A Dark Wood
By Eric Coble
Directed by Steve Needham
Oct. 15 – Nov. 1
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 404-7336
photo courtesy of Jeremy Hynes
A Dark Wood
by Eric Coble
Directed by Steve Needham
October 15 – November 1
Thursdays – Sundays
| Preview Performance | Thursday, Oct 15 @ 7:30 |
| Opening Night | Friday, Oct 16 @ 7:30 |
| Post-show talk-back with playwright Eric Coble | Friday, Oct. 23, immediately following the performance |
| Understudy Showcase Performance | Saturday, Oct 31 @ 2:30 |
| Closing Performance | Sunday, Nov 1 @ 2:30 |
Synopsis
‘The Fix’ was supposed to correct everything that had gone wrong with the country. Now, three members of a shattered family occupy different corners of a society in free-fall, each surviving in their own way.
Earthworm squats in no-man’s land beside his only friend, desperate to cross the river border and begin a new life.
Hummingbird hides in a boarded-up apartment, secretly reading books with a fugitive teacher who will do anything to keep both her — and the resistance — alive.
Armadillo stands alone in her police armor searching for justice, or perhaps forgiveness.
Which of them will make it to Paradise and what will it cost? Does such a place even exist?
A Dark Wood is a new dystopian fable by award-winning playwright Eric Coble.
Production Team
| Producer & Director | Steve Needham |
| Production Manager | Jason Palmer |
| Stage Manager | Sil Rivera |
| Technical Director & Scenic Designer | Will Hughes, Andersonville Scenic Studios |
| Costume Designer | Kasey Wolfgang |
| Lighting Designer & Master Electrician | Emma Berry |
| Sound Designer | Zach Stinnett |
| Director of Intimacy & Movement | Erin Alys |
| Press Relations | SHOUT Chicago |
About Eric Coble
Eric Coble is an award-winning American playwright whose work spans sharply drawn dramas, audacious comedies, and incisive social satire. Born in Edinburgh and raised on the Navajo and Ute reservations of the American Southwest, Coble brings a distinctive blend of wit, empathy, and theatrical boldness to the stage.
His plays have been produced across the United States and internationally, including on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at major regional theatres. His Broadway debut, The Velocity of Autumn, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, earned Parsons a Tony Award nomination. Other widely produced works include The Giver (stage adaptation), Bright Ideas, My Barking Dog, Fairfield, The Dead Guy, Natural Selection, and Southern Rapture, among many others.
Coble’s scripts have received an ATCA Steinberg New Play Award citation, the Governor’s Award for the Arts (Ohio), and multiple Edgerton New Play Awards. His work has been developed or produced by The Kennedy Center, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Class Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Known for his sharp comic voice and ability to illuminate the tensions and absurdities of contemporary American life, Coble remains a vital presence in the new-play landscape. He is a member of the Playwrights’ Center and a graduate of Ohio University’s MFA program.
A Dark Wood is produced by special arrangement with:
THE GERSH AGENCY, 9465 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 600,
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212.
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