Fake Lake

Written by: Sharon Greene
Directed by: Halena Kays
Original Score by: Mikhail Fiksel

In 1998 a young woman was invited to go camping with a group of people she had known for only a few days.  This is not the premise of a horror movie, but the story of a stunningly beautiful yet environmentally devastating man-made lake that serves as the context for a coming-of-age story about youth, sex, and the end of invincibility.

"Uniquely potent... might be my favorite show of the summer." - Chicago Tribune 

"Fantastically evocative of the wilderness, bare, hypnotic, foreign... stunningly beautiful..." – Chicagoist

"Greene and Kays break new ground... Affecting... A clearheaded look at the constant struggle to keep one’s head above water." – Time Out Chicago

 A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol

Conceived by Kristie Vuocolo

An alternative holiday show and environmental experience taking place throughout The Neo-Futurarium, A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol is a re-telling of Dickens’ famous tale, with various chapters and themes represented as short vignettes.  Created by the performing ensemble and hosted by the Grim Reaper, this show is equal parts deconstruction of the Dickens story, new and political takes on the original, and gripping personal tales that relate to its themes.

Five writer-performers use inventive, homemade stage effects (often involving food) to create a series of funny, poignant, and highly personal vignettes - The Chicago Reader

Riffs on Dickens are a dime a dozen this time of year, but the Neos’ take, both regretful and hilarious, is the freshest we’ve seen in some time. - Time Out Chicago

Beer

Written by Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda

10 year old Boon sneaks into a brewery.  Out of curiosity he samples various ales and lagers and soon finds himself in the land of BEER.  The brewery comes alive.  Through puppetry, song and stories, the story of the land of BEER is told.