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Festival of Unfinished Work 2024

  • Bramble Theatre Company is proud to announce our third annual FESTIVAL OF UNFINISHED WORK. The Festival will take place in June 2024 and feature six (6) short scenes from original full-length plays currently in process written by Chicago-based playwrights.

  • Playwrights: Alexander Attea, Zach Barr, Evalena Lakin, Ben F. Locke+, Karissa Murrell Myers+, Skyler Tarnas

    Directors: Spencer Huffman+, Lauren Katz, Azar Kazemi, Ben F. Locke+, Aja Singletary+, Dan Washelesky+

    Production Manager: Melanie Thompson

    Stage Manager: Anna Vu

    Asst. Stage Manager: Quinn Bachus

    Sound Designer: Dee Etti-Wiliams

    Lighting Designer: Henry Toohey

    Props: Hilary Williams+, Suzy Krueckeberg+

    Fights and Intimacy Designer: Tristin Hall

    Casting: Karissa Murrell Myers+

    Actors: Alex Benito Rodriguez, Austin Winter, Ben F. Locke+, Carmia Imani, Dylan J. Fleming, Emily Zhang, Haley Bolithon+, Hilary Williams+, Iman Kamel, Jordan Tannous, Joshua David iThomas, Juliet Kang Hueneke, Ky Anderson+, Luke Halpern, Matt Lunt+, Rasheeda Denise+, Shane Novoa Rhoades, Travis Shanahan, Juliet Kang Huneke, Katie Bevil, Rashaad A. Bond

    +denotes Bramble company member

EVIL PERFECT by Spencer Huffman

  • In an otherworldly city obsessed with achieving absolute equity at all costs, Lily, a dissident at the end of her rope, meets Puck, the son of the city's charismatic matriarch. As their unlikely relationship grows and the city's enforcers close in, Lily and Puck hatch a terrifying plan: to revolt. Set in a tarnished society with twisted ideals, Evil Perfect is a messy and seductive play that attempts to reveal how good people with honorable intentions become evil.

    This world premiere production is written by Bramble ensemble member Spencer Huffman.

  • Playwright - Spencer Huffman+

    Director - Jonathan Shaboo+

    Asst. Director - Aja Singletary+

    Actors - Danny Breslin+, Ashley Neal, Brandon Burns+, and Ebby Offord

    Understudies - Alexander Attea, Gabby Diaz, Dakotah Brown, and Kandace Mack

    Asst. Stage Manager - Emma Crumpton

    Set Designer - Delena Bradley

    Sound Designer - Heath Hays

    Lighting Designer - Henry Toohey

    Dramaturgy - Ashley Greenwood

    Fights and Intimacy Designer | Tristin Hall

    +denotes Bramble ensemble members.

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Festival of Unfinished Work 2024

Bramble Theatre Company is proud to announce our third annual FESTIVAL OF UNFINISHED WORK. The Festival will take place in June 2024 and feature six (6) short scenes from original full-length plays currently in process written by Chicago-based playwrights.

Featuring pieces by: Alexander Attea, Zach Barr, Evalena Larkin, Ben F. Locke*, Karissa Murrell Myers*, Skyler Tarnas

June 26-30, 2024

#newwork
#Chicagoplaywrights

EVIL PERFECT

A World Premiere by Spencer Huffman

In an otherworldly city obsessed with achieving absolute equity at all costs, Lily, a dissident at the end of her rope, meets Puck, the son of the city's charismatic matriarch. As their unlikely relationship grows and the city's enforcers close in, Lily and Puck hatch a terrifying plan: to revolt. Set in a tarnished society with twisted ideals, Evil Perfect is a messy and seductive play that attempts to reveal how good people with honorable intentions become evil.

Featuring performances from Bramble ensemble members Danny Breslin and Brandon Burns, as well as Ashley Neal and Ebby Offord.

Coming October 2024

#newwork
#worldpremiere

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Past Events

We’ve been busy since our official launch in 2021! Check out some of our past work.

  • ROOTED by Ben F. Locke. A workshop with a public reading at The Understudy Coffee and Books.

    FESTIVAL OF UNFINISHED WORK - Our second annual festival, presented at The Edge Theatre.

    FALL READING SERIES - GAZSCHEBET by Skyler Tarnas, THE WHOLE SEAMUS THING by Ben Auxier and L.C. Bernadine, and THE RED FORTUNE COOKIE by Karissa Murrell Myers. These workshops culminated in public readings at The Understudy Coffee and Books.

  • FESTIVAL OF UNFINISHED WORK - 6 scenes from 6 unfinished plays written by 6 Chicago playwrights. Presented at the Newport Theatre.

    FALL READING SERIES - LOVE STORY by Kallan Dana, MILLENNIAL CHURCH by Leah Roth Barsanti, and HOW TO MURDER… by Bramble Artistic Director Karissa Murrell Myers. These workshops culminated in public readings at The Edge Theatre and Redline VR.

  • THE MINISTRY OF MUNDANE MYSTERIES CHICAGO - An immersive telephonic experience originally created by Bramble ensemble member Sebastien Heins at Outside the March. We solved 206 cases in 36 U.S. cities and 7 foreign countries!

    TINY DEAD THINGS by Madison Fargo. A public reading on Zoom.

    EVIL PERFECT by Bramble ensemble member Spencer Huffman . A workshop with a public reading at the Raven Theatre.