll find a group for you to join :^)
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/i-cant-i-have-trivia-an-evening-of-theatre-trivia-at-the-understudy-4/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260811T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260811T213000
DTSTAMP:20260726T103324
CREATED:20260714T024059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T025551Z
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SUMMARY:Instrumental Theatre Presents: Chicago Theatre Composers Club
DESCRIPTION:A cabaret featuring short pieces from composers\, lyricists and other Chicago musical artists. Hosted by Instrumental Theatre.\n\n\nInstrumental Theatre\, in collaboration with The Understudy\, is proud to introduce the Chicago Theatre Composers Club or CTCC! \nThis cabaret show will feature short pieces from composers\, lyricists\, and other musical artists\, to shine a spotlight and rock out to their tremendous work. Tickets are $10 or PWYC. You can purchase a PWYC Ticket through the donation page~ \nInterested in showing new work? Submissions for composers are now open🎶 \nLine-up to be announced!
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/instrumental-theatre-presents-chicago-theatre-composers-club/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Understudy Dares You To Produce This Play: The House Party
DESCRIPTION:Amonthly reading series highlighting plays that have not received a Chicago production\n\n\nThe Understudy Dares You to Produce This Play is a monthly reading series highlighting plays that have not received a Chicago production. Produced by The Understudy’s bookstore team\, this series works to expand the variety of playwrights and titles in our vibrant community. \n \nThis month\, we’re reading The House Party by Laura Lomas \n \nJulie: Magdalena Dalzell \nChristine: Isabella Maria Valdes \nJon: Diego Rivera-Rodriguez \n \nAbout the Play \nA wild party. A friendship. A cherished pet. And a night that changes everything. It’s Julie’s eighteenth birthday\, and she’s throwing a party in her father’s extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her longsuffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze\, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon – son of Julie’s cleaner – clear up and dare to dream of the future. But as the volume goes up and the shots go down\, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of privilege\, desire and destruction.  \nThe House Party spins Strindberg’s classic play Miss Julie into intense\, fizzing life for today’s generation. Laura Lomas’s play was first performed at the Minerva Theatre\, Chichester\, in 2024\, and then toured the UK in 2025\, co-produced with Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly.
URL:https://www.theunderstudy.com/event/the-understudy-dares-you-to-produce-this-play-the-house-party/
LOCATION:The Understudy Coffee and Books\, 5531 N Clark St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
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