Theatre

Spring 2025

Firebringer: A New Stone Age Musical

• Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, & Brian Holden
• Music & Lyrics by Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski
• Directed by Elle Lilly

Performances:

• March 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m.
• March 8 and 9 at 2 p.m.

The Story: At the dawn of humanity, one tribe of cave-people survives the many trials of prehistoric life under the wise leadership of Jemilla, The Peacemaker. Jemilla taught her people to express themselves, rather than bashing each others’ heads with rocks and eating each others’ babies. But one member of the tribe doesn’t seem to fit in: Zazzalil. She’s always trying to invent things to make life easier… for herself. While out hatching her latest scheme, Zazzalil stumbles upon the most important discovery in history. One that will pit her tribe against wooly mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and change the world forever. She’ll travel from omega to alpha, and become… the Firebringer!

Location: Bininger Center for Performing Arts

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

• By Greg Allen
• Directed by Janina Katz

Performances:

• April 9-10 at 7 p.m.
• April 11-12 (time TBD)

The Story: Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in 60 Minutes.” Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience. An onstage 60-minute timer keeps everyone honest. This collection of 90 comic, tragic, political, personal, and abstract plays gives you the chance to program your own evening of 30 Neo-Futurist plays to reflect the lives and experiences of your own ensemble. Go!

Location: Bininger Studio Theatre (limited seating)

Little Women

• By Kate Hamill
• Directed by Anna Randall

Performances:

• April 30-May 1 at 7 p.m.
• May 2-3 at 2 p.m.

The Story: Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady. She’s indecorous and headstrong, and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist. As she and her sisters grow up in the middle of the Civil War, they strive to be brave, intelligent, and imaginative young women. But as adulthood approaches, each sister must negotiate her private ambitions with society’s expectations. In a war-torn world defined by gender, class, and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.

Location: Bininger Center for Performing Arts

Past productions