Rogers Park

Recommended: Two weekends remain to see the 'perfectly calibrated ensemble' of Angry Fags

Ericka Ayche’le as Peggy Musgrove (left) and Catherine Councell as Allison Haines in Angry Fags. (Photo by Pete Guither)

“As directed by Jack Bowes, they form a perfectly calibrated ensemble. Every single joke lands…Every performance shines, and each actor brings tons of personality and exuberance to their part, elevating the material to an extent I would not have thought possible.” — C.J. Fernandes, Stage and Cinema

Audience and critics have been left astounded by Ghostlight Ensemble’s production of Angry Fags by Topher Payne. Recommended by critics and audiences alike, the show is a political thriller and dark comedy for those who feel overwhelmed by futility of endless political arguments.

According to New City Stage, “the play’s greatest strength is its humanization of stereotypes—the idea that we all contain good and evil within us despite group affiliation.”

RECOMMENDED: Read the full Stage and Cinema review here.

RECOMMENDED: Read the full New City Stage review here.

Angry Fags runs through Nov. 23 on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., with a preview performance on Friday, Nov. 7. The performances take place at Lifeline Theatre. Tickets are pay-what-you-will, with a minimum suggested donation of $25 and are available now.

Fight Night is back! Get ready to rumble...but in a very safe, theatrical way

Ghostlight is excited to be a part of the return of Fight Night — a violent cabaret celebrating the art of stage combat through original storytelling and violence design — with The House of Ideas: The Lost Scene.

Fight Night: Origins takes place on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 8 p.m. at the Factory Theater in Rogers Park. Six companies premiere original combat pieces in an electrifying event that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

The last Fight Night, produced under Nothing Special Productions in 2016, was the very first thing we did as a company.

The House of Ideas: The Lost Scene imagines a more violent end to the collaboration between Stan “The Man” Lee — writer, co-creator, self-positioned face of and greatest champion for Marvel Comics in the 1960’s and beyond — and Jack “The King” Kirby — his rough and tumble collaborator and arguably the greatest artist the genre has ever seen.

Tickets are on sale now via The Factory Theater.