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What would you do? Your best friend suggests a capable candidate for a potential business project. You invite the candidate to meet you at your home. After a brief meeting and the candidate’s departure, you realize your family heirloom watch, which had been sitting on your desk during the meeting, is gone. What would you do? Would you call your friend who recommended the candidate? Would you call the person who’d been in your home? Would you ask directly, “Do you have my watch”? Or, would you call the police? What if the roles were reversed? Would you feel unjustly accused? Would you worry about potential damage to your reputation? Would you want revenge? Hereby hangs the story of DEFAMATION, where this very dilemma leads to a riveting courtroom encounter between a Jewish North Shore businessman and an African American business woman that challenges our preconceived notions about race, class, religion, and even the law.

We’ve been promoting Defamation in anticipation of the shows premiere. Our staff has expanded our Evanston route two-fold and have also hit the surrounding towns quite hard.

Defamation runs until November 7 at the Unitarian Church of Evanston and Beth Emet The Free Synagogue. Please visit defamationtheplay.com for more information.

Bee is a young woman who believes she has the uncanny ability to see the future, and maybe even alter it. With the click of a television remote, we loop through time in this dark, funny world premiere about a woman bent on reinventing her own destiny, and possibly, the world.

We worked with Steppenwolf distributing posters and handbills throughout the city, including hand-to-hand distributions at a few outdoor events.  Be sure to check out this latest production before it ends.

A Parallelogram is at the Steppenwolf in the Downstairs Theatre through August 29th. Please visit www.steppenwolf.org for more information.

A Man’s Diary, is a true story of love, happiness, heartache and pain. A naked look at one man’s pursuit of love from the good to the bad to the psychotic. Written and directed by award winning platinum artist and producer Lil Louis, Based on the critically acclaimed book A Man’s Diary, the play bravely takes the audience on one man’s entire love journey from the most romantic, innocent and funniest moments, to the worst, most painful and embarrassing moments imaginable.

We were excited to be working to promote this production by one of the biggest names in house music.  A Man’s Diary was only here for one day, so keep an eye out for its next performance!

A Man’s Diary was at UIC Forum on May 22nd. Please visit www.amansdiaryplay.com for more information and future performances.

Master playwright Fugard and the actors of the original South African cast collaboratively wrote the story of a man who pretends to be dead in order to live. This searing exploration of identity and the political power of storytelling is presented in a new, intimate staging by Court Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson.

We last worked with Court Theatre on the critically acclaimed The Illusion, and now, we’re excited to be a part of their newest production.  Distribution is underway as we bring posters and handbills to key locations and venues throughout the city.  Be sure to catch Sizwe Banzi, and find out more about what the Court Theatre has to offer!

Sizwe Banzi is Dead is at the Court Thetare May 13th though June 13th. Please visit www.courttheatre.org for more information.

Jack Shore, a well-known television personality, is appearing for one night only in a tribute to his grandfather, Jack Shemerinsky, great star of the Yiddish Theater. Backstage in his dressing room, Jack confronts his challenges as an actor and as a husband to his co-starring wife simultaneously, 75 years in the past, Jacob has problems of his own. Actors play their past and present roles in a dizzying display of life in the theater in this time-traveling farce.

Victory Gardens is always a pleasure to work with, and well be doing or best to cover the entire city with posters and handbills advertising this upcoming show. Jacob and Jack was written by James Sherman and directed by Dennis Zacek

Jacob and Jack is at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater May 14th through June 10th. Please visit www.victorygardens.org for more information.

This gripping new play uncovers the human story at the heart of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. Tensions build in the increasingly hostile South as a trio of emerging black leaders attempts to conquer their individual demons amid death threats from the Ku Klux Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories inspired by the political upheavals of the era, The Good Negro examines the human frailties behind the historic headlines.

We are beginning to work to distribute posters advertising The Good Negro throughout the city of Chicago. Keep an eye out for our staff in action as they blanket the city with posters. Be sure to get your tickets now, and check out how to be a member of the Goodman Theater and take advantage of the amazing deals the theater has to offer.

The Good Negro is at Goodman Theatre in the Albert May 1st through June 6th. Please visit www.goodmantheatre.org for more information.

Two DJ narrators spin a heartwarming and hilarious tale of two siblings’ desire to transform their family-run bar into New York City’s cultural sensation. Welcome to Arroyo’s is the latest production brought to you by the folks at the American Theater Company.

We last worked with ATC on their show, Distracted back in February. This time around, we’ll be launching a similar distribution campaign, hitting key locations with our allotment of promotional materials. Be sure to check out Arroyo’s, and learn how to become a supporter of ATC as well.

Welcome to Arroyo’s is at the American Theater Company through May 16th. Please visit www.atcweb.org for more information.

When Richard Mayhew stops to care for an injured girl on the street, he is drawn into a nightmare shadow world beneath the city of London. To return to his normal life, Richard must brave countless trials, uncover the truth behind a dark conspiracy, and face the indomitable Great Beast. Journey to London Below with a rogues’ gallery of liars, outcasts and assassins, on a treacherous voyage to awaken the hero within. By the award-winning adaptor and director of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

We’ve been working on a distribution campaign in support of Neverwhere, and have been across the city distributing materials in key locations and neighborhoods. Lifeline has been on a roll as of late when it comes to quality productions, and Neverwhere is no exception!

Neverwhere  is at the Lifeline Theatre April 30th through June 20th. Please visit www.lifelinetheatre.com for more information.

Killer Joe focuses on the Smith family, a greedy and vindictive clan of Texans, hatch a plan to murder their estranged matriarch to cash in on her insurance policy. Unable to bring themselves to do the deed, they hire Killer Joe Cooper, a full-time cop and part-time contract killer. Once he steps into their trailer, their simple plan quickly spirals out of control.

We have been in the middle of a distribution campaign for Killer Joe, and have also been printing the promotional materials themselves. This production, brought to life by Profiles Theatre, was written by playwright Tracy Letts and is directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder.

Killer Joe is at The Royal George Theatre through June 6th. Please visit www.profilestheatre.org for more information.

Today, 1 in 3 marriages end in divorce. However, it isn’t likely that a woman will lose her head physically! But that was just an everyday fear held by many women pursued by King Henry the VIII of England between 1509 and 1547. Created by The Foursight Theatre Company in Wolverhampton, England in 1999, Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry! is a devised theatre piece packed with intrigue, rowdy good humor and duels of words.

Previously, we have worked with Piccolo on Perseus and Medusa. Now we are glad to working with them once again on this exciting new show! Six Dead Queens premiered last Friday, so make sure you grab tickets while you can.

Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry! is at the Piccolo Theatre April 16th through June 5th. Please visit www.piccolotheatre.com for more information.