Loopshop 8: Get Back

To get you in the mood for Loopshop 8 — which happens next week at The Charnel House in Logan Square — we'll be sharing some short teasers about all five of our featured plays here and on Facebook. (Like us if you haven't already.)

First up is Get Back, written by Strangeloop Company Member Keith Gatchel.

A boy tries to build a potato-powered time machine so he can go back in time and avenge a playground wrong ... sort of ... but before anything happens he receives an ominous warning from a strange man.

Directed by Spenser Davis, Get Back stars Gage Wallace as Jimmy and Christopher Paul Mueller as Billy.

Loopshop is Chicago-based Strangeloop Theatre's annual short play and new works series. This year's production features original short plays on topics ranging from Swedish furniture to adoption. 

Performances for Loopshop 8 will be at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 27, and Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at The Charnel House, 3421 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago. Tickets for the show are $10 and are available at the door or online at Brown Paper Tickets. 

Loopshop 8 Bio: Gage Wallace

Gage Wallace (Jimmy) is thrilled to be back onstage with his arch-nemesis. Gage is a proud Founding and Company Member with Red Theater (Chicago, Lincoln and Omaha), as well as a member of the Associate Ensemble with Trap Door Theatre. Chicago Credits: Irish Theatre of Chicago (The White Road, Blackborrow), Trap Door Theatre (Cookie Play, Tommy), Red Theater-Chicago (Red Hamlet, Hamlet; Dylan, Dylan Thomas), Red Tape Theatre (Mnemonic, Ensemble). Regional: Nebraska Shakes (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Quince; Romeo and Juliet, Romeo), Flatwater Shakes (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus) and Haymarket Theatre (Orphans, Phillip). As a performance poet, Gage has been seen on regional and national stages. He is represented by Paonessa Talent.