ANNOUNCING the World Premiere of FACING
at Lookingglass Theatre
2027 January 7-11, 14-17
About
Inspired by an early Eugene O’Neill play, FACING takes up forms of contemporary masking in highly mediated relationships, resulting in a strange farce of mixed up identities and a literal and metaphorical missing body.
CREDITS
CONCEPT, WRITING, DIRECTION:
Julia Rhoads, Leslie Buxbaum
DEVISING ENSEMBLE: Michel Rodriguez Cintra, Jacinda Ratcliffe, Marc Macaranas, Melinda Jean Myers, and Meghann Wilkinson
SOUND DESIGN: Michael Caskey
PROJECTIONS + MEDIA DESIGN: Liviu Pasare & Mark Comiskey
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Kevin Rechner
Performance + Research History
Chicago, IL — World Premiere of FACING at Lookingglass Theatre; January 2027
Door County, WI — Residency + WIP Sharing at Door Kinetic Arts Festival; September 2025
Chicago, IL — Residency + WIP sharing at The Logan Center; June 2025
Onekema, MI — Residency in Michigan; July 2024
Asheville, NC — Residency + WIP Sharing at Trillium Arts; September 2023