Theatre with a side of life
Broken Nose Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of GIRL IN THE RED CORNER. Elise Marie Davis (Halo) opens the show by confiding to the audience. Her address is controlled constraint. Her marriage is over. She quit her job. And she moved back in with her mom. Despite the series of unfortunate events, Davis doesn’t come off like ...
Broken Nose Theatre presents the World premiere of PLAINCLOTHES. Playwright and co-director Spenser Davis introduces us to the gritty underbelly of a Chicago department store. He takes us behind the camera to meet the surveillance team. Most shoppers are oblivious to the invisible people watching them. Holed up in a drab makeshift office, a security detail continuously ...
Broken Theatre presents the Midwest Premiere of AT THE TABLE. Worlds collide when a tight foursome invite outsiders into their weekend house party. Stuart (played by Evan Linder), Lauren (played by Echaka Agba), Nate (played by Adam Soule), and Elliott (played by David Weiss) met in college and have been friends for fifteen years. They retreat annually to ...
Broken Nose Theatre presents the Chicago premiere production of HUMAN TERRAIN. When I watch the news about the U.S.’s involvement in the Middle East, I understand it from that perspective, a 15-30 second sliver of a military report. It’s limited. It’s one dimensional. Playwright Jennifer Blackmer goes beyond that to tell an Iraq story from multiple ...