Sideshow Theatre Company has announced its 2021 Season, featuring an all-virtual line-up of entertainment.
The season kicks-off this month with a one-night-only benefit screening of Sideshow s 2018 hit You For Me For You, written by Mia Chung and directed by Ensemble Member Elly Green. This summer, Sideshow presents a reading of Preston s Choi s new play Drive-In at the End of the World, directed by Associate Artistic Director Justin J. Sacramone and created through The Freshness Initiative, Sideshow s new play development program. Throughout the year audiences can also enjoy the Sideshow House Party Series, five virtual readings by some of the company s favorite playwrights - each followed by an interactive celebration.
Hyde Park students snagged two of the three top spots in Pegasus Theatre s 34th annual Young Playwrights Festival. Seventeen-year-old Aisha Ziad, a senior at University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, won for âA Ladyâs Facade,â while 18-year-old Jake Florell, who just graduated from Kenwood Academy, was recognized for âThese Glass Lives.â The third winner was âContainmentâ by Lane Tech College Prep s Lincoln Gaw.
Chosen from among ten finalists, the winners each received a $500 prize. More importantly, their plays were produced professionally. This year, unlike any other, the productions are virtual rather than live because of the pandemic. They can be viewed in tandem Jan. 7-31.