2011
15 Minutes - Aaron Dean & Mitch Vermeersch, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director. Featuring company members Timo Aker, Stevie Chaddock Lambert, Joshua Davis, Elise Mayfield, and Karie Miller with Alysse Kittner. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. June 3 - 26.
Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir - Aaron Dean, book; Jason Rico and Aaron Dean, music; Daniel Caffrey, director. Featuring company members Timo Aker, Joshua Davis and Jeffrey Fauver with Beth Allin, Kate Black, Sarah Bockel, Kevin Crispin, Liz Goodson, Megan Gotz, Alyse Kittner, Heather Moats, Kevin Murray and Susan Steinke. World-premiere musical. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. January 6 - 30.
2010
All Saints’ Day: a.k.a. 44 Poems About Jeffrey Jones - Ron Riekki, playwright; Brian Ruby, director. Featuring Elizabeth Bagby, Kevin Crispin and Matt Humphrey. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. September 2 - 26.
Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir - Aaron Dean, book; Jason Rico and Aaron Dean, music; Allison Shoemaker, director. Featuring company members Joshua Davis, Jeffrey Fauver and Melissa Pryor with Katie Canavan, Cassandra Cushman, Karie Miller, Lizzy Powers, Lauren Robertson, Susan Steinke and Jenny Westervelt. Brian Ruby and Stevie Chaddock, stage directions. Workshop of a world-premiere musical. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. June 20 - 23.
The Instrument is a Catalyst - Matt Test, playwright; Brian Ruby, director. Featuring company members Timo Aker, Joshua Davis, Jeffrey Fauver and Allison Shoemaker with Elvisbride. World-premiere. 2010 TCG National Conference at The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago IL. June 18 - 19.
The Gay American - Kristian O’Hare, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director. Featuring company members Joshua Davis and Aaron Dean with Walter Brody, Stevie Chaddock, Julie Cowden, Freddie Donovan, Elise Mayfield and Neal Starbird. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. May 16 - 26.
What Lies Ahead - Byron Melton, playwright and director. Featuring company members Allison Shoemaker and Timo Aker. World premiere. ET CETERA IX Festival, presented by The Mill Theatre. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. April 22 - 24.
2009
Tell It & Speak It & Think It & Breathe It - Dan Caffrey, Joshua Davis, Aaron Dean, Jeffrey Fauver, Steve Feffer, Joel Gelman, Jeff Green, Allie Gruner, Seth Miller, Kristian O’Hare, Jessie Spear and Matthew Wilson, playwrights; Phil Baranski, Daniel Caffrey, Amanda Cowper, Bridget Dougherty, Jeffrey Fauver, Brian Ruby, Cassy Sanders, Allison Shoemaker, Mitch Vermeersch and Erica L. Weiss, directors. Featuring company members Timo Aker, Joshua Davis, Aaron Dean and Byron Melton with Mark Campbell, Julie Cowden, McKenzie Gerber, Boyd Harris, Annie Hogan, David Hornreich, Kathryn Hribar, Brian Hurst, Brian Judkins, Jes Mercer, Kevin Murray, Jon Penick, Ethan Saks and Oliver Sava. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. October 25 - November 4.
Heist Play - Mitch Vermeersch, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director. Featuring company members Joshua Davis, Aaron Dean, Byron Melton and Melissa Pryor with Katie Canavan, Elliott Fredland, David Hornreich, Neal Starbird and Christine Stulik. The Side Project Theatre, Chicago IL. August 16 - 26.
Three Lennon Fugue - Allison Shoemaker, text; Ryan Dolley, dramaturg. Script developed by the company. Featuring company members Allison Shoemaker, Joshua Davis and Jeffrey Fauver. World premiere. ET CETERA VIII Festival, presented by The Mill Theatre. Prop Thtr, Chicago IL. April 26 - 29.
Heist Play - Mitch Vermeersch, playwright; dramaturg, Ryan Dolley. Featuring company members Joshua Davis, Ryan Dolley, Jeffrey Fauver, Melissa Pryor and Allison Shoemaker. Developmental reading. Chicago, IL.
Linear A - Ryan Dolley, playwright; Mitch Vermeersch, dramaturg. Featuring company members Seth Miller and Mitch Vermeersch. Staged reading. Fortnight Squared festival, Barrow Street Theatre, New York, NY.
2008
Noon - Mitch Vermeersch, playwright; Ryan Dolley, dramaturg. Featuring company members Joshua Davis, Ryan Dolley, Jeffrey Fauver, Melissa Pryor and Allison Shoemaker. Developmental reading. Chicago, IL.
Linear A - Ryan Dolley, playwright; Mitch Vermeersch, dramaturg. Featuring company members Joshua Davis, Ryan Dolley, Jeffrey Fauver, Melissa Pryor and Allison Shoemaker. Developmental reading. Chicago, IL.
2007
“Excerpts from a wrecked encyclopedia discovered in an abandoned skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan- many pages unreadable, many pages missing, misordered.” - partial history of the Ruckus universe, published in the literary journal admit2. Assembled by Allison Shoemaker from the work of company members Ghafir Akbar, Ryan Dolley, Seth Miller and Mitch Vermeersch.
Phantom Limbo - Ryan Dolley, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director; Mitch Vermeersch, dramaturg. Featuring company member Mitch Vermeersch. Staged reading. Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT. Developed with support from Executive Director Preston Whiteway, Literary Manager Martin Kettling and National Playwrights Conference Artistic Director Wendy C. Goldberg.
2006
Apple Frog Baseball - Ryan Dolley and Mitch Vermeersch, playwrights; Allison Shoemaker, director; Katie Dickinson, dramaturg. Featuring company member Seth Miller. World premiere. Performed with The Retreating World as a part of I Do Not Speak the Language. York Arena Theater, Kalamazoo, MI.
The Retreating World - Naomi Wllace, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director; Mitch Vermeersch, dramaturg. Featuring company member Ghafir Akbar. Performed with Apple Frog Baseball as a part of I Do Not Speak the Language. York Arena Theater, Kalamazoo, MI.
Radio GaGa - Mitch Vermeersch, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director; Ryan Dolley, dramaturg. Staged reading. York Arena Theater, Kalamazoo, MI. In conjunction with Western Michigan University’s New Play Project developed by Steve Feffer.
Linear A - Ryan Dolley, playwright; Allison Shoemaker, director; Mitch Vermeersch, dramaturg. Featuring company members Mitch Vermeersch and Ghafir Akbar. Staged reading. York Arena Theater, Kalamazoo, MI. In conjunction with Western Michigan University’s New Play Project developed by Steve Feffer.
