The Gift Theatre Announces 2022 Season
The Gift Theatre announced its 2022 season, launching this spring with a return to live performances with the Chicago premiere of Naomi Iizuka's drama At The Vanishing Point, directed by Lavina Jadhwani. Also this spring, The Gift presents the world premiere of Mud City, a ten-episode radio drama written by Founding Artistic Director Michael Patrick Thornton and featuring over 20 Gift Ensemble Members and special guest stars. The season concludes this fall with the world premiere of Jennifer Rumberger's drama The Locusts, commissioned and developed by The Gift and directed by Ensemble Member John Gawlik.
At The Vanishing Point will be presented at Filament Theatre, 4040 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago and The Locusts will be performed at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago. The company recently exited its longtime home at 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. and is engaged in a capital campaign to open a new performance space in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The Gift's new Co-Artistic Directors Brittany Burch, Emjoy Gavino and Jennifer Glasse comment, "Our conversations to curate this season were guided by what excited us most: Finding opportunities for different generations of Gift Ensemble to work together; ushering in guest artists who will not only challenge and inspire us,but grow alongside us; and finally embracing stories that seek the light amidst a lot of darkness. The role of the storyteller is one that has only become more sacred to us in the last few years. We believe it is a season that is provocative, hopeful and full of new poetry."
Season subscriptions are currently available at thegifttheatre.org or by calling (773) 283-7071. The "2022 GiftFlex Subscription Package" includes a ticket to At The Vanishing Point, The Locusts, all ten episodes of Mud City, and an exclusive invitation to In The Works, a new play reading series. Early Bird subscriptions for $99 (regular $115) are on-sale through March 17, 2022.