Living the Dream
January 7- February 11, 2007
City Lit Theatre
Before we were The Plagiarists, we made this show together, an original comedy about being struggling artists in this new century: the bad plays, awkward auditions, dead end jobs, one's own clumsiness, naïveté, and doubt. A show for anyone who's ever pursued a dream and come up a bit short.
Lindsay had always said they wanted to write something about her experiences as an actor in Chicago. When the rights for Last Train To Nibroc were pulled, the group adopted her idea and ran with it. Chronicling the chronically embarrassing lives of five unknown Chicago actors, the show was thinly veiled biography, absurd satire, situation comedy, and heartfelt confessional all rolled into one, written by the ensemble.
Written & Performed By: Kaitlin Byrd, James Dunn, Layne Manzer, Justine Turner, Lindsay Verstegen
Directed by: Gregory Peters
Stage Manager: Holly Steinhausen
Tech Direction, Set & Lighting Design: Andrew Marchetti
Production manager:Layne Manzer
Costume Consultant:Bridget Peters
Publicity Design:Ian Miller