About This Show
Directors’ Festival 2000 is the 12th annual showcase of Chicago’s upcoming directors, hosted by Bailiwick Repertory.
August 28 and September 11
Jack-in-the-Box by Gina Monreal, directed by Genevieve Hurst
A new comedy delving into the obstacles every young jack-in-the-box must face to come into her own.
Clowntime is Over by Ben Winters, directed by Rich Taylor
An unflinching look at the pace of modern life and its power to bleach out a person’s lifeforce
Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett, directed by Matthew Lundquist
Beckett’s most explicitly political work
August 29 and September 12
Achilles by Homer, adapted and directed by Tom Small
Music, masks and dance combine with an epic as old as dust and as current as the headlines
The Women at the Tomb by Michel de Ghelderode, directed by Gregory Gerhard
Several prominent women take shelter in a small home to escape the confusions and anarchy after the death of Christ
August 30 and September 13
Bitter Suite by Anton Chekhov, adapted and directed by Eric Sydnor
A dance play based on Chekhov’s The Seagull
The Yellow Boat by David Saar, directed by Scott M. Mead
A young boy with HIV uses his colorful drawings to make sense of his situation
September 4 and 18
Before Breakfast by Eugene O’Neill, directed by Michael Buino
A concise American tragedy about how two people who thought they loved each other can come to treat each other so brutally
Girls Night Out by Della Tee, directed by Tamara Anderson
A play about women learning how to renew their emotions and move on
Labor Day by Sheri Wilner, directed by Jaclyn Pryor
The story of six 20-something friends who meet on the eve of Labor Day for bizarre ceremonial games
September 5 and 19
Peanut Butter and Ampersands, written and directed by Daniel Shea
A meditation on work, love and false moustaches
27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams, directed by Allen Jeffrey Rein
A short play exploring the volatility and sexuality of power
September 6 and 20
A Freak Beyond Compare, written and directed by Donald Williams, Jr.
A once prosperous community plummets in the span of ten years
Line by Israel Horovitz, directed by Vanessa T. Stalling
Five strangers waiting in line jockey for position