SEASON 13 IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!
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Eclectic Full Contact Theatre presents its 13th season, and this time, it's all in the family! EFCT explores the dynamics, frustrations, hopes, and fears of both the families we're born into, and the families we choose. We start with the world premiere of locl award-winning playwright Dana Hall's, "Refracted Light", wher a family faces the upheaval of achange as their daughter prepares to leave for college. Struggling with mental health challenges, and the weight of the unknown, each family member must face their fears, failures, and deep connections. Then our 5th Annual Patchwork New Play Festival arrives, bringing Hope to our Chicago theatre family. And we end th season with Patrick Marber's "The Red Lion", where an up and coming soccer star must choose to ally himself with either the struggling club's money-hungry and ethically amorphous manager, and its idealistic equipment man.
It's a season full of laughs, heartbreak, and the visceral storytelling you've come to expect from EFCT. CLick on any image above to find out more, buy tickets, and join the EFCT family this seson!
It's a season full of laughs, heartbreak, and the visceral storytelling you've come to expect from EFCT. CLick on any image above to find out more, buy tickets, and join the EFCT family this seson!
OUR MISSION
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre was formed in 2011 with a dual purpose:
Bring visceral and engaging entertainment to a wide-ranging and diverse audience irrespective of style, subject, medium, or period. (“Eclectic”)
Foster a greater connection to, and understanding of, theatre in our audiences through providing them access to the behind-the-scenes workings of putting on a show through both in-person (attending read-thrus and specific rehearsals) and online (videos/photos of rehearsals as well as construction and tech) means (“Full Contact”)
Since its inception, EFCT has expanded on those two driving forces, increasing the scope of its productions through festivals highlighting not only standard one-act plays, but also live Foley and Theatre for Young Audiences as well as developing an entire audio production wing with two currently running audio drama podcasts. We have sought to expand the scope of our offerings by actively seeking out and developing relationships with women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ writers, directors, designers, and actors.
EFCT is...Unique
EFCT Is...Irreverent
EFCT Is Theatre
Bring visceral and engaging entertainment to a wide-ranging and diverse audience irrespective of style, subject, medium, or period. (“Eclectic”)
Foster a greater connection to, and understanding of, theatre in our audiences through providing them access to the behind-the-scenes workings of putting on a show through both in-person (attending read-thrus and specific rehearsals) and online (videos/photos of rehearsals as well as construction and tech) means (“Full Contact”)
Since its inception, EFCT has expanded on those two driving forces, increasing the scope of its productions through festivals highlighting not only standard one-act plays, but also live Foley and Theatre for Young Audiences as well as developing an entire audio production wing with two currently running audio drama podcasts. We have sought to expand the scope of our offerings by actively seeking out and developing relationships with women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ writers, directors, designers, and actors.
EFCT is...Unique
EFCT Is...Irreverent
EFCT Is Theatre