Caught in the middle of the Great Recession, cash-strapped Crystal navigates the worlds of motivational speaking, survivalism, and a Saturn dealership to make a home in this shocking drama which reteams the playwright and director of last season’s Mine.
This sketch comedy show takes the audience on a humorous exploration of the history and traditions of Christmas. If you missed the first five Natural Gas holiday shows, you can make up for it this year. If you saw the first five Natural Gas holiday shows, you’re gonna continue to be wowed.
Dee returns to her birthplace at the blindingly bright McMurdo Station in Antarctica to work as a janitor and seek answers to her mother’s disappearance in this wonderfully weird and touching new play perfectly suited to The Gift’s intimate space. "I went to the bottom of the world to find this play—working as a janitor…
Dan finally finds his calling in life – and it sends all of his loved ones spiraling into a spiritual crisis in this smart, searching, and hilarious new play. The Gift Co-Founder and playwright of Northwest Highway strikes again with another great local story about overcoming obstacles and following your heart. Featuring: Ensemble Members Cyd…
Haunted by his own childhood, a psychologist tries to minister to the distressed souls who find their way to the doors of the health center he runs in rural Connecticut. “What every playwright wants to know is that the people doing their play will love it and care for it. I watched The Gift do…
Enjoy world premiere ten minute pieces by The Gift and guests. As members of the National New Play Network, we feel it is our duty to present new works and world premieres on our stage. This festival allows us to work with talented artists who help us overcome obstacles to uphold our mission of telling…
In collaboration with lead production sponsor The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, The Gift’s RICHARD III re-defines what (dis)ability and Shakespeare’s great villain look like by utilizing both a disabled actor in the title role as well as assistive devices past and present as articulations of Richard’s protean identity, character, and self-perception. In partnership with The…
When an American family is forced off of their land during the Great Depression, they begin an epic journey west to California. Come Closer on Sunday, August 7th for a talk-back with the cast, drinks, and a couple of themed appetizers! Tickets to this special event are $50 and sell out quickly. Reserve your spot…
Annabel Anderson McCafferty is an expectant mother who vanishes from her small Ohio town on Christmas Eve. Both mystery and memory play, “A Life Extra Ordinary’ untangles and re-assembles the moments that make a life.
Enjoy world premiere ten minute pieces by The Gift and guests. This festival allows us to work with many talented artists who help us uphold our mission of telling great stories. This festival is just $10 and free for 2017 subscribers. Thank you for keeping the arts alive.
Conflict photographer Mia wakes up in the Istanbul apartment of her on-again, off-again girlfriend after being found unconscious at the scene of a massacre she was photographing. Mia can’t even remember being there, but she wired photos of the site hours before being found. The two women resume their volatile push-pull when Mia’s well-meaning Californian…
On a spacecraft on its way to colonize a newly discovered planet, a soldier and a teenage girl live together in one of the ship’s cabins with only an outdated robot and each other for company. When they are quarantined in their close quarters due to a potential outbreak, they’re forced to explore their own…
