Past Productions
2007
Mixtape
Created by Kate Cares, Lindsey Barlag, Anthony DelBosque, Libby Ford, Preeti Nath and Josh Wolff
Performed at the Athanaeum Theater as part of the Rhinoceros Theater Festival
Many thanks to The Curious Theatre Branch for supporting this endeavor!
In Short
A performance experimenting with the form and themes of mixtapes. A man making a mixtape who might be dying, the girl desperately in love with him, two clowns (one with a missing shoe), a woman who plays many characters, and a LOT of songs.
Summer Reading Series #3
People Who Don't Don't by Joe Meno
Brewed by Scott Barsotti
Odradek by Brett Neveu
Hosted by Swim Cafe
Scab
Written by Sheila Callaghan
Directed by Libby Ford
EP Theater
Cast: Marjorie Armstrong, Casey Cunningham, Kate Cares, Ben Stuber, Josh Sumner and Seth Unger
As a portrait of a contentious relationship, the triangle of sorts among grad-school roommates Annie and Christa and the man, Alan, with whom they are both involved, Scab is brilliantly and poetically rendered.
- Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago
In Short
Grad Students Anima and Christa are disrupted by fellow grad student Alan and eventually led down a path of self-destruction and discovery as all three become entangled in a web of friendship, lust and betrayal that incurs shocking results.
2006
Dracula
Written by Mac Wellman
Directed by Chris Garcia Peak
Angel Island Theatre
Pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Cast: Marjorie Armstrong, Kerri Van Auken, Desmin Borges, Kate Cares, Sarah Charmoli, Mary Grill, Eddie Jordan III, Gabriel Levinson, Erica Peregrine, Robyn Senchak and Joshua Shulruf
Lots of laughs, fun, drama and pretty good music, too.
- Oak Park Journal
In Short
Wellman's script veers into new vampire territory; it's Dracula like you've never seen him before. A haunting and sexy musical adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel.
Summer Reading Series #2
Curious Dangerous by Tom Horan
Lu and Buck by Marjorie Armstrong
Axe Lizzy by Chris Garcia Peak
Mimesophobia by Carlos Murillo
The Dirt and its Harp in her Mouth by Megan Breen
Shotgun Wedding
Written & Directed by Chris Garcia Peak
National Pastime Theater
Pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cast: Marjorie Armstrong, Kerri Van Auken, Kate Cares, Stephen Dunn, Sarah Charmoli, Stephanie Court, Maggie Graham, Mary Grill, Dan Muck, Paul Joseph, Bryan White and Lloyd Young
Peak proves dexterous at mixing genres--satirical farce mingles with absurdism and pop culture references--and at coming up with irresistible ancillary characters, all played with precise wackiness by the young actors in Collision Theatre Company's inaugural production.
- Zac Thompson, Chicago Reader
In Short
In this original dark comedy playwright Chris Garcia Peak imagines a society where a religious zealot maintains total control, loose women, singles and gay people have been outlawed, and extremists have ruined the nation.
2005
Summer Reading Series #1
Shotgun Wedding by Chris Garcia Peak
The Flu Season by Will Eno
Chest Red Blew by Megan Breen
2003
three piece suit
Written and performed by Jason Fleitz, Dan Muck and Seth Unger.
Multimedia
In Short
Three men lost in an urban wasteland left with only one thing between them, a three-piece suit. Short vignettes explore the stereotypes that surround the three-piece suit in a fast-paced, physically daring, edge-of-your-seat performance.
The Middling Seasons
Written by Adam Simon
Directed by Lindsey Becker
Cast: Jason Fleitz, Rob Cohn and Seth Unger
Multimedia
In Short
Two brothers. A mother dead. Life insurance checks start to pile up. A stranger calling ends up one in a long line of men conned into taking out a policy in her name. A comic tragedy in which three desperate men find hope in each other.
