Tritonysia Play Festival Returns to Triton College April 27

River Grove, Ill. - The popular Tritonysia Play Festival returns to Triton College later this month, featuring 10 new original short plays written by Triton College students, faculty and community members.

The Tritonysia is inspired by the ancient Greek festival, the Dionysia, which honored the god Dionysus in many ways, including with a contest of stage plays. The festival, now in its second year, was created by Triton College Visual, Performing and Communication Arts Department faculty member and Chicago theatre veteran Sommer Austin.

Highlights of the festival include NO APOLOGIES, written by Karen McNichols and directed by Laura Lewis-Barr, a powerful musical monologue exploring one woman’s journey to self-acceptance by challenging the last acceptable stereotype.

BLINDING, written by Luke Polanczyk and directed by Bonnie Rose Phillips, takes you inside a bunker primed for attack – where you’ll experience the gut wrenching decision forced upon a young woman.

In TRAIN RIDE, written by Kim Reed and directed by Austin and Mary Berrum, you’ll travel east from Los Angeles with two men desperately trying to outrun their past.

The full list of plays is as follows:

NO APOLOGIES by Karen McNichols*, directed by Laura Lewis-Barr^

A COUPLE OF DOGS LYING AROUND BARKING by Jay Rehak**, directed by Sommer Austin** & Mary Berrum*

SHAWN-A by Mary Berrum*, directed by Isabella Cartagena*

MACKEREL SKY by Andrew Gallant**, directed by Sommer Austin** & Mary Berrum*

GOOD THERAPY by Shawn Duncan*, directed by Emily Pecaro* & Monica Reynolds*

ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA by Will Kern, directed by Sommer Austin** & Mary Berrum*

TRUE COLORS by Laura Lewis-Barr^, directed by Rebecca M. Thompson*

PET FABLE by Scot Savage**, directed by Tina Williams*

IN THE REGION OF THE SUMMER STARS by Franceska Williams*, directed by Ashley Keys*

TRAIN RIDE by Kim Reed**, directed by Sommer Austin** & Mary Berrum*

THE SPIRIT, THE SOUL, OR WHATEVER by Tina Williams*, directed by Neomara Surges*

BLINDING by Luke Polanczyk*, directed by Bonnie Rose Phillips*

*Denotes Current/Former Triton Student

** Denotes Current/Former Triton Staff/Faculty

^ Denotes Member of Surrounding Community

The Tritonysia Play Festival performances are April 27-29 and May 4-6 in the Cox Auditorium of the Fine Arts Building (J Building), located on the west side of Triton’s campus, 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove.

Shows begin Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.

The Tritonysia play festival is this season’s final theatre production of Triton’s Visual, Performing and Communication Arts Department.

Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $10 for the general public and $5 for seniors (credit/debit cards are not accepted). For more information, call (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3506, or visit www.triton.edu/entertainment.