The Plays

1 - subUrbia:

The world is full of possibilities and they're all beyond reach. In this new immersive staging of Bogosian's standard, let yourself be completely surrounded by a world just outside your grasp.

2 - Radio Silence:

An evening of radio & radioesque short plays by Samuel Beckett, Jean Cocteau, & Chicago playwright Paul Rekk. Sit back, relax, and learn how not to trust your ears.

3 - Ping-Pong:

In this overlooked classic of absurdism, two men spend a lifetime navigating the corporate world (and pinball). In this staging of an overlooked classic of absurdism, two performers spend an evening navigating a lifetime (and also pinball).

4 - The Gas Heart:

Dumbbells. Horseflies. Cottonballs & Sno-cones. It all makes sense only when none of it does. In a rare piece of Dada theatre, Tristan Tzara rolls all and nothing into one. And we stage it.

5 - BlueGrass:

Four people, three couples, two apartments and a whole lot of blind love. This world premiere by Paul Rekk attempts to break down the walls between us -- a little bit metaphorically, but mostly literally.

6 - Caesar Antichrist:

Alfred Jarry, the godfather of surrealism and the man behind Ubu Roi, wrote Caesar Antichrist in 1895. Well over a century later, we bring it to you in its midwest premiere. Sensual, imagistic, and unlike anything you will ever see or hear.

7 - Romeo & Juliet:

Yes, that Romeo & Juliet. The Nine rolls out the warhorse and then tips it over. A tribute to the tragedy within the tragedy, this new cutting explores forgotten corners of familiar worlds.

8 - The Performers:

Another midwest premiere dating from the early 20th century, this one arriving in a world premiere adaptation. Where Jean Tardieu's one-act explores the mechanics of an actor, Paul Rekk's adaptation explores the mechanical actor.

9 - Consent:

The Nine's grand finale is a stripped down, bare knuckle meditation on the effect actor and audience have on each other. To say any more is to say too much.