Sep 16, 2021 | Articles, Plays, Playwright, Press, Short Plays
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS® bring together creative communities to produce plays and musicals that are written, rehearsed, and performed in 24 hours. You can learn about the organization here and support its nonprofit mission here. In September of 2021, Chelsea wrote a short...
May 5, 2021 | Plays, Playwright, Short Plays
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS® bring together creative communities to produce plays and musicals that are written, rehearsed, and performed in 24 hours. You can learn about the organization here and support its nonprofit mission here. In May of 2021, Chelsea worked together with...
Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Press, Short Plays
by BWW News Desk Dec. 18, 2019 F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, will complete ten years of its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the IRT Theater as part of their 3B Development...
Jun 19, 2017 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
By Celia Wren |Published 6/19/17 “Roller coasters are my favorite!” a character exclaims as he sits onboard a climbing, plunging amusement-park ride in “This Is the Big One,” a 10-minute drama featured in this year’s Source Festival. The remark may strike a chord with...
Jun 15, 2013 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Collaboraction’s Sketchbook could use a little curation A program of shorts is the standout at the annual theater fest’s bloated 13th incarnation. by By Justin Hayford • June 13, 2013 What you want is to see “The Shorts: 9 Destinies,” a program...
Jun 4, 2013 | Articles, Press, Short Plays
Sketchbook Festival Just the Ticket by Hedy Weiss • May 29, 2013 Chicago commuters are familiar with the eight color-coded routes of the trains that comprise the CTA system. And now, for its 13th annual Sketchbook festival of new plays, Collaboraction has charted its...
Nov 9, 2010 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Inside each room lies a literary genius gasping for breath Reviewed by Paige Listerud Rating: ★★★ That Virginia Woolf created anything is a testament to her drive, razor-sharp intelligence and prolific, intense imagination. That her work emerged as a leading voice in...
Nov 8, 2010 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
A Crowded House by Kerry Reid The audience moves from room to room, visiting scenes from the life and literature of Virginia Woolf in this brief, occasionally quite moving show by the State Theatre of Chicago. Nine vignettes combine snippets from Woolf’s novels...
Nov 17, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
by Jamie DesRocher It’s a little weird to write about a show produced by a part of a company you used to be a part of. But then again, it’s also weird to go see shows produced by a company you used to be a part of, and I’ve done that a few times now, so…woot. CHAOS is...
Oct 6, 2009 | Interviews, Press, Short Plays
Here is an excerpt of the panel discussion that happened after the InFusion Theatre Company New Play Development Workshop, which included my play Everything is Permitted.
