Shows
First Words
January 15 – February 28, 2010
Written by: Aaron Carter
Directed by: Chuck Smith
Barbara is desperate to communicate with her autistic son. In spite of her husband’s objections, she secretly begins expensive, untested therapy. It may cost her the family she is fighting to keep together.
Featuring: Scott Baity Jr., Lauren Malara, Andre Teamer and Tina Marie Wright
Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8pm, Sundays @ 3pm
Greenhouse Theatre Center
2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL
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Underground Poetry Jam
January 29 – February 26, 2010
Hosted by: Carla Stillwell
That’s “jam,” and not “slam,” because a "jam" is a virtual love fest. Poets present their art in a non-competitive environment without fear or ridicule. Come underground and share the experience.
Fridays @ 10:00pm January 29, 2010
The Greenhouse Theatre Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
Tickets Only $10
2257 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
Tickets Only $10
The Best of Blax
January 30 – February 27, 2010
Written by: Kevin Douglas, Inda Craig-Galvan and Carla Stillwell
Directed by: Kevin Douglas and Jonathan Keaton
THE BEST OF BLAX is a collection of original sketch performances that are unabashedly courageous and provocative in their take on race, class, and American politics. It’s sketch comedy for the 21st century.
Saturdays @ 10:00 pm
The Greenhouse Theatre Center
2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
Tickets only $10
Tad in 5th City
April 30 – June 13, 2010
Written by Orron Kenyatta & Carla Stillwell
Directed by Carla Stillwell
This play walks us through the journey of young Tad Brown, his family and the neighborhood that festered under the weight of poverty, gang violence and addiction after the ’68 Chicago riots.
TAD IN 5th CITY shamelessly addresses the psychology of poverty.
MPAACT Shows
MPAACT consistently produces a season of outstanding world premiere productions. Through these productions, it exposes audiences to stories seldom told on America’s stages. From the story of three immigrant sisters from Ethiopia, to a fifty-somethings musings on life, to the portrait of a young African American man on his first trip to Africa, MPAACT strives to be a company where artists can express and audiences can experience a myriad of realities of Black life.