by Emily Grimany | Jan 21, 2025
Photos About the Show Daisy Jones & the Six meets Waiting for Guffman in this kaleidoscopic retrospective of an out-of-work mother of two who accidentally starts a cult. Jillian spends her days doing laundry, keeping her wily children from injuring each other, and...
by Emily Grimany | Nov 8, 2024
Photos Director’s Note Puffs is for all the nerds who dreamed of saving the world. I am one of those nerds who grew up on science fiction and fantasy stories, pretending I was a warrior fighting monsters and going on grand adventures. If I had received an...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 2, 2024
Photos About the Show Bard in a Box is the Illinois Shakespeare Company’s touring production company. We brought a 40-minute version of Romeo and Juliet to schools across central Illinois during the Spring of 2024. We performed in a variety of locations...
by Emily Grimany | Apr 8, 2024
Photos About the Show After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate. I feel fortunate that I was able to direct Stop Kiss at Illinois State...
by Emily Grimany | Nov 7, 2023
Photos About the Show Part of the MFA Directing Showcase at ISU. The Most Massive Woman Wins is challenging, brutal and hilarious. Four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 9, 2023
Photos About the Show Springfield High Songleaders Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, rally together to entertain their classmates in four-part harmony. In Act 1, set in 1958, the young women explore the ups and downs of high school, friendships, boyfriends and...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 9, 2023
Photos About the Show Standing over a freshly dug open grave, Kylie reveals to her newly returned older sister Lala all that happened after Lala fled home to escape their father’s abuse. Reviews...
by Orlando | Nov 20, 2022
Photos About the Show The Hoover family has seen better days. Richard, the father, is a floundering motivational speaker, Grandpa’s been kicked out of his retirement home and Uncle Frank’s been dumped by his boyfriend. Moody teenager, Dwayne, has taken a...
by Orlando | Nov 19, 2022
Photos About the Show When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare their family from future embarrassment....
by Orlando | Nov 18, 2022
Photos About the Show Molly is pregnant and her boyfriend, Andrew, is overjoyed. But when Molly is diagnosed with hyperemesis (severe morning sickness) it becomes clear that Andrew and his parents are more concerned about the baby’s health than her own. And when...