MISSION

 through theater and the written word...Her Story Theater


shines bright lights in dark places on women and children in need of social justice and community support
creates a place and space to exchange ideas that support writers and performers
provides educational workshops and classes
 

this season's light falls on...

homeless women 
sex trafficking of children
violence against women

 

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HER STORY THEATER

CHICAGO WRITERS EXCHANGES SERIES 

Writers present new works, works-in-progress, sample performances or published works in any gender...any genre...on a social issue.

  • featured writer or writers
  • audience exchange
  • Interested in submitting work? Contact: HerStoryTheatre@gmail.com

 

Events

December 6, 2021

IN THAT MOMENT

at Greenhouse Theater 7:00PM
Writers & Readers: Josette DiCarlo, Diane Dorsey, Trish Elliott, Karen Fort,
Lynne Jordan, Iris Lieberman.      
 Staged by Kay Martinovich

 

 November 15, 2021

AN EVENING OF WORDS, MUSIC & CONVERSATION WITH JOHN S. GREEN & DONOVAN MIXON

at Raven Theater 7:00PM

March 7, 2021 Zoom

The Adventures of Cleaver and Whizjam On The Isle of Oogle.

Chidren's Novel

 Written by Mary Bonnett

Performred by: Carmen Roman, Molly Hernandez, Densel Tsopnang, Greg Vinkler, Will Clinger, Trish Elliott, Jack Hickey, Julian Hester. Hosted by Mary Bonnett. Supported by SAG-AFTRA  Directed by Jack Hickey, Technical Direction by William Harper 

 

October 21, 2020  Zoom

Loyola Univ, Gender Studies 4:30PM-6:30PM

In Partnership With Her Story Theater

Loyola University Gender Studies 

and Performing and Fine Arts Departments

erformance Reading of Oak St. Beach 

Written by Barbara Georgans

Directed by Kay Martinovich

CAST: Si Osborne, Barbara Robertson, Randy Steinmeyer, Carmen Roman, Mary BonnettMark David Kaplan, Gary Houston, Connie Foster, Trish Elliott, Dan Flannery

Stage 773

My Own Stranger

Performed & Written by Marilyn Campbell-Lowe

Mental Health

 Stage 773

Lifting The Lid.

Two one-woman shows by Marilyn Campbell-Lowe

and Shelby Marie Edwards. Two plays about Race -

Fifty years apart.

Racism and Raising Bi-Racial Children in America.


Driehaus Theater

Radical Ideas: Women and The Vote!

With Brigid Duffy, Alma Washington, Connie Foster and Paul O'Dell  

Written and Directed by Mary Bonnett

Illinois Women Fighting For The Vote

Post Show panel discusssions with various women's coalitions and organizations.

 

MCL Theater

Ah Gotta Handle On It

Written by Donovan Mixon  Directed by Mary Bonnett.

With David Simmons, Zahra Baker, Chris McClellan, Malcom Banks,

Christian Creasy, Jesmimie Jaddua, Deja Anderson

A Black Child's Struggle In America.

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Dinner At 1800 Hours

The Greenhouse Theater Centre

 Joan Kufrin's reading of her play Dinner At 1800 Hours.  

Special thanks to director, John Mossman and the wonderful cast Tara Bouldry, J

ane Delaubenfels, Julian Hester, Darrelyn Marx, Frank Nall, Chuck Spenser,

Michele Gardner, Artistic Home Theatre and Green House Theater Center.  

War: Points of View. A Divided Family 

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MCL 

The Den Theatre

The Disappearing Magic Negro Blues

Boy Child In A Babylon Due

Written by Afram Bill Williams

Wiith Gary Houston, Phillip Van Lear, Rashawn Thompson,

Warren Levon, Sarah Mellas, Wandachristine, Kim Morris  

Directed by Mary Bonnett and Dennis Newport

A Older Black Man's Knowlege of Invisibleness 

A Young Black Man's Experience In Parchman Prison, Mississippi

 

 

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Space 900

LUCKY GEORGE

by George Kufrin

BOOK SIGNING 

SPACE 900  Evanston, IL 

Packed with Chicago history and rare photographs, George Kufrin’s autobiography chronicles the 50-year adventure that took him across America, photographing the movers and shakers of his time. John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Dean Witter, Lena Horne, Burt Lancaster, Nat “King” Cole, Maria Tallchief, Studs Terkel, Gwendolyn Brooks, Adlai Stevenson and Alice Neel are just a few of the hundreds of giants he has photographed over the years–and whom you’ll meet in Lucky George.     To order LUCKY GEORGE

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THE GREENS

Greenhouse Theater  

WRITTEN BY BEN JORAVSKY & RICK STONE

  

A reading of THE GREENS, a work-in-progress, written by Ben Joravsky and Rick Stone  Directed by Mary Bonnett

A humorous romp through 1970s Cabrini Green.  This coming of age adventure story is seen through the eyes of one ebony and one very ivory young man...forming what's to become a friendship of a life time!   

THE GREENS CAST BIOS

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WOMEN WHO WRITE ABOUT INTERESTING TIMES 

 Greenhouse Theater


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WRITERS ON RACE 

CHOPIN THEATER

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MONROE ANDERSON novel

BENNIE CURRIE  essay

BEN JORAVSKY novel

with RICK STONE  playwright

MARY BONNETT  story

ROLANDO ITHIER blog

MASON JOHNSON  humorist

EMILY HOOPER LANSANA  short story

KRISDELARASH  spoken word

ANDREAH SANTOS  poetry 

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 SMOKE 

Greenhouse Theater

Written by Gloria Bond Clunie

Directed by:

Chuck Smith  Goodman Theater

Cast:

Velma Austin Jeff Winner

Gary Houston Actor,Writer

James Meredith Steppenwolf 

Jacqueline Williams  Jeff Winner

The Tobacco Business Impact on a Black Community

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 FIRST VOICE

Salon Echo   A collague of voices.

Poetry: Quaraysh Ali Lansana

Memoirs: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow

African Story: Zahra Baker, Emily Lansana  

Narrative: Lauren Lein  

Short Story: Donovan Mixon

Novel: Mary Bonnett  

Music by Donovan Mixon and Dave Onderdonk