Open Door Repertory Company http://www.opendoorrep.org Oak Park Professional Theater Company Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 COMING TO OPEN DOOR IN FEBRUARY!!! http://www.opendoorrep.org/coming-to-open-door-in-february http://www.opendoorrep.org/coming-to-open-door-in-february#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:26 +0000 admin http://www.opendoorrep.org/?p=363 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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Everyone is welcome. Musicians, Comics, Actors, Poets, ect.. We appreciate all performers! Sign up at 7pm. Enjoy beer, wine as ...
Read More]]> http://www.opendoorrep.org/open-door-open-mic/feed 0 UPCOMING EVENTS AT OPEN DOOR http://www.opendoorrep.org/upcoming-events-at-open-door http://www.opendoorrep.org/upcoming-events-at-open-door#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:13:01 +0000 admin http://www.opendoorrep.org/?p=348 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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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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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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]]> http://www.opendoorrep.org/slideshow-images/feed 0 Open Door in the Pioneer Press http://www.opendoorrep.org/open-door-in-the-pioneer-press http://www.opendoorrep.org/open-door-in-the-pioneer-press#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:10:41 +0000 admin http://www.opendoorrep.org/wordpress/?p=228 October 4, 2011 by BILL DWYER see the full article here

Star of its own drama, theater finds happy ending

The lights in the new Open Door Theater — dark since spring 2009 — will soon go up.

The new space, at 902 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Oak Park, will feature raked seating for 70, a sunken stage, a formal lighting and sound booth, a concession stand and box office, and two large ADA compliant restrooms.

And it has a back-story as dramatic ...
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Open Door Repertory Company is thrilled to announce it will open the doors of its new home at the west end of the Oak Park Area Arts District on October 21st with the joyful, celebratory SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ; THE SONGS OF LEIBER AND STOLLER.  Following a 32-month hiatus, while the company found a new home in an old convenience store and completely renovated the space into a beautiful 73-seat house, the doors will open at 902 S. Ridgeland ...
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