In its fourth installment, Footholds continues to intertwine The Impostors Theatre Co.’s unique vision with local voices.

Footholds is an anthology series written by playwrights from across the Chicagoland community. Ensemble members conceived the idea in reaction to one of the most frustrating and intimidating villains an artist can face: a blank page. A blank canvas allows for infinite possibilities, but this can sometimes act as a hindrance. With no definitive starting point, it can be difficult to realize a final product.

By introducing a single, ambiguous constraint, a crack in the block of marble, we ask our writers and collaborators to start with the same limitation and branch off wherever their imaginations take them.

This year's foothold: A Small Trolley car – coming, going, or stationed at an unanticipated stop.
The setting of your play must take place on a small trolley.

The Plays

Anything from the Trolley? by Toni Flowers-McElrath
directed and choreographed by Anna Roemer

Narrative Machine Broke by Alex Fortune
directed by McManus

Marketplace Mama by Kevin Blair
directed by Courtney Marie

Mechanicals by Juliet Kang Huneke
directed by Rachel Borgo

Panopticon by Alex Dumitru
directed by Directing Ensemble

The Artists

Production Director Rachel Borgo
Director Courtney Marie
Director McManus
Director & Choreographer Anna Roemer
Costume Designer GLITTER
Set Designer, Technical Director, & Props Artisan Ethan Gasbarro
Lighting Designer Mallory Swisher
Sound Designer River Cy Denman
Composer Dominick Vincent Alesia
Stage Manager & Fight Choreographer Toria Olivier

The Cast

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