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Catching a Jackalope
Posted by DCA Theater on June 11, 2012 in January - July 2012 Season, Incubator Series: Jackalope Theatre Company
Submitted by AJ Ware, Artistic Director for Jackalope Theatre Company currently working on Atomic Consumption
I am so excited to introduce Jackalope Theatre to the DCA‘s amazing audience. I’ve been attending shows at DCA Storefront Theater for years, and when I found out we got the opportunity to workshop a new play through the Incubator I was beyond thrilled. I could gush about everything the DCA does for the Chicago theatre community for like, a while, but our love for them isn’t changing anytime soon so here: some info about Jackalope!
Our Mission: We cultivate theatre that manifests the adventure deeply rooted in the American mythos
- We formed in 2008. Three undergrads from Columbia College’s directing program thought it would be a great idea to start a company. Four years later we’re still alive (and still besties).
- We make distinctly American plays. Our members come from all over the states (and Kaiser was even born in Bangladesh) but we identify together as one community. We make theatre that defines and/or questions our inherent American-ness. (Made up words are allowed on the internet. It’s true, I read it on BuzzFeed)
- 2011/12 has been a banner year for us. I (AJ Ware) took over as Artistic Director, we hired a company manager and a Marketing Director, we took up residency at the Viaduct Theater, and began our workshop through the DCA (but you knew that part). And that was all before our biggest show to date received Jeff nominations for Best New Work (Lucas Neff) and Actor in a Principal Role (Andrew Burden Swanson).
This summer is already off to a great start. Andrew’s play is shaping up into something more than I even imagined, and the 2012/13 season is looking so amazing.
There’s so much to tell you all about the workshop, I hope you’ll read more about it in the next few weeks!
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