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TimeOut Chicago gives Alum Laura Jacqmin’s GHOST BIKE 3 Stars.

  • March 24, 2014
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Productions

You can check out TimeOut’s review of GHOST BIKE here.

GHOST BIKE is produced by hot, young theater company, Buzz22 Chicago.

Buzz 22 Chicago’s synopsis of GHOST BIKE: Ora and Eddie fell in love with Chicago on their bikes. But when Eddie is hit by a car and killed, Ora refuses to let him go. Instead, she rides beneath our city to bring him back, facing off against underworld gods and ghosts -some interested in helping her, some determined to get in her way. The more difficult her journey becomes, the more Ora must question what it is she’s journeying towards. In Ghost Bike, Chicago culture skitches off of Greek, African, and Chinese mythology, sparking a spirited mash-up of underworld and after-life as seen from the seats of fixies, BMX’s and ten-speeds.

Ghost bikes can be found in Chicago and in cities all over the country. Learn more about them at http://ghostbikes.org/chicago.

From their website: “Ghost Bikes are made from bikes and bike parts which are no longer rideable, painted all white, and installed where cyclists were killed by motorists. They are grim but necessary reminders of the hazards cyclists face on our roadways. They remember the victim and raise awareness of the need to combat reckless and aggressive driving and fix our streets to be safer for all users.”

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TimeOut Chicago gives 4-Stars to Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder.”

  • January 29, 2014
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Press · Productions

Laura Jacqmin’s Do-Gooder is starting to rack up a lot of good reviews. This week’s Timeout Chicago gave it 4-Stars.

Gwen Purdom writes: (I)ts Jacqmin’s subtle script that leaves the lasting impression. In a play that ponders whether goodness comes from a life of privilege or passion, this is one story that’s far more compelling than its ordinary cover would suggest.

Do-Gooder is playing at the 16th Street Theater.

Check out Laura’s site: www.laurajacqmin.com

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Laura Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder” is “Recommended” by Chicago Reader

  • January 28, 2014
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Press · Productions

Laura Jacqmin’s Do-Gooder was “Recommended” in this weeks’ review by the Chicago Reader.

Jack Helbig writes Do-Gooder is “a remarkable, slyly told meditation on gender and racial politics, and how genuinely hard it is to really make a difference.”

Read the entire review here.

Learn more about Laura from her website http://www.laurajacqmin.com/

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Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder” is “Jeff-Recommended” at 16th Street Theater in Chicago.

  • January 25, 2014
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Press · Productions

Alum Laura Jacqmin’s new play “Do-Gooder” was “Jeff-Recommended” in its World Premiere at 16th Street Theater in Chicago.

The Jeff Awards are Chicago’s version of the Tony’s. “The designation of “Jeff Recommended” is given to a production when, after the opening night of its run, at least ONE ELEMENT of the show was deemed excellent  by the opening night judges of the Joseph Jefferson Committee. The entire production is then eligible for nomination for awards at the end of the season.”

For more information about the play, check out Do-Gooders webpage and video.

You can learn more about Laura Jacqmin by visiting http://www.laurajacqmin.com/

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Buzz22 Producing World Premiere of Jacqmin’s “Ghost Bike”

  • October 3, 2013
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Productions · world premiere

OU Alum, Laura Jacqmin, is having the World Premiere of her new play “Ghost Bike” produced in Chicago by Buzz22 Theater Company from February 27, 2014 – March 30th, 2014.

Check out the article on broadwayworld.com

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Reginald Edmund nominated for a Black Theater Alliance Best Play Award

  • August 8, 2013
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News

Reginald Edmund has been nominated for a Black Theater Alliance Best Play Award for writing, for REGINALD EDMUND’S SOUTHBRIDGE, produced earlier this year at Chicago Dramatists. The play, originally developed at OU was the National Runner-up for the Kennedy Center’s Lorraine Hansberry and the Rosa Parks Awards in 2009, Winner of the Southern Playwrights Competition in 2011, and the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award Winner in 2013. Congratulations!!

Read about it the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Dana Lynn Formby Reading At Silent Theatre in Chicago

  • August 2, 2013
  • by rpdolan
  • · Chicago · News · Reading

This Sunday, August 4th, in Chicago, alumna Dana Lynn Formby has a reading of her new comedy UNTIL DEATH at Silent Theatre new HQ space, 1914 N. Milwaukee, 3rd floor at 5:00 PM. It’s FREE. Fine spirits will be available for a suggested donation. Until Death is part of the American Demigods Local Heroes reading series, running every Sunday in August.

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