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Festival of Unfinished Work

JUNE 25-28, 2026

Thurs-Sat @ 7:30PM, Sat-Sun @ 3PM

Our fifth annual Festival will feature six (6) short scenes from original full-length plays currently in process, written by Chicago-based playwrights. This year’s festival will feature work by Will Burdin, G. Riley Mills & Willie Round, James Kelsey Nelson, Dan Washelesky*, Victor Yang, and Catherine Yu.

During the Festival, the audience will have the opportunity to vote on which pieces they are most interested in seeing developed further. This voting process will impact which pieces will be given a workshop and public staged reading by Bramble at a future date.

coming this fall

Chicago premiere production

Black Bear Island

by Karissa Murrell Myers

directed by Jonathan Berry

Best New Theatre Company Winner in Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2024

We were awarded best new theatre company in Chicago via popular vote! We’re so grateful for the support of our community. Click here to see all the other winners and finalists.

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