Join The Gift for an exciting 2023-2024 Season!

TEN
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 original stories – and tickets are just $10!

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE by Jim Cartwright
Blown fuses, real and metaphorical, punctuate the action with flashes of pent up energy in this acclaimed play. The diminutive heroine frequently plunges the dilapidated house she shares with her alcoholic mother into darkness by playing her dead father’s records at a volume matched only by the soulful power of her vocal impressions. Little Voice has a hidden talent: she can emulate every chanteuse from Judy Garland to Edith Piaf. She hides in her room, crooning and dreaming of love, while her disheveled mother mistakes a seedy agent’s interest as affection rather than enthusiasm for the gold mine buried in her daughter’s throat. This is an engaging fairy tale of despair, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own.

“Entertainment at its best…. Original, hilarious and hauntingly sad. London Daily Telegraph
“Utterly beguiling.” – London Daily Mail

MOTHERS by Anna Ouyang Moench
Three moms, a stay-at-home dad, and a nanny watch their kids play at Mommy-Baby Meetup. One mom is the queen bee and one is here to shake things up. The dad just wants to fit in, and the nanny doesn’t say a word. When catastrophe comes, the five of them have to figure out how to survive a war and each other. MOTHERS examines the primal heartache of raising children in a disintegrating world.

GiftFlex Subscription Package

$90 for TEN, MOTHERS, THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE productions and three staged readings. This is over 20% off full price. The most affordable subscription package in town!

Platinum Gift Flex Subscription Package
$200 for TEN, MOTHERS, THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE productions and three staged readings plus a ticket to The Gift Gala on Friday, April 14. This is over 25% off full price.

TEN
May 11-22
Performed at Filament Theater
4041 N. Milwaukee
Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm
Sunday at 3:00 PM

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE by Jim Cartwright
September 14-October 15, 2023
Performed at Filament Theater
4041 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm
Sunday at 3:00 PM

MOTHERS by Anna Moench—2024
Chicago Premier
February 1-March 10, 2024
Performed at Filament Theater
4041 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm
Sunday at 3:00 PM