ANNOUNCING OUR 2008-2009 26TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON!

by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Michael Menendian
Previews: October 7 through 11, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night: Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Performances continue through December 6, 2008
No performance on Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving)

Raven begins its 26th season with the playwright responsible for The Last Days of Judas Escariot and Our Lady of 121st Street. Guirgis’ plays mine his conflicted youth (attending Catholic parochial school in Harlem) to combine spiritual and religious themes with the rough streets of New York. His plays are controversial and at times ferocious, but also stimulating and fiercely intelligent, inspiring audiences to question and debate long after they leave the theatre. Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train centers on Angel, a young Latino man in jail for shooting a religious cult leader. Also in prison is an infamous, born-again serial killer who raises the question: Is faith enough to save those who have not practiced what they believe?

Opening night sponsored by:

A world premiere by Tom Patrick
directed by Greg Kolack
Previews: January 27 through 31, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night: Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Performances continue through March 28, 2009

Somewhere in the Mid-east, in the near future, an entrepreneurial American corporation is ready to tackle the next big market. Basic supplies are hard to come by and dangerous fighting continues throughout the area, but Starbucks and McDonald’s are popping up everywhere, and the Operation American Sole sandal company isn’t about to miss out. A darkly humorous tale of Amercian hubris, Misamerica takes an unapologetic look at our country’s policies and priorities.

Opening night sponsored by:

by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jon Robin Baitz
directed by Michael Menendian
Previews: April 28 through May 2, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night: Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Performances continue through June 27, 2009

Ibsen’s masterpiece depicts a woman’s inevitable road to tragedy. Hedda has recently married a kind and reliable yet unexciting scholar. She is visited by two old acquaintances: a female schoolmate and another scholar. The former has saved the latter from an unsavory lifestyle, helping him find success as a writer; Hedda is resentful both of his talent and her schoolmate’s influence on it. Out of jealousy and boredom, she proceeds to destroy each of the people around her, and finally herself. Is Hedda a heroine, a villain, a victim… or all of the above?

Opening night sponsored by:

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Odin's Horse
A world premiere written by Robert Koon
Directed by Anna C. Bahow
Presented by Infamous Commonwealth Theatre

September 20 – October 19, 2008
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8:30pm
Sundays at 3:30pm
For information on this production Click Here! or call (312) 458-9780

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THE WORKSHOP SERIES MISSION

Raven Theatre's Workshop Series is a semi-annual event which provides Raven the chance to see the work of promising Chicago-area playwrights and directors through a fully-realized, 3-day workshop of their project. Raven provides both rehearsal space and performance space, as well as cast and crew. The performances take place on Raven's 70-seat West Stage, on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night at 8:00pm. The Workshop Series is a pay-what-you can event.

Since the Workshop Series depends on the discovery of new scripts which fit both Raven's mission and space, the Series dates and times are to be determined. Submit your project today, following the guidelines below!

Raven Theater is now accepting submissions of full-length plays from Chicago-area playwrights for their 2007-2008 Raven Theatre Workshop Series. Please submit the following by mail only (digital scripts will not be reviewed):

Query letter
1 page script synopsis
10-page sample of the play
SASE for response letter

We will respond to your synopsis and sample pages within 6 months. Please note, we are unable to supply critical feedback of submitted plays.

Please send materials to:

Jennifer Dobby
Raven Theatre Literary Office
6157 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60660