 Unveiled
written by Rohina Malik
Directed by Kevin Heckman
September 10 – 19, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. • Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Racism. Hate crimes. Love. Islam. Culture. Language. Life.
Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil in this compelling one-woman show. Unveiled was originally performed at Live Bait Theater’s Fillet of Solo Festival, July 2008. In May 2009 Unveiled World Premiered at 16th Street Theater, directed by
Ann Filmer.
A “terrific show… intellectually engrossing work of theater” — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
 Wiggerlover
[WHITE BOY + BLACK DAD = GREY AREAS]
written and performed by James Anthony Zoccoli
September 23 - October 2, 2010
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. • Friday & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
The totally too-good-to-be-true story of one boy’s life in an interracial family in Chicagoland, 1979. [JAZ] gives his retrospective account of his life as Little Jimmy: a half-Italian, half-Polish kid who wants to be all Black when his White mother gets remarried to an African-American man.
“Combines honest storytelling with poignant questions about race and cultural identity.” -- Chicago Reader
 2nd Story
Performances by Members of 2nd Story
October 8 – October 17, 2010
2nd Story is a hybrid performance event combining storytelling, wine, and music that is produced by the Serendipity Theater Collective as both a monthly performance series and an annual festival 2nd Story performs at Chicago’s Webster's Wine Bar and Red Kiva Lounge. 2nd Story has been featured on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio.
 What's Next Lab
March 10 – 27, 2011
What's Next Lab marks the reappearance of an old friend. In 1990 Dexter Bullard began "At The Next Lab" as an opportunity for Next Theatre to present plays in a laboratory style setting that were thought to be too daring to produce.
Plays such as Killer Joe by Tracy Letts and Bouncers by John Godber found a home at Next Lab, introducing Chicagoland audiences to many incredibly exciting playwrights in a barebones and intimate environment.
As Next Theatre has grown to be recognized as a national destination for the most socially provocative work from nationally recognized playwrights (In The Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Overwhelming by J.T. Rogers), What's Next Lab will be a launching pad for the most daring and socially relevant work our Chicagoland playwrights can write.
What's Next Lab will produce three new plays per year, presented in rotating repertory, laboratory-style productions. Each play will be paired with a local director and designer and will also be given readings and talkbacks exclusively presented to Next Theatre subscribers throughout the year.
To see the most exciting, fresh-off-the-printer, socially provocative, and artistically adventurous work from the most exciting new local voices, please join us for an old friend made new again.
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