OAK by Terry Guest
Directed by Mikael Burke
WORLD PREMIERE
May 31 to June 30, 2024
SYNOPSIS
It’s 7pm. Do you know where your children are? It’s snatching season, and town-wide curfew regulations have fostered a culture of fear in the community along Odella Creek. Too many have fallen victim to the freedoms promised by the red-eyed monster...Will cousins Suga, Big Man, and Pickle resist temptation, or become the next names in the morning news? Step into the darkness and experience the terror firsthand in the new Southern Gothic horror, OAK.
Meet the Playwright
TERRY GUEST
Terry Guest is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, director, and teaching artist. Plays include: The Magnolia Ballet (2022 National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, 2 Jeff Awards, David Goldman Best New American Play), A Ghost in Satin (Williamstown Theater Festival), Marie Antionette and the Magical Negroes (4 Jeff Award nominations), At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, The Madness of Mary Todd (2020 Goodman Playwrights Unit), and Andy Warhol Presents the Cocaine Play.
He was also a part of the 2020 Playwright's Unit. He is a three-time Jeff Award winner for his plays which include The Magnolia Ballet, Marie Antionette and the Magical Negros, At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, and The Madness of Mary Todd.
Meet the Director
MIKAEL BURKE
Mikael Burke is a Chicago-based director, deviser, and educator. A Princess Grace Award-winner in Theatre and Jeff Award-nominated director, Mikael has worked with Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northlight Theatre, Raven Theatre, Jackalope Theatre Company, First Floor Theater, American Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, The Story Theatre, Refracted Theatre Company, and Windy City Playhouse in Chicago, and regionally with Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatreworks Hartford, Forward Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Phoenix Theatre - Indianapolis, and Third Avenue Playworks. Mikael previously served as Associate Artistic Director of About Face Theatre and has taught at Depaul, Roosevelt, and Butler Universities. Recent directing credits include Two Mile Hollow by Leah Nanako Winkler; the American premiere of Routes by Rachel De-Lahay, The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler, Shakespeare’s Richard III, The Magnolia Ballet by Terry Guest (2022 Jeff Award – Production, Short Run); Fireflies by Donna R. Love (Black Theatre Alliance Award – Best Direction of an Ensemble) mklburke.com
TICKET INFORMATION
May 31 to June 30, 2024
SHOWTIMES:
WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS* AT 7:30PM
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT 8PM
SUNDAYS AT 2PM
TICKETS:
STANDARD TICKETS: $42
UNDER 40** TICKETS: $28
STUDENT** TICKETS: $5
Content Note: Play has discussions of slavery and racism and adult language.
*Thursday performances are part of our Talkback Thursday series. Talkbacks are moderated discussions with the cast that take place after the performance, offering audiences an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the show.
**Must present valid ID.