Join us for the next reading of our Season Selection Series, an ongoing free public reading series dedicated to plays in consideration for our upcoming seasons.
AMERICAN HOME by Stephanie Alison Walker
Directed by Mike Mroch
Featuring Animus Company Members Sara Canter, Jorge Chapa, karen Eilbacher, Leif Steinert, Jazmin Williams with guest artists Maria Cellario, Greg Carere, Jacqueline Jacobus, Josh Wood-Triplett, and Holly Block.
Winner of the 2011 Blue Ink Award by Chicago's American Blues Theater and Semi-Finalist for the 2010 Princess Grace Award
One out of every 54 homes in America received a foreclosure notice in 2008. Award winning playwright and author of "Love in the Time of Foreclosure," Stephanie Alison Walker, takes audiences on a deeply personal journey through recent history as she shines a light on three out of the millions of stories of loss. A young couple faces eviction from the dream house they stretched to buy; an elderly widow falls prey to a reverse mortgage scheme, and a minister of the prosperity gospel must face the flock shes led astray. American Home takes an unflinching look at the impossible choices people make when faced with losing everything, and, ultimately, celebrates the powerful resilience of community and the human spirit.
Reading begins at 7p followed by a short discussion of the play.