Open Door Repertory Company

Blogger review from OakPark.com

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:10:54 +0000

Oak Park’s Open Door theater gets on board on the boards

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 10:00 PM | By Doug Deuchler

I continue urging people to “get on over to Open Door” to check out what’s happening at this newest of local theater spaces, located on Ridgeland just south of Harrison in Oak Park. That was even before Open Door Repertory Company’s current production, which is so joyful and dynamic you’d better act quickly. I predict tickets ...
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Oak Park Sun Times News Article

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:29 +0000

Uplifting ‘Train’ still on the right track

By TOM WITOM Contributor April 17, 2012 5:58PM

Never underestimate the power of a heartfelt song and a determined bunch of singers. That’s a message that ...
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Train is Comin’ – triblocal.com article

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:04:54 +0000

Train Is Comin’ – Open Door’s New Show

Open Door Repertory Company is honored to announce its upcoming production of Train Is Comin’ by McKinley Johnson. Train is the inspiring story of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers.

In 1870 a white professor and his choir of nine freed slaves set out to raise money for their nearly penniless institution, Fisk University. By singing the “slave songs” of their most recent past, the Fisk Jubilee Singers raised over $120,000 for Fisk and were ...
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Photos from Train is Comin’

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:43:56 +0000

Check out some of our photos from our new show Train is Comin’

March’s Calendar of Events

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:31:08 +0000

Download a PDF version

COMING TO OPEN DOOR IN FEBRUARY!!!

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:26 +0000

Join us for an evening or afternoon of fun!

2/10 – 2/26 Paradise Playhouse presents Bell, Book and Candle

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 3pm Tickets: General Admission – $22; Seniors/Students – $17 708.829.5050

Thursday, 2/16 Comedy Night at Open Door

Join performers from Second City, IO and Annoyance for our first evening of Improv! 8pm $5 Cover 708.342.0810 or contact us – tickets/info

Tuesday, 2/21 The Creation of Oklahoma!

Learn the story behind the show! A multimedia presentation by graphic designer and musical theatre historian Charles Troy. 2:00 ...
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Open Door Open Mic

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:05:45 +0000

Open Door Theater and Blacklung Pop are proud to FINALLY announce February 3rd will be the first ever Open Door Open Mic in the new theater, on the new stage! We offer professional sound and an intimate venue for performers and audiences alike. Get your music out there! Don’t miss this networking event! Get booked to play an upcoming local showcase.

Everyone is welcome. Musicians, Comics, Actors, Poets, ect.. We appreciate all performers! Sign up at 7pm. Enjoy beer, wine as ...
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT OPEN DOOR

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:13:01 +0000

Open Door is excited to announce 2 new events that will be at our theater this January.

Tuesday, January 17th at 2pm and 7:30pm – The Creation of Show Boat

In this presentation, Charles Troy will share how Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II hoodwinked legendary producer, Flo Ziegfeld, into creating this monmumetal 1927 masterpiece. Learn all the back story to Show Boat before you see its first staging by the Lyric Opera in February.

Tickets: $10 – General Admission; $8 for groups ...
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The Creation of Show Boat

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:42:35 +0000

Show Boat has been unanimously acclaimed the first great musical, and its direct descendants include the works of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, and Stephen Sondheim. And, it’s being given its first staging by Lyric Opera in February.

In this presentation, Charles Troy will share how Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II hoodwinked the legendary producer Florenz Ziegfeld to create this monumental 1927 masterpiece. You will also learn about the early musical comedy and operetta – and not so incidentally, ...
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2 New Holiday Productions!

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:43:56 +0000

Open Door celebrates the first Holiday Season in our new home with 2 productions designed to spread cheer to children of all ages!!!

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is adapted and performed as a one-man show by Oak Park’s beloved pediatrician, Dr. Peter Baker. The show has a running time of less than 90 minutes and is suitable for children ages 6 to 106. For details, click on the link above.

Santa Claus Comes to Town, Kisses Mommy is brought to ...
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