A Fragile Memory
We’ve been receiving many questions from audience members about how we arrived at the portrayal of Angus’s memory loss in our production of Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy. It has ...
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The Drawer Boy
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The Drawer Boy
by Michael Healey
Produced in collaboration with The Den Theatre and performed at The De ...
One Year Later
Artistic Director Julie Ritchey reflects on 2011, and our dear friend Allison Powell.
To say that I am grateful for the many blessings that filled this last year would be an understatement. Filament h ...
Sustain Filament 2011
What a year it has been!
Thanks to you, Filament has become an emerging leader in sustainable theatrical production. Our work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, TEDx, and we even had ...
Waste Not Want Not
Marketing Director Peter Oyloe explores some thoughts on our everyday use of plastics in a very consumer-centric society. What are the effects and what can be done to offset the damages that have been ...
Giving Thanks For Thanksgiving
Filament’s Jack Novak shares with us his being thankful for Thanksgiving itself and how we form our own narratives for our holiday experiences.
Every year we hear a lot of talk about what to ...
Encore! A Deleted Scene From the Circle
Ensemble member and From the Circle storyteller Audrey Bertaux-Skeirik shares the wonderful story of Gluskabe a Native American legend that didn’t quite make it into From the Circle: Remembering ...
Ms. Ritchey Goes to Washington
Artistic Director Julie Ritchey waxes poetic about her friend and countryman Abraham Lincoln as she examines how stories continue to shape our nation.
I have to admit that I am a little bit obsessed w ...
Something Incredible
Ensemble member Lindsey Dorcus talks about her experience with Shape Notes and the gifts of song that it has brought to her life and how she has used some of the tools learned through these experience ...
Thirst for Stories
Ensemble member Nathan Drackett shares with us some of his musings on his “Thirst for Stories”.
Seeing “From the Circle” got me thinking about how many ways we tell stories these days ...
Towards a Sustainable Theatre
September 30 – November 13 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
The Den Theatre
1333 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Buy tickets on our TICKETS page.
$5 Tickets available for Previews (September 3 ...
Sympathy for the Bouffon
So… those creepy clown things in ORPHEUS: Featuring DJ Puzzle as Fate… Who are they? What are they thinking? Where do they come from? Well, here to answer all your questions is Filam ...
Community Supported Theatre
Putting it together.
We of the Filament Theatre Ensemble are thrilled to introduce you to the Filament Marketplace, our new alternative to traditional ticket sales.
As part of our commitment to commun ...
Coming Home
Ensemble member Carolyn Faye Kramer recently returned to Chicago after five months studying in Israel. Here she shares her experiences abroad – and jumping right back into life with Filament. ...
Thank You!
Filament is thrilled to announce that our current fundraising goals were successfully met!
Both our annual appeal and our cabaret event Love: It’s All Greek To Me! exceeded our projections.
We w ...
Allison Powell
Our Beautiful Friend.
It has been a difficult and tragic week at the Filament Theatre Ensemble, as we mourn the sudden loss of ensemble member Allison Powell. Allie’s vibrant spirit, creativit ...
A Marvelous Adventure Indeed
This snowy day is giving me the perfect excuse to stay inside, sip tea, and be sentimental. It’s hard to believe that, after beginning work on this project seven months ago, Choose Thine Own A ...
The Producer’s Curse
Actors aren’t the only ones who get opening night jitters. Managing Director Christian Libonati gives us a look at Choose Thine Own Adventure’s opening night from the eye of a producer ...
Filament Gives Thanks
For this week’s blog Filament would like to give thanks… Below is text that has been provided by the voices of many within the community that is Filament and given to you as a poem of than ...
Meeting Shakespeare
This week the Filament Blog asks the question, “What was your first experience with Shakespeare?” Ensemble members and the Choose Thine Own Adventure cast weigh in on middle school plays, boring h ...
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