Happy New Year from Strangeloop!

We just want to take a moment to thank everyone for helping us have a successful and delightful 2014, and we look forward to an even more amazing year in 2015. We're excited for what the year holds for all of us (yes, person hovering your finger over the like button, we're talking to you). 

Happy New Year, fellow Strangeloopers!

From our artistic directors: We are in Development

Hello everyone and Happy Giving Tuesday!

This Giving Tuesday, I am asking you to consider committing to a monthly donation to Strangeloop Theatre.

Strangeloop is growing in so many ways, but for me, the most interesting growth has been in development. This year Strangeloop has made a real effort to create an internal development series. This is a place for company members to workshop their ideas into more polished scripts that can then contribute to our season selection discussions. We have long been interested in new and adapted work, but to have some many ideas coming straight from our artists has been incredible.

We have held public readings of two of these works. The reading of the full script Thinking Caps, by company member Keith Gatchel, was presentedon September 2 as a part of the Greenhouse Trellis Reading Series. Select scenes from a movement-based stage adaptation of The Odyssey, being adapted by Carrie Campana and Maria Burnham, were performed on November 24 at Black Rock Pub. At both events, we received invaluable feedback from our audiences. There are more exciting ideas in the pipeline, and we can't wait to continue our progress.

In fact, our Spring of 2015 mainstage show will be a full production ofThinking Caps, a play which supposes the advantages and consequences of telepathic social media. The biggest challenge facing new ideas is they need support. New plays are harder to market and therefore riskier for companies to produce.

We think the risk is worth it, we hope you do too.

Commit* to supporting new works by setting up a monthly donation through on our website – strangelooptheatre.org. Simply click on the donation button and you'll be able to set up the amount you wish. If you donate today — or any Giving Tuesday during the holiday season — through our website, PayPal will provide a 1 percent match on every donation received. These types of donations will help create a financial base of support for all our operations, including supporting these new plays. Strangeloop is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit. Your contribution will be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for supporting Strangeloop Theatre.

Letitia Guillaud
Co-Artistic Director

*There are many other ways to give. If you cannot commit to monthly donations, one-time donations in check form can be made out to "Strangeloop Theatre, NFP" and sent to 2616 N. Spaulding Ave. #2, Chicago, IL 60647. If you cannot give at this time, you can still support by helping to spread the word. 

If you are interested in volunteering and feel you have skills that would be helpful to us, or are interested in serving on our board, please e-mail us at loop@strangelooptheatre.org. Thank you.

Christmas Clue-seau at Christkindle Market

Strangeloop Theatre will be one of eight companies performing throughout the day at Christkindle Market, as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Theatre Tag.

Grab a warm beverage and join us as we close out the day's performances at 6:30 p.m. with a scene from our upcoming holiday production, Christmas Clue-seau.

Christmas Clue-seau is a holiday mash-up of all things Who Done It. On a dark and snowy night in Chicago, a group of strangers, who all received a mysterious invitation to a holiday party at an old speakeasy on the Northside, arrive expecting to have their questions answered. Instead, they find themselves in the middle of a crime scene with a dead celebrity.

For a full list of performances and more information visit the event page.