Open Space Arts today announced that it will stage the world premiere of “it’s been ten years since everyone died. a play about final girls,” about three survivors of an attempted attack by a group of cold-blooded killers.
APRIL'S FOOLS - MISSTEPS ON LOVE'S JOURNEY!
Open Space Arts invites you to An Itty-Bitty Queer Cabaret!
Get ready for a delightful evening of music, laughter, and festive fun featuring talented performers like Kevin Wood, Jan Slavin, David Meulemans, Mark Forbis and more!
Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a fabulous night out while supporting Open Space Arts’ exciting 2025 season.
Tickets: $25
100 DAYS is a theater project that responds to the current political climate. Curated ed by PlaywrightPower.com and directed by its co-founder Tara Blau Smollen, the production will feature eight compelling new 10-minute plays written since the last election, selected from 167 submissions. 100 DAYS will open on April 30, the 100th day of the new administration, with the same plays repeated on May 1, 2, 3, and 4. Performances will be Wednesday, April 30 through Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, May 4 at 3:00 pm. Suggested donation is $10.00.
Playwright Power.com (Curator, 100 DAYS) Playwright Power empowers playwrights to spark change and inspire dialogue through impactful theatrical storytelling. Created in response to the 2024 election, the organization solicited new short plays featuring characters affected by the current political landscape, culminating in this electrifying 90-minute program.
Tara Blau Smollen (Director, 100 DAYS) is an award-winning actor, director, playwright, and theater professor. She holds an MFA in Acting from the National Theater Conservatory in Denver and has worked extensively Off-Broadway and in regional theaters across the U.S. As the former Artistic Director of Porchlight Theater Company, her children’s plays reached over 10,000 students in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a playwright, she was a finalist in Lifeline Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual BIPOC Adaptation and Showcase for Sisters, an African American reimagining of Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS. Her recent direction of Jen Silverman’s THE MOORS was named one of the best plays in the Bay Area in 2024 by THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.
BREAKING THE CODE, Hugh Whitemore’s powerful 1986 drama about Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who pioneered modern computing and played a pivotal role in World War II by deciphering the German Enigma code. BREAKING THE CODE intertwines Turing’s groundbreaking achievements with his personal struggles, particularly his persecution for homosexuality— a factor that led to his tragic demise. The play offers a profound exploration of the man behind the genius, highlighting the societal injustices he faced and his enduring legacy in the fields of cryptography and computer science.
BREAKING THE CODE will be directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter and will be performed one night only, on Friday April 25 at 7:30 pm. Suggested donation is $10.00.
Jack Dugan Carpenter (Director, BREAKING THE CODE) is a distinguished director and
actor with extensive experience in the Chicago theater scene. He has collaborated with numerous theater companies, including The Plagiarists, where he served as Managing and Development Director from 2011 to 2025. His directorial credits with The Plagiarists encompass productions such as MÜNSTERSPIEL, SOME LIKE IT RED, GILGAMESH, THESE SAINTS WILL BURN, WAR SONG, MATRYOSHKA, AND CAESURA: A BUTCHERY. Beyond The
Plagiarists, Carpenter has directed CHARLEY’S AUNT, THE WOMAN IN BLACK,
MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and FIGMENTS with Saint Sebastian Players, as well as THE
ALCHEMIST and THE ARMAGEDDON DANCE PARTY with Nothing Special Productions.
The readings series will conclude with a staged reading of NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS, a thrilling and provocative screenplay by Christian Reda, winner of the 2025 Queer Expression Writing Contest for Stage and Screen. This gripping romantic melodrama blends crime, suspense, and forbidden love in a story that challenges power and
prejudice. Joe Kowalski, a 20-year veteran of the LAPD, is assigned to protect Hector “Angel” Cruz, a young Latino hustler and the sole witness to the murder of a married senatorial candidate he was hired to escort for the evening. As Joe fights to keep Angel safe, the last thing he expects is to fall in love.
NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS will be performed on Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 pm. Suggested donation is $10.00.
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