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16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival

August 21st - 25th, 2025

LNF 16

world premiere 10-min. plays inspired by recent news articles. 

It's the 16th Annual! This year's Living Newspaper Festival features five original 10-minute plays from a thrilling lineup burning hot playwrights – presented together in one electric evening at Jackalope Theatre in the Broadway Armory.

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Event Info:

VENUE: Broadway Armory Park
5917 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660

RUN-TIME: 80 min.

TICKETS: $15 - $35
View prices and ticket calendar Here.
 

​Thursday, Aug. 21st, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Friday, Aug. 22nd, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, Aug. 23rd, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, Aug. 24th, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Monday, Aug. 25th, 2025 at 7:30 PM


*Aug. 22th Open Captioned Performance
**Aug. 24th Audio Described Performance

contact hudson@jackalopetheatre.org for any accessibility requests

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*** OPENING NIGHT PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOODMAN THEATER ***
 

An epic citywide year-long event—100 Free Acts of Theater—activates all 50 wards of Chicago.
 

Designed as a celebration of the artistic fabric of Chicago, The Goodman is partnering with Jackalope Theatre Company and organizations across the city during its Centennial Season to amplify existing programming and collaborate on new efforts.
 

All 100 acts are offered FREE, with participation open to Chicagoans of all ages and backgrounds.

Learn more at GoodmanTheatre.org/100FreeActs

THE CAST

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First Row (L to R): Pedro Arturo Jiménez (The Last Remains of the Dodo); Carolyn Hu Bradbury (Enemies of America); Anya Clingman (The Last Remains of the Dodo) and Barbara Figgins (Enemies of America)​

Second Row (L to R): Sól Fuller (Signal Down); Bryce Gangel (ABG); Lindsey Gavel (The Last Remains of the Dodo) and Chris Hainsworth (Signal Down)​

Third Row (L to R): Gloria Imseih Petrelli (Enemies of America); Niko Kourtis (I HAVE TO GET OFF RAYA); Andrew Swanson (Signal Down) and Netta Walker (I HAVE TO GET OFF RAYA).

THE PLAYS & PLAYERS

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SIGNAL DOWN
by Nora Leahy
Directed by Monét Felton. Fea. Sól Fuller, Chris Hainsworth, and Andrew Burden Swanson

Inspired by "Community Radio Stations are Collateral Damage as Congress Cuts NPR Funding” - NPR, July 20, 2025:

​When President Trump pushed to slash federal funding for public media, he said a key reason was because he thinks PBS and NPR are politically biased. But some of those hardest hit by Congress' decision last week to clawback $1.1 billion in federal funds are small radio operations that provide local news and information to rural communities.

ABG
by Paloma Nozicka
Directed by Jon Berry. Fea. Bryce Gangel
Inspired by "Earth is Spinning Faster and Days are Getting Shorter, For Now” - The New York Times, July 11, 2025:
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.

I HAVE TO GET OFF RAYA
by Jasmine Sharma
directed by Sydney Charles. Fea. Niko Kourtis and Netta Walker
Inspired by "What the 4b Movement and Boycotting Men Tells American Women About Where We Are” - USA Today, May 9, 2024:
Instead of blaming women, we should strive to understand that this isn’t a personal attack on men – it’s a step forward in dismantling the patriarchy. Today, in South Korea, the "4B movement" − based on four Korean words that start with the letter B − is led by women protesting rampant misogyny, gender-based violence and discrimination.

The 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival is made possible by:

Season Sponsors The Michael and Mona Heath Fund.

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ENEMIES OF AMERICA
by Jesse Jae Hoon
directed by Kaiser Ahmed. Fea. Carolyn Hu Bradbury, Barbara Figgins, and Gloria Imseih Patrelli
Inspired by "Student Who Sued Trump Takes Powerful Stand Against ‘Constant Dread’ of Deportation Threats” - The Guardian, March 25, 2025:
On 5 March, Chung – a 21-year-old student at Columbia University – attended a sit-in to protest the expulsion of several students involved in pro-Palestinian activism at the famed New York university. Four days later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents showed up at her parents’ home.

THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO
written & directed by Ike Holter
Fea. Anya Clingman, Lindsey Gavel, and Pedro Arturo Jiménez
Inspired by "The Return of the Dire Wolf” - Time Magazine, April 7, 2025:
The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a single one has been seen in over 10,000 years, when the species went extinct. Plenty of dire wolf remains have been discovered across the Americas, however, and that presented an opportunity for a company named Colossal Biosciences.

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