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CWT On ChicagoPlays Blog and WBEZ Blog

Clockwise is the featured theatre on the League of Chicago Theatre's ChicagoPlays blog. The post was picked up by WBEZ, too!

Director and Cast Explain "Courting Vampires"

Director Alexandra Main and cast members Norma Serna, David Thomases, and Christina Thodos reveal some secrets in a five-minute video. Watch the video.

Tickets for 2011-2012 Shows

Tickets are $15 plus a small ticket service fee. Tickets are available at the door, or you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing your ticket. Click the secure payment icons below or call Brown Paper Tickets 24/7 at 1-800-838-3006.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Courting Vampires by Laura Schellhardt

January 20 through February 12, 2012

Palmer Park by Joann McClelland Glass

March 16 through April 8, 2012

Clockwise People

Board of Directors

Rebecca Adler
Jackie Cunningham
Chris Douglas
Emperatriz Guerra
Jeff Harting
Margaret Mullen
Madelyn Sergel
Diana Serna
Jane D. Waller

Staff

Madelyn Sergel, Artistic Director
Rebecca Adler, Managing Director
Diane Hitzeman, Marketing Director
Brad Paschall, Artistic Associate

Artistic Advisory Board

David Alex
Claudia Allen
Judy Blue
Helen Caro
Michael Fosberg
Katie Jones
Nancy Lollar
Alexandra Main
Doug McDade
Wayne Mell
Sean Parks
Tori Sergel
Richard Shavzin
Gretchen Sonstroem
Maggie Speer
Lourdes Vasquez

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Who is Clockwise?

Led by Artistic Director Madelyn Sergel (playwright and producer) and Managing Director Rebecca Adler (actor), Clockwise Theatre’s goal is to offer alternative entertainment choices, including world premiers of plays with an emphasis on Midwestern playwrights, new or unusual small-scale musicals, and programming for the teenage-young adult audience. Clockwise hopes to offer a welcoming canvas on which to work, mobilizing the energy of the young, wisdom of the old, vision of the artist, and the rich cultures woven throughout Waukegan and the Midwest. Vigorous attention will be paid to reaching out to the non-traditional theatre-goer, including bilingual marketing materials, low ticket prices, innovative and multi-cultural programming.

Next Up in CWT's 2011-2012 Season

Courting Vampires by Laura Schellhardt, directed by Alexandra Main
Jan 20-Feb 12, 2012

From courtroom to courtyard to graveyard, a tangle of love, lust, and loyalty enmeshes two sisters fighting a mysterious opponent.

Directed by Gift ensemble member and Jeff-nominated actress Alexandra Main, award-winning Courting Vampires playwright Laura Schellhardt's plays have been produced in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC, Providence, Minneapolis, Orlando, Sarasota, San Francisco, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Pasadena, Palo Alto, and Provincetown, Massachusetts. Laura received her MFA in playwriting from Brown University where she studied under Paula Vogel and she currently teaches playwriting at Northwestern University.

Palmer Park by Joanna McClelland Glass, directed by Doug McDade
March 16-April 8, 2012

Detroit, 1967. A white family moves in next door to a black family in Palmer Park, a neighborhood of highly educated professionals, all committed to creating a truly integrated community. Everyone is kind. Everyone is smart. Everyone is friends. What could go wrong?

Kita y Fernanda director Doug McDade (also current Shattered Globe Managing Director) returns to Clockwise to helm Palmer Park by playwright Joanna McClelland Glass. Glass was born in October 1936 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has received a Rockefeller grant, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her works have been produced across North America, in England, Australia, Ireland and Germany. She has been an American citizen since 1962 and lives in Chicago, Illinois.

All performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 3PM at 221 North Genesee St., Waukegan. All tickets $16.50. Phone, 847-775-1500.

"Special Needs" Touches Patrons

As the first Clockwise Production at 221 N. Genesee, "Special Needs" by Madelyn Sergel touched audiences. The video below is courtesy of Comcast.

Clockwise Theatre from Dan Heuser on Vimeo.

Clockwise Mission

Clockwise Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre company committed to producing timely, smart, professional theatre. With an emphasis on Midwestern artists, Clockwise works to provide satisfying theatrical and cultural experiences for local audiences and professional opportunities for local artists.

Clockwise and Waukegan

A vibrant diverse community, Waukegan is populated with marvelous historic buildings, storefronts ready for renovation into theatres, bookstores, and art galleries, affordable neighborhood living, a lush, active harbor, all of this married with a location that puts artists in arm’s reach of the huge Lake County audience as well as the urban centers of Chicago and Milwaukee.

The potential to redefine Waukegan by creating an urban, funky, creative vibe similar to SoHo in the 50s and 60s but through the lens of the 21st century has attracted Lake County professionals and artists to the Clockwise board of directors, as well as artists from both Lake County and the larger Chicago metro area to its artistic advisory board.

A perfect storm of events is coming together, including soaring gas prices, a shaky economy, and the urgency to create a greener world, to make this the time to seize the day. Clockwise Theatre hopes to play a vital role in this renaissance.

Clockwise Goals

To foster an exciting, positive and productive artistic workplace
To create opportunities for local and area artists to hone their craft
To create and promote a theatrical experience which reaches all members of the community
To provide young people appropriate entertainment, work experience, leadership development and mentoring
To help revitalize the economically-challenged community of Waukegan by creating a highly-visible organization to attract audiences into the downtown area
To provide innovative and affordable programming that reaches the non-traditional theatre-goers