A Bright Room Called Day
written by Tony Kushner
directed by Eva Breneman
The midterm elections and an exciting opportunity are knocking--stay tuned for new venue and FALL 2018 opening information! Epic Reverie Theatre Company formed solely for the purpose of producing A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY now. Written 30 years ago in response to the burgeoning AIDS crisis, Kushner portrays a community of arti
sts in 1933 Germany struggling to respond to the coming storm. Interrupting the action, a desperate woman in 1985 voices her own despair in the face of a heartless government. In this historic moment, both stories stand with new and deep resonance. This is our response to the zeitgeist. Origin Story
DATELINE: People Start Theatre Company in Chicago and Aren’t in their 20’s
Epic Reverie Theatre Company, The Xmen, and “the species”—what do these things have in common? They have great origin stories. Here's ours:
THE PAST
Eva, Kathy and Kevin have all been in Chicago a long time, working on plays. Acting in them, directing them, dialect coaching them, casting them, developing them. If you've worked in Chicago theatre in the last 20 years, you've probably worked with one of them. They've been good friends and collaborators since 2007. The kind of friends that get together and read plays for fun. One night, not long after the inauguration of the 45th President they were sitting in Kevin's sunroom reading a play. It was Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day. Just four scenes in, they looked at each other and said, “Oh, no. We have to do this. We swore for years we’d never do this. Oh, %$@. We’d be crazy to do this...” But these are crazy times. So...
THE PRESENT
Coffee made, sleeves up--here we are. You, us. This story. Now.
