The 2017 CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL: Nevertheless, We Persisted - Featuring Women-Identified Artists!

The CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) returns to The Den Theatre for the second time this year – this time featuring the work of Chicago’s women-identified artists. Inspired by the theme, “Nevertheless, We Persisted,” the marathon evening of one-minute plays by 60 of Chicago’s established and emerging woman-identified playwrights and directors plays two nights only, Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets ($18 in advance, $20 at the door) are currently available at thedentheatre.com/events.

The 2017 CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL: Nevertheless, We Persisted… will feature brand new one-minute plays by Erin Austin, Sarah Bowden, Dani Bryant, Whitney LaMora Currier, Amy Crider, Rachel Claff, Jazmin Corona, Barrie Cole, Jenny Lynn Christoffersen, Kamille Dawkins, Juli Del Prete, Cathy Earnest, Elena Feliz, Brynne Frauenhoffer, Kimberly D. Furganson, Corrine Glanville, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Reeny Hofrincher, Kate Healy, Chloe Johnston, Rachel Jackson, Beth Kander, Britteney Kapri, Lynette Li, Genevieve Locksley, Barb Lhota, Danielle R. Littman, Jenni Lamb, Fawzia Mirza, Kim Morris, Priya Mohanty, Enid Muñoz, Cathy Muskett, Arlene Malinowski, Lyndee McPeek, Kristin P., Jenna Jo Pawlicki, Coya Paz, Kristi Parker-Barnhart, Jennifer Rumberger, Elaine Romero, Cassandra Rose, Savannah Reich, Elise Spoerlein, Jenny Seidelman, Tiffani Swalley, Charlette Speigner, Sheridan Singleton, Andi Sharavsky, Leean Kim Torske, Eileen Tull, Aimy Tien, Maggie Wagner, Dina Walters and Larissa Zageris.

Directors include Brianna Buckley, Rose Freeman, Jamie Gutfeldt, Enid Muñoz, Tashina Richardson, Lexi Saunders, Anna Trachtman and Alyssa White

“We are thrilled to celebrate seven years of #1MPF in Chicago and we are proud to see our programing and the reach of our work diversifying – between our festivals of women-identified artists, The Every 28 Hours Plays and the traditional 1MPF work that we are using to investigate what America and Chicago in 2017 post-election America looks like,” comments Artists Director Dominic D’Andrea. “The opportunity to gather the community of artists, activists and citizens and focus on ways that we might begin to design the world we want to live in is a beautiful and necessary action. I'm proud of the community, our partners at the Den and the stunning nuance of the work we've generated together.”

EVENT DETAILS:

Title: CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL: Nevertheless, We Persisted

Dates: Tuesday, May 2 & Wednesday, May 2, 2017

Times: 8 pm

Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets are currently available at thedentheatre.com/events.

About THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) is America’s largest and longest running grass roots theatre company, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea . #1MPF is a social barometer project, which investigates the zeitgeist of different communities through dialogue, consensus building and a performance of 50-100 short moments generated by each community. #1MPF works in partnership with theatres and/or social organizations sharing playwright, educational or community-specific missions across the country. The aim is to create locally sourced playwright-focused community events, with the goal of promoting the spirit of radical inclusion. #1MPF represents playwrights of different age, gender, race, cultures, and points of career. The work attempts to reflect the theatrical landscape of local artistic communities by creating a dialogue between the collective conscious and the individual voice.

In each city, #1MPF works with partnering organizations to identify programs or initiatives in each community to support with the proceeds from ticket sales. The goal is to find ways give directly back to the artists in each community. Supported programs have ranged from educational programming, youth poetry projects, theatre program in prisons, playwright residencies and memberships, playwrights salaried commissions, community access projects, arts workshops and other social and artistic initiatives.

Annual partnerships have been created with theaters in over 20 cities including: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Trenton, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Indianapolis, Anchorage, Honolulu, St. Louis and more, with partnering institutions including Primary Stages, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, New Georges at New York City Center, Z-Space, A.C.T., Trinity Rep, Victory Gardens Theater, Cornerstone Theatre Company, The Playwrights Foundation, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Actor’s Express, InterAct Theatre, Mixed Blood, Walking Shadow Theatre, Passage Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Salvage Vanguard & ScriptWorks, ACT Seattle, Perseverance Theatre, Round House Theatre, Honolulu Theatre For Youth and others.

Notable #1MPF contributors have included: David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Neil LaBute, Tina Howe, Donald Margulies, Nilaja Sun, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Robert Schenkkan, Lydia Diamond, Phillip Kan Gotanda, Kristoffer Diaz, Rajiv Joseph, Samuel D. Hunter, Karen Hartman, Robert Askins, Colman Domingo, José Rivera, Craig Lucas, Mike Daisey, Greg Kotis, Michael John Garcés and over to 1400 celebrated, emerging, and midcareer playwrights. For more information visit: www.oneminuteplayfestival.com

PHOTO CREDIT: The 6th Annual CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL. Photo by Juan Carlos Pelayo/HighFiveFoto.