What's New at Promethean
PTE announces our incredible 12th Season
“2016 saw a landmark election that exposed deep divides within our country, and promised a shifting socioeconomic and political landscape. This led us to choose plays that are examples of how to respond, through the art of storytelling, to a changing political...
Announcing Promethean’s new Executive Director
You may have seen her face at our shows. You may have worked with her before. You may know that she's our resident stage manager and business manager and all-around badass... But now, Alexa Berkowitz is Promethean's Executive Director too!!! Lexi has been an...
Meet the cast and crew of The Liar
We are so pleased to announce the cast and production staff of The Liar, the final show of our 11th season. Cast Josh Hambrock Dorante Brendan Hutt* Cliton Megan DeLay** Isabelle/Sabine Michael Hagedorn Geronte Kat Bramley Understudy - Lucrece Meghann Tabor* Clarice...
Announcing the Eurydice cast and production staff
Cast: Janeane Bowlware* Eurydice Sandy Elias Father Jordan Golding Orpheus Jared Dennis* Nasty/Interesting Man Susie Griffith Big Stone Meghann Tabor* Little Stone Brendan Hutt* Loud Stone Production Staff: Director: Nicole Hand* Stage Manager: Alexa Berkowitz* Set...
Meet the team behind Gross Indecency
Promethean welcomes the entire cast and production staff of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, this season's Promethean Spark production. Cast: Jamie Bragg** Oscar Wilde Heather Smith* Lord Alfred Douglas Kevin Sheehan Sir Edward Clark & Others Jennifer...
Driehaus Foundation awards Promethean 2-year grant
Promethean was recently awarded a 2-year, $10,000 grant from The MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation has been a valuable resource and guide for many years, and certainly since awarding...
Promethean appearing at the Chicago Fringe Festival
Promethean is excited to make our first appearance at the Chicago Fringe Festival this summer! We've taken our first Promethean Spark project, "An Evening of Myths and Fables", made a few tweaks and are presenting it at the festival as Myths Untold. Myths Untold is a...
Announcing Promethean’s 11th Season
Our 11th season focuses around timeless voices, resurrecting characters' stories through our modern perspectives. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman directed by Artistic Director Brian Pastor Dec 9 – 18, 2016 City Lit Theater Eurydice...
New find in the world of the Brontë family
Unpublished works from Charlotte Brontë discovered A new short story and poem, determined to have been penned by the author of Jane Eyre, have been discovered in the pages of a book belonging to Maria Brontë, the mother of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne. Click...
Make your gift to Promethean on #GivingTuesday!
Today's the Day! Promethean has joined the countless non-profits participating in today's global effort called #GivingTuesday. Following the trend of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday is a day when we make gifts to the organizations that benefit our...