Many thanks to all those involved with the creation and realization of The Headphones Tour.
// Program Creator & Coordinator
Adam's plays have been seen at Chicago Dramatists, Seanachai Theatre Company, Mondo Chicago at the Viaduct Theatre, The 24 Hour Project, The Around the Coyote Festival, Circle Theatre, New World Players (Goshen, IN), and Manifest Theatre (National Tour). His theatrical installation "The Headphones Tour" was a Critic's Choice (Chicago Reader) at the Chicago Cultural Center. A show of the same medium, "Hallwatchers," was seen as part of the first Site Unseen Festival in November of 2004. Eleven of Adam's monologues will appear in anthologies published by Smith & Kraus in the fall of 2005. His plays have been performed in 8 states. Adam received his BFA in playwriting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
// Program Collaborator
Rob Cohn graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in 2004 with a degree in Dramaturgy. While there, he dramaturged work by Ödon von Horvath, Mac Wellman, and Stephen Sondheim. He now works at The Public Theater in New York City. He has previously worked on all three incarnations of The Headphones Tour at the Cultural Center and the original workshop production at DePaul.
// Program Collaborator
Libby Ford made her professional directing debut in the fall of 2004 with a new play, CITRUS, by Janis Craft as part of a multimedia exhibit centered on the play. Recent directing credits include the short play MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION by Adam Simon as part of the Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, monologues A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM AMELIA EARHEART and CHALLANGER in a festival at the side project called WHEN WOMEN WORE WINGS. AMELIA was also seen in this spring's Estrogen Fest at the Storefront Theater. She has recently worked with greasy joan & co. as the assistant director on their production of Nikolai Gogol's THE NOSE. Libby currently serves as the Community Programs Coordinator for Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she is also a mentor for their Arts Exchange Cross-town Teen Ensemble program. Libby in is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University where she studied Directing and Dramaturgy.
// Installation Manager
Gemma Cooper-Novack is a New York-bred, Chicago-based director, educator, writer and producer. A University of Chicago alumna, she has worked with Around the Coyote, Barrel of Monkeys, The Neo-Futurists, Phalanx Theater, Redmoon Theatre, Skysaver Productions, Stage Left Theatre, Stockyards Theatre Project, and is a company member with Will Act for Food. She worked as the Installation Manager for "Hallwatchers" and "Lot Sand Found," two previous Headphones Tours at the Cultural Center. Gemma teaches writing and theater to elementary, middle and high school students around the city.
// Recording Engineer
// Recording Studio
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