In The Watch-Fires
1650 W. Foster Ave Chicago
Within a modern office building in a war-torn landscape, a lowly tech-worker is tasked with creating a new tome meant to bring the world together, causing a higher-up middle-manager to second guess her government's motives, ideals and ever-growing militaristic control. A bold combination of new writing from award-winning A Red Orchid Theatre ensemble member Brett Neveu combined with adapted public domain material from the past millennia, In the Watch-Fires is inspired by the heightened theatricality of Bertolt Brecht, the absurdity of Samuel Beckett, and the voices, strengths and legacy of Paul Sills' Chicago Story Theatre.
Presented by Red Orchid Theatre Incubator
Oct 6 - Oct 27, 2026