Jackalope Theatre’s Annual Living Newspaper Festival Returns

Jackalope Theatre Company presents the 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival, August 21 – 25, at the Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway. The Living Newspaper Festival is inspired by the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project that created stories based on recent events. This year’s Festival includes five one-act plays inspired from recent news headlines. The running time is 75 minutes with no intermission.

The 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival includes plays from Ike Holter, 

Jesse Jae Hoon, Nora Leahy, Paloma Nozicka and Jasmine Sharma. Plays and casts are to be announced. 

The opening night performance, Thursday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m.,  is FREE to attend and  in partnership with the Goodman Theatre as part of the Goodman’s 100 Free Acts of Theater. 

The performance schedule is Friday, Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. and Monday, Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22’s performance is Open Captioned and Sunday, Aug. 24’s performance is audio described. Tickets for August 22 – 25 are $15 – $30 and are available at JackalopeTheatre.org or by calling 773.340.2543.