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PRAISE FOR
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
JEFF RECOMMENDED
"RECOMMENDED ... In Kyra Lewandowski's explosive production ... Michelle Lilly O'Brien's set perfectly suggests decay, while the cast deftly capture Shepard's mix of heightened realism, black comedy, and scenery-demolishing violence."
- Zac Thompson
Chicago Reader
"New Leaf, continuing its string of solid enactments of challenging plays ... navigates a powerful, cogent production ... Victoria Gilbert's feminine and bitter Ella is darkly entertaining, and a formidable John Gray shrewdly modulates the long windup and devastating pitch of Weston's alcoholic rage"
- Megan Powell
TimeOut Chicago
"... [the] charged performances and palpable pathos are riveting. Gruff, frightening, volatile, drunk and large enough to be dangerous, ... [John] Gray's performance is absolutely phenomenal ... this production really is excellent."
- Julienne Bilker
Chicagoist
"Michelle Lilly O'Brien's set [is] a marvelous mini-symphony of squalor"
- Kerry Reid
Chicago Tribune
"There is a lot of important information that is left unsaid in Curse, leaving the audience unsettled and probing in the dark. Lewandowski and her team understand this critical aspect - they know to close doors as they open windows."
- Barry Eitel
Chicago Theatre Blog
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The Man Who Was Thursday Jeff Nominations
New Leaf's breakaway hit The Man Who Was Thursday was honored by two nominations for the 2010 Non-Equity Jeff Awards: Bilal Dardai is up for Best New Adaptation, and Jared Moore is nominated for Best Lighting Design.
New Leaf featured in Time Out
Time Out Chicago theater critic Kris Vire sat down with the New Leaf company recently and discussed New Leaf's relationship with its home, the Lincoln Park Cultural Center, and the immense effect that the space (and the cultural center's wonderful and eclectic staff and co-tenants) has had on New Leaf's aesthetic, infrastructure, and history. Check out the article here.
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by Sam Shepard
directed by Kyra Lewandowski
Under one splintering roof in the desolation of the California desert, four lone wolves try to pull themselves up by bootstraps that keep breaking, seeking to escape the prisons they've constructed in Sam Shepard's blistering exploration of family, disease, and the possibility of change. Curse of the Starving Class marks Artist-in-Residence Kyra Lewandowski's directorial debut, as she helms this presentation of a script recently revised in honor of the play's 30th anniversary.
[ Curse of The Starving Class closed May 22 ]
READ MORE ABOUT CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
SEE PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Find out more about Curse of The Starving Class on our blog, and join the discussion about our all-season question: "How do the stories we tell rewrite what we become?". Check out the latest updates from rehearsal and stories and insights from the company, cast, crew, and audience.
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Treehouse Readings
The Treehouse Readings series is New Leaf's opportunity to open its theatrical home to explore new and classic plays in a friendly, open format with our friends and audience. Check out a new reading on the third Saturday of every month at 1 pm.
Hear previous Treehouse readings, including Aaron Weissman's Brutal Selfish Rattlesnake, and learn more about the series by subscribing to our podcast by clicking here.
New Leaf's new business plan
At the end of the decade, New Leaf launched an ambitious (and sustainable) new financial model for independent and hyper-local theatres of our size. We believe in the value and power of high-quality theatre and creative work that strengthens and exercises the bonds within a community. Towards that vision, we've created a new way to partner with our patrons, donors and audience so that our creative work and cultivated talent provides a more direct, vital benefit with that community - and continues to sustainably generate renewing theatre.
READ ALL ABOUT THE NEW PLAN AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT.
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