Things We Said Today

Profiles Theatre continues its 2007-2008 Season devoted to the works of acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute, with LaBute’s new collection of six short plays entitled, Things We Said Today. The production will run November 12- December 16 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway.

Neil LaBute said this about the collection, "Things We Said Today is an evening of shorter works that I’m very happy to see collected and performed together for the first time. The series of pieces alternate between monologues and scenes and touch a number of interesting subjects- everything from Little League baseball to serial killers. Due to the nature of "playlets," each of these pieces has had a relatively limited life on stage thus far; it is a real pleasure to have these texts presented to a Chicago audience."

The evening includes: Stand-Up, in which an amateur comic struggles with his new routine. Land of the Dead follows a regular couple’s extreme responses to sudden changes in their lives. Love at Twenty studies reverberations set off by a college student’s affair with her married professor and the world premiere of Persuasion Paper 101 features a young girl presenting her homework assignment on the problem with guys. I Love This Game is a solo piece about a father’s lost perspective on his son’s Little League game. And the titular piece, Things We Said Today follows a married couple’s reckoning in a mall food court.

The titular piece of Things We Said Today received its World Premiere at the Ensemble Studio Theater’s annual marathon of short plays in June 2007. The solo piece, Persuasion Paper 101 is receiving its World Premiere with this Profiles production. Stand-Up premiered in January 2005 and Love at Twenty was produced in December 2005, both for MCC benefits in New York. Land of the Dead was first produced in September 2002 as part of the Brave New World Festival in New York. I Love This Game was presented in June 2007 as part of Mile Square Theatre’s The 7th Inning Stretch in New Jersey.

Profiles Theatre continues its collaboration with Neil LaBute following the hit Midwest Premieres of Some Girl(s), Fat Pig and autobahn. Some Girl(s), which has received excellent reviews and was Jeff Recommended, has been extended through December 16, 2007. Both autobahn and Fat Pig received unanimous critical acclaim and were also extended multiple times.

Tickets for Things We Said Today are $15 for previews and $25 for all regular performances. Tickets are acvailabe by phone, 773-549-1815, or online at www.profilestheatre.org.