BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c676cb39-f2bf-43ee-9924-6d3d893e3d99@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T121559Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T213000 SUMMARY:Re:working – Elements of Surprise: Specialized Design DESCRIPTION:Join Matt\, Megan\, Alice\, & Ethan as we discuss their wide- ranging careers and visions around specialized designs that surprise and amaze us. When was the last time you gasped in a Chicago theatre? Chanc es are\, one of these folks had something to do with it. Join Matt\, Meg an\, Alice\, and Ethan as we discuss their wide-ranging careers and visi ons around specialized designs that surprise and amaze audiences. Togeth er\, we’ll lift the curtain on their creative processes which span metic ulous puppetry\, sharp physical theatre and movement\, exhilarating new music\, haunting sound\, and delightful wig/costume/makeup design. Along side guest moderator Joel\, we’ll be answering how COVID affected their creative ideas and career paths\, their optimal spaces to design\, how t hey would approach their career if they were entering the industry today \, and much more! Re:working Chicago Theatre is a new roundtable series to follow up on long-standing challenges faced by local creatives and fo rge ahead with renewed perspectives and solutions. This partnership betw een Pocket Theatre\, The Understudy Coffee + Books\, and American Theatr e magazine aims to serve an ecosystem which finds itself at a crossroads and foster connections across specializations and companies. Each month \, Gabriela Furtado Coutinho welcomes four theatre folks to The Understu dy in Andersonville to confront distinct issues in a warm\, community-dr iven setting. These guests are selected from a public nomination form\, linked here. Matthew Yee Matthew Yee (he/him) is a playwright\, composer \, actor\, and musician living in Chicago\, IL. Much of his work focuses on the Asian American experience\, and features actor-musicianship\, mo vement\, and puppetry. His original musical Lucy And Charlie’s Honeymoon premiered at Lookingglass Theatre in 2023\, where he is an ensemble mem ber. His new play White Rooster\, which transposes Chinese folklore into an Americana setting\, will have its world premiere this spring at Look ingglass. Lookingglass acting credits include: Treasure Island\, Moby Di ck\, and Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon. He has performed at Writers Theat re\, Steppenwolf\, Court Theatre\, Paramount\, Berkeley Rep\, The Old Gl obe\, Alliance Theatre\, and on Broadway in Almost Famous: The Musical. Megan E. Pirtle Megan E. Pirtle is a Chicago based theatre artist specia lized in wig\, costume\, and makeup design. Megan is passionate about us ing her art to tell stories\, especially those that will engage diverse audiences and challenge society. As a designer dedicated to the collabor ative art of theatre\, she has studied many facets of theatrical product ion including costume construction\, costume crafts\, and prosthetics. W ith these skills she has worked with many theatres across Chicagoland in cluding Lookingglass Theatre\, Marriott Theatre\, Paramount Theatre\, Ti meLine Theatre\, Steppenwolf Theatre\, Northlight Theatre\, Writer’s The atre\, Goodman Theatre\, Raven Theatre\, Drury Lane Theatre\, Court Thea tre\, Albany Park Theatre Project\, Chicago Children’s Theatre\, Music T heatre Works\, Lyric Opera\, Haymarket Opera and more. A graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University\, she received a Bachelor of Fine A rts in both Costume Design & Costume Technology. She is also a licensed cosmetologist in Illinois and a graduate of the Tricoci University of Be auty Culture. In 2023\, Megan was the recipient of the Michael Merritt E merging Technical Collaborator Award Today Megan continues to freelance\ , while also serving as an administrator for the Chicago Costume Communi ty and adjunct instructor to Wig\, Hair\, and Makeup Design students at DePaul University. For more\, visit meganpirtledesign.com Alice Da Cunha ALICE DA CUNHA is a Brazilian/Portuguese actress\, director and produce r who has worked in Portugal\, the UK and the US. She is a Co-Founder an d Co-Artistic Director of Physical Theater Festival\, an international c ontemporary\, visual and physical theater festival that happens in Chica go every year. Her past experiences working in festivals include: Market ing Director\, CASA (London’s Latin American Theatre Festival)\; Produce r/Presenter/Curator\, Shortcutz London(weekly short film festival)\; Pro duction Assistant\, Todos Festival (an interdisciplinary festival in Lis bon\, Portugal)\; Hospitality\, Chicago Latino Film Festival. A brief li st of her acting credits include: United Flight 232 (House Theater) -Jef f Award for Best Ensemble & Midsize Production-\, La Ruta (Steppenwolf T heater)\, The Clean House (Remy Bumppo) & This Much is True (Theater 503 \, UK). Recent directing credits include: The Crone Chronicles (Pride Ar ts Chicago\; PhysFest NYC) and Co-Direction of The Dream King (Teatro Vi sta) – Jeff Award Nomination for Best Direction and POTUS (Loyola Univer sity). Alice is also an Artistic Consultant to Theater Unspeakable and A djunct Professor at Loyola University. Ethan Korvne Ethan Korvne is a co mposer and sound designer from Akron\, OH and based in Chicago. CHICAGO: Court Theatre\, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre\, A Red Orchid Theatre\, Ch icago Children’s Theatre\, Raven Theatre\, About Face Theatre\, Refracte d Theatre Company\, Northwestern University. REGIONAL: Kansas City Reper tory Theatre\, American Players Theatre\, Peninsula Players\, Illinois S hakespeare Festival. UPCOMING: Feast! (Goodman Theatre). He is a four-ti me Joseph Jefferson Award winner and a six-time nominee. Ethan graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in Sound Design . He believes in theatre that draws a diverse audience\, plays that chal lenge and thrill\, and work that puts a spotlight on perspectives that r arely receive enough attention. Listen to his work and more at: ethankor vne.com Facilitated by: Joel Willison Joel (he/him) is the Artistic Dire ctor for Pocket and the co-founding Artistic Producer of Freshly Brewed\ , inc.\, Direct Address\, and Re:working. He is also a company member of Theatre L’Acadie\, Playground Chicago and created the Chicago Artist Da tabase. Joel has built partnerships with The Neofuturists\, Steppenwolf Theatre\, Raven Theatre\, Understudy Coffee and Books\, Theatre L’Acadie \, Goodman Theatre\, Bramble Theatre\, and American Theatre through prog rams he has created. Recent directing credits include work with Jackalop e Theatre\, Shattered Globe Theatre\, Filament Theatre\, Theatre L’Acadi e\, Definition Theatre\, Refracted Theatre Company\, The Runaways Lab Th eater\, Playground Chicago\, Haven\, Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble\, Stage Left Theatre\, and Chicago Dramatists. In 2023\, he was selected for Di rectors Haven 6. Nominate someone for the next roundtable here.\n\nTicke ts: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reworking-elements-of-surprise-speciali zed-design-tickets-2002591126969\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/c6 76cb39-f2bf-43ee-9924-6d3d893e3d99 LOCATION:The Understudy\, 5531 North Clark Street URL:https://findlocal.community/event/c676cb39-f2bf-43ee-9924-6d3d893e3d9 9 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR