TimePieces Archive: 2024 – 2025 Season

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF STARS
by Sandra Delgado
directed by Kimberly Senior
Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2pm

NOTE LOCATION:
Dr. John R. and Joyce L. Watts Theatre at The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N Racine Ave., in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood

Like millions of Americans, Clara is doing her best to hold everything together—working hard, raising her tween daughter Stella, caring for an aging father, and supporting her under-employed ex-husband. But when she applies for U.S. citizenship ahead of a mother-daughter trip to Paris, her application is unexpectedly flagged, exposing minor infractions in her past and threatening the only home she’s ever known. A soon-to-be TimeLine world premiere, Sandra Delgado’s Chicago-set Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars blends grounded family drama with otherworldly wonder, and is a moving and provocative exploration of our country’s most fundamental values.

Featuring Charín Alvarez, Ramón Camín, Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, Simona Gueglio-Saccone, Brian King, and Donovan Marquis, with Audrey S. Romero reading stage directions.

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IN THE GROVE OF FORGETTING
by Robert Ford
directed by Damon Kiely
Monday, October 21, 2024 at 7pm

NOTE LOCATION:
Sondra A. and Denis Healy Theatre at The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N Racine Ave., in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood

Summer, 1938. Ilona, a concert pianist known as much for her sharp wit as her musical passion, refuses to be ruled by fear, even as fellow Jewish artists flee Hungary. Surely Budapest is safe from the growing Nazi fervor – isn’t it? Filled with intrigue, music, and wry humor, In the Grove of Forgetting is a taut emotional thriller, as a woman caught in one of history’s darkest moments fights to find a way forward.

Featuring Becky Keeshin, Steven Marzolf, Will Mobley, Ron E. Rains, and Amy Herzberg, with Beric Orion reading stage directions.