A huge congratulations goes out to the entire artistic company of HIS SHADOW: A PARABLE for their 6 Jeff Nominations! Under Wardell Julius Clark’s brilliant direction and leadership, along with his creative team of Sydney Charles as Associate Director and Regina Victor as Dramaturg, the three actors — Charles Andrew Gardener, Marcus D. Moore andRead more
Dear Subscribers and 100 Club Members, 16th Street Theater undertook a project to upgrade our ticketing system. Our new software makes it possible for you to redeem your subscription tickets without worrying about a redemption code. Once you are logged in to your account (simply through your email address), when you “purchase” tickets for aRead more
In remembrance of Ann Mackin, the “Lady in the Hat” as she liked to be known. We will remember Ann Mackin as THE reason there is even a North Berwyn Park District serving the residents north of Cermak and south of Roosevelt. In 1976 she took up the challenge and made it happen and neverRead more
16th Street Theater is offering FREE theater classes online during the pandemic starting April 22. Taught by Michele DiMaso, your kid and/or teen will be able to engage in theater and connect with students from the safety of your own home. IMPACT for Teens now meets on Zoom every Saturday from 1 – 3PM andRead more
Thank you for making the remote viewing of Steven Strafford’s METHTACULAR! a great success. We played to 85% “capacity” to folks from across the country: from Berwyn to Brooklyn, from San Diego to Wauwatosa, from Minneapolis to Ft Myers and El Paso to Ontario! We held Zoom talkbacks with playwright/performer Steven Strafford after 50% ofRead more
For the safety of our audience, artists and staff in this time of social distancing toward the mutual goal of halting the spread of COVID-19, 16th Street will be cancelling all live performances of Steven Strafford’s METHTACULAR! Stay tuned as we are looking into how to bring password-protected streaming of METHTACULAR! into all ticket holdersRead more
Steven Strafford, who had a hit with 2019’s Small Jokes About Monsters, returns to 16th Street with his one-man show METHTACULAR! for a limited 3 week run March 19 – April 4. Highly Recommended by Village Voice with 4 Stars from TimeOut New York, Chris Jones in Chicago Tribune calls Methtacular “surprisingly funny and strikinglyRead more
“The beauty of Cefaly’s writing is the graceful way she reveals the details of her characters’ lives, one piece at a time, the way we reveal ourselves in real life. Slowly the walls come down, and slowly we show the flawed human beings behind our carefully constructed personae… Ann Filmer’s elegant production mines everything wonderfulRead more
“Until now, I have never encountered a version in which the key roles of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, and the Three Ghosts are not only portrayed as strong, complicated females, but as Latinas. 16th Street Theater in Berwyn has mounted a very exciting and elaborate production, A Xmas Cuento Remix (“cuento” means tale)Read more
Hark! Coming to 16th Street this holiday season: A modern-day take on Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. To Dolores who runs D’s Pub, Christmas is a scam, and charity is for suckers. When her niece Anita faces eviction, Dolores turns her away into the cold. Can three sassy spirits turn this female Scrooge from badRead more