2012-2013 Season


We are thrilled to introduce two exciting plays to the Chicagoland area for our 2012-2013 season.

Check back for ticket information coming soon!


NOV. 10 - DEC. 13, 2012 - MIDWEST PREMIERE


SIX STORIES TALL:

a play about mermaids, monsters and spray paint!


Written by MARCO RAMIREZ | Directed by TOM ARVETIS (ASC Producing Artistic Director)

Inspired by Hispanic folklore, Six Stories Tall is a storytelling spectacle unlike anything you've ever seen. Incorporating a unique mix of narrative influences including comic books, video games, hip-hop music and mythology, the six fantastical tales that comprise this remarkable play create a thrilling, heartfelt journey that families will not soon forget.

Six Stories Tall was commissioned by Washington D.C.’s The Kennedy Center, where it made its premiere in October 2008 under the title Mermaids, Monsters and the World Painted Purple and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play. One of the short plays from Mermaids was subsequently presented at the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival in 2010. The Adventure Stage Chicago production marks only the second time the play has been staged, and the first time under its new title.


APRIL 13 - MAY 16, 2013 - WORLD PREMIERE


AUGUSTA AND NOBLE


Written by CARLOS MURILLO | Directed by TOM ARVETIS (ASC Producing Artistic Director)


Embracing its place within a 121-year-old settlement house, Adventure Stage Chicago combines its award-winning theatrical aesthetic with a unique, community-based development process that utilizes true stories collected from residents of Chicago’s West Town neighborhood. Told in both English and Spanish, Augusta and Noble features a young hero born of Latino immigrant parents who seeks to bridge her reality of home with theirs, despite what feels like a world of difference. While honoring the rich history and beautiful resilience of the many Chicago immigrants who call this city home, Augusta and Noble raises questions about our responsibility to each other as members of the same community.


Adventure Stage is a program of the Northwestern University Settlement House, the oldest continuously operating Settlement House in Chicago. Augusta and Noble refers to the intersection where the Settlement resides and was first conceived in the Summer of 2011 through a series of story circles conducted with Settlement neighbors. These stories serve as inspiration for the play, which will continue development over the next several months with involvement from both the ASC ensemble and West Town residents. While Adventure Stage remains devoted to telling stories for families and young audiences, Augusta and Noble represents an important step in our organization’s evolution toward more integration of social service delivery and artistic practice.