Ghostlight Ensemble continues its Nightlight young audiences series with Make/Believe, a curated festival of short plays by playwrights from around the country.

The plays, geared towards children 12 and under, all have one unifying feature – strong female characters.

Works include:

• Asherella by Lori Taylor

• Ava’s First Escape Room by Kim Z. Dale

• Epic Tales From the Lane of Melanin by the FEMelanin collective

• Little Red Reboot by Sonya Sobieski

• The Queen of Cocoa Puffs and the Cap’n Crunch King by Corey Pajka

• Scaredy Friends by Carolyn Minor

• Snow White, Who is Also Called Becky, No Rebecca…and the Frog Prince by Jack Helbig and Margaret Helbig

Make/Believe is an expansion of our Nightlight young audiences series, which produces original, adapted and forgotten plays geared toward children and the adults who love them.

This show takes place at Laugh Out Loud Theater, 3851 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60613.

When things go wrong, Billy and his mother need to try and find a better way to change the future in this rock and roll fairy tale for young adults.

Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine by Ensemble Member Keith Gatchel and Lawrence Adelson, Alex Chauncy and Nick Davio is part of The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Now in its sixth year, the new works festival is produced by Underscore Theatre Company.

The Festival will take place at the Edge Theatre's Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre spaces in Edgewater (5451 N Broadway). Tickets are available online.

Ghostlight Ensemble continues its Nightlight young audiences series with Make/Believe, a curated festival of short plays by playwrights from around the country.

The plays, geared towards children 12 and under, all have one unifying feature – strong female characters.

Works include:

• Asherella by Lori Taylor

• Ava’s First Escape Room by Kim Z. Dale

• Epic Tales From the Lane of Melanin by the FEMelanin collective

• Little Red Reboot by Sonya Sobieski

• The Queen of Cocoa Puffs and the Cap’n Crunch King by Corey Pajka

• Scaredy Friends by Carolyn Minor

• Snow White, Who is Also Called Becky, No Rebecca…and the Frog Prince by Jack Helbig and Margaret Helbig

Make/Believe is an expansion of our Nightlight young audiences series, which produces original, adapted and forgotten plays geared toward children and the adults who love them.

This show takes place at Laugh Out Loud Theater, 3851 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60613.

When things go wrong, Billy and his mother need to try and find a better way to change the future in this rock and roll fairy tale for young adults.

Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine by Ensemble Member Keith Gatchel and Lawrence Adelson, Alex Chauncy and Nick Davio is part of The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Now in its sixth year, the new works festival is produced by Underscore Theatre Company.

The Festival will take place at the Edge Theatre's Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre spaces in Edgewater (5451 N Broadway). Tickets are available online.

When things go wrong, Billy and his mother need to try and find a better way to change the future in this rock and roll fairy tale for young adults.

Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine by Ensemble Member Keith Gatchel and Lawrence Adelson, Alex Chauncy and Nick Davio is part of The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Now in its sixth year, the new works festival is produced by Underscore Theatre Company.

The Festival will take place at the Edge Theatre's Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre spaces in Edgewater (5451 N Broadway). Tickets are available online.

When things go wrong, Billy and his mother need to try and find a better way to change the future in this rock and roll fairy tale for young adults.

Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine by Ensemble Member Keith Gatchel and Lawrence Adelson, Alex Chauncy and Nick Davio is part of The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Now in its sixth year, the new works festival is produced by Underscore Theatre Company.

The Festival will take place at the Edge Theatre's Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre spaces in Edgewater (5451 N Broadway). Tickets are available online.

When things go wrong, Billy and his mother need to try and find a better way to change the future in this rock and roll fairy tale for young adults.

Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine by Ensemble Member Keith Gatchel and Lawrence Adelson, Alex Chauncy and Nick Davio is part of The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Now in its sixth year, the new works festival is produced by Underscore Theatre Company.

The Festival will take place at the Edge Theatre's Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre spaces in Edgewater (5451 N Broadway). Tickets are available online.

Paragon is Otherworld Theatre’s two-day, short-play festival dedicated to furthering their mission of growing the genre of Science Fiction and Fantasy Theatre through the discovery and promotion of new playwrights and works. This annual event began in 2014 and they have presented 40 new science fiction and fantasy plays over this one-weekend festival every year since.

Ghostlight Ensemble Member Maria Burnham directs The Light Princess as part of the festival. The play features Ensemble Members Miona Lee, Chad Wise and Jean E. Burr, as well as Associate Members Norman J. Burt, Christopher Paul Mueller and Sydney Ray.

Paragon is Otherworld Theatre’s two-day, short-play festival dedicated to furthering their mission of growing the genre of Science Fiction and Fantasy Theatre through the discovery and promotion of new playwrights and works. This annual event began in 2014 and they have presented 40 new science fiction and fantasy plays over this one-weekend festival every year since.

Ghostlight Ensemble Member Maria Burnham directs The Light Princess as part of the festival. The play features Ensemble Members Miona Lee, Chad Wise and Jean E. Burr, as well as Associate Members Norman J. Burt, Christopher Paul Mueller and Sydney Ray.

The Monticello Theatre Association (MTA) presents the winners of its short play competition. The eight plays that make up the showcase average about 10 minutes in length and are all comedies. The plays will also be toured throughout the Central Illinois area as part of a year long Take it on the Road program.

The two-night showcase takes place at the MTA Theater (1406 N Market Street, Monticello, IL 61856, Monticello IL 61856).

The Comedy Showcase features the short play Selfie in the Dark written by Ensemble Member Maria Burnham, directed by MTA’s Marisa Winegar.

The Monticello Theatre Association (MTA) presents the winners of its short play competition. The eight plays that make up the showcase average about 10 minutes in length and are all comedies. The plays will also be toured throughout the Central Illinois area as part of a year long Take it on the Road program.

The two-night showcase takes place at the MTA Theater (1406 N Market Street, Monticello, IL 61856, Monticello IL 61856).

The Comedy Showcase features the short play Selfie in the Dark written by Ensemble Member Maria Burnham, directed by MTA’s Marisa Winegar.

Broken Nose Theatre presents BECHDEL FEST 7: MOMENTUM, the company's annual festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men.

Presented as part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, BECHDEL FEST 7 has four performances, August 25 - 28, 2019 at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted St. in Chicago.

Tickets for all BNT productions are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, allowing patrons to set their own price and ensuring theatre remains economically accessible for all audiences. Suggested price is $25. Tickets are currently available at www.steppenwolf.org or by calling (312) 335-1650.

The lineup includes:

ALL I REALLY WANT
By Jillian Leff | Directed by Becca Holloway
A first-year cadet at West Point decides to share some unexpected news with a military veteran - who also happens to be her mother.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE STANTON SCHOOL
By Ryan Oliveira | Directed by Alison Dornheggen
The annual fundraising dinner for a prestigious all-girls school hits a major speed-bump when one of their "unsuccessful" alumni starts speaking her mind.

harderfasterharderfaster
by Grace McLeod | directed by Madisen Dempsey
Alone in her bedroom, a horny teenager journeys deep into her own personal dreamscape in search of satisfaction.

REHEARSAL
By Dolores Diaz | Directed by Ben Locke
Five girls on a drum-line consider the terrifying future that awaits them if the current tempo of the nation keeps accelerating.

LAUGH OUT LOUD
by Michael Turrentine | Directed by Alejandro Tey
In the unforgiving world of stand-up comedy, two women look behind the jokes to explore what's really on each other's mind.

THE GREAT WHIRLPOOL OF THE NIAGARA
By Robert Koon| Directed by Jen Poulin
A concerned daughter follows her hydrologist mother north of the border in the wake of a family tragedy.

PLANNED SISTERHOOD
By Michael Allen Harris | Directed by Brittney Brown
In a deep-South state where abortion has just been outlawed, the wife of a prominent politician seeks help from a woman who runs a clandestine health clinic.

OPERATION MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
By Hallie Palladino | directed by Benjamin Brownson
A famed clairvoyant, who claims to speak to the dead, is confronted by a group of outspoken women who are not quite "True Believers."

THROW AWAY
By Jenni Lamb | Directed by Nadya Naumaan
Stationed along the conveyor belt at a recycling sorting center, three employees grapple with questions of idealism, reality, and planning for the future.

Ghostlight Artistic Associate Song Marshall performs in Operation Marshmallow Fluff.

Broken Nose Theatre presents BECHDEL FEST 7: MOMENTUM, the company's annual festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men.

Presented as part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, BECHDEL FEST 7 has four performances, August 25 - 28, 2019 at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted St. in Chicago.

Tickets for all BNT productions are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, allowing patrons to set their own price and ensuring theatre remains economically accessible for all audiences. Suggested price is $25. Tickets are currently available at www.steppenwolf.org or by calling (312) 335-1650.

The lineup includes:

ALL I REALLY WANT
By Jillian Leff | Directed by Becca Holloway
A first-year cadet at West Point decides to share some unexpected news with a military veteran - who also happens to be her mother.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE STANTON SCHOOL
By Ryan Oliveira | Directed by Alison Dornheggen
The annual fundraising dinner for a prestigious all-girls school hits a major speed-bump when one of their "unsuccessful" alumni starts speaking her mind.

harderfasterharderfaster
by Grace McLeod | directed by Madisen Dempsey
Alone in her bedroom, a horny teenager journeys deep into her own personal dreamscape in search of satisfaction.

REHEARSAL
By Dolores Diaz | Directed by Ben Locke
Five girls on a drum-line consider the terrifying future that awaits them if the current tempo of the nation keeps accelerating.

LAUGH OUT LOUD
by Michael Turrentine | Directed by Alejandro Tey
In the unforgiving world of stand-up comedy, two women look behind the jokes to explore what's really on each other's mind.

THE GREAT WHIRLPOOL OF THE NIAGARA
By Robert Koon| Directed by Jen Poulin
A concerned daughter follows her hydrologist mother north of the border in the wake of a family tragedy.

PLANNED SISTERHOOD
By Michael Allen Harris | Directed by Brittney Brown
In a deep-South state where abortion has just been outlawed, the wife of a prominent politician seeks help from a woman who runs a clandestine health clinic.

OPERATION MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
By Hallie Palladino | directed by Benjamin Brownson
A famed clairvoyant, who claims to speak to the dead, is confronted by a group of outspoken women who are not quite "True Believers."

THROW AWAY
By Jenni Lamb | Directed by Nadya Naumaan
Stationed along the conveyor belt at a recycling sorting center, three employees grapple with questions of idealism, reality, and planning for the future.

Ghostlight Artistic Associate Song Marshall performs in Operation Marshmallow Fluff.

Broken Nose Theatre presents BECHDEL FEST 7: MOMENTUM, the company's annual festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men.

Presented as part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, BECHDEL FEST 7 has four performances, August 25 - 28, 2019 at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted St. in Chicago.

Tickets for all BNT productions are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, allowing patrons to set their own price and ensuring theatre remains economically accessible for all audiences. Suggested price is $25. Tickets are currently available at www.steppenwolf.org or by calling (312) 335-1650.

The lineup includes:

ALL I REALLY WANT
By Jillian Leff | Directed by Becca Holloway
A first-year cadet at West Point decides to share some unexpected news with a military veteran - who also happens to be her mother.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE STANTON SCHOOL
By Ryan Oliveira | Directed by Alison Dornheggen
The annual fundraising dinner for a prestigious all-girls school hits a major speed-bump when one of their "unsuccessful" alumni starts speaking her mind.

harderfasterharderfaster
by Grace McLeod | directed by Madisen Dempsey
Alone in her bedroom, a horny teenager journeys deep into her own personal dreamscape in search of satisfaction.

REHEARSAL
By Dolores Diaz | Directed by Ben Locke
Five girls on a drum-line consider the terrifying future that awaits them if the current tempo of the nation keeps accelerating.

LAUGH OUT LOUD
by Michael Turrentine | Directed by Alejandro Tey
In the unforgiving world of stand-up comedy, two women look behind the jokes to explore what's really on each other's mind.

THE GREAT WHIRLPOOL OF THE NIAGARA
By Robert Koon| Directed by Jen Poulin
A concerned daughter follows her hydrologist mother north of the border in the wake of a family tragedy.

PLANNED SISTERHOOD
By Michael Allen Harris | Directed by Brittney Brown
In a deep-South state where abortion has just been outlawed, the wife of a prominent politician seeks help from a woman who runs a clandestine health clinic.

OPERATION MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
By Hallie Palladino | directed by Benjamin Brownson
A famed clairvoyant, who claims to speak to the dead, is confronted by a group of outspoken women who are not quite "True Believers."

THROW AWAY
By Jenni Lamb | Directed by Nadya Naumaan
Stationed along the conveyor belt at a recycling sorting center, three employees grapple with questions of idealism, reality, and planning for the future.

Ghostlight Artistic Associate Song Marshall performs in Operation Marshmallow Fluff.

Broken Nose Theatre presents BECHDEL FEST 7: MOMENTUM, the company's annual festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men.

Presented as part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, BECHDEL FEST 7 has four performances, August 25 - 28, 2019 at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted St. in Chicago.

Tickets for all BNT productions are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, allowing patrons to set their own price and ensuring theatre remains economically accessible for all audiences. Suggested price is $25. Tickets are currently available at www.steppenwolf.org or by calling (312) 335-1650.

The lineup includes:

ALL I REALLY WANT
By Jillian Leff | Directed by Becca Holloway
A first-year cadet at West Point decides to share some unexpected news with a military veteran - who also happens to be her mother.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE STANTON SCHOOL
By Ryan Oliveira | Directed by Alison Dornheggen
The annual fundraising dinner for a prestigious all-girls school hits a major speed-bump when one of their "unsuccessful" alumni starts speaking her mind.

harderfasterharderfaster
by Grace McLeod | directed by Madisen Dempsey
Alone in her bedroom, a horny teenager journeys deep into her own personal dreamscape in search of satisfaction.

REHEARSAL
By Dolores Diaz | Directed by Ben Locke
Five girls on a drum-line consider the terrifying future that awaits them if the current tempo of the nation keeps accelerating.

LAUGH OUT LOUD
by Michael Turrentine | Directed by Alejandro Tey
In the unforgiving world of stand-up comedy, two women look behind the jokes to explore what's really on each other's mind.

THE GREAT WHIRLPOOL OF THE NIAGARA
By Robert Koon| Directed by Jen Poulin
A concerned daughter follows her hydrologist mother north of the border in the wake of a family tragedy.

PLANNED SISTERHOOD
By Michael Allen Harris | Directed by Brittney Brown
In a deep-South state where abortion has just been outlawed, the wife of a prominent politician seeks help from a woman who runs a clandestine health clinic.

OPERATION MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
By Hallie Palladino | directed by Benjamin Brownson
A famed clairvoyant, who claims to speak to the dead, is confronted by a group of outspoken women who are not quite "True Believers."

THROW AWAY
By Jenni Lamb | Directed by Nadya Naumaan
Stationed along the conveyor belt at a recycling sorting center, three employees grapple with questions of idealism, reality, and planning for the future.

Ghostlight Artistic Associate Song Marshall performs in Operation Marshmallow Fluff.