Second Stage Laboratory Projects
2025-2026
Galatea
Project Lead: Emily Wegrzynowicz
Saturday, October 18 @ 2:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
A man falling in love with an AI chatbot cannot be real love. A psychologist should know better, but Sergei Sokolov falls in love with Eva anyway. At what point does this love become obsession and what effect will it have on him, his family, and his career?
Sea Vampires
Project Lead: Ainsley Horan
Saturday, November 1 @ 2:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
After a series of suspicious deaths onboard the ship Demeter, the captain and crew are plagued with the unsettling fear that the monsters they were certain were pure fiction, may exist after all...
Neo-Futurism 2025
Project Lead: Corin Friese
Saturday, November 8 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, November 9 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
For the second year in a row, the Neo-Futurists will lead a workshop where students will work as an ensemble to write, direct, design, and star in a Neo-Futurist performance of their very own with 30 plays in one hour!
Game Show To Hell
Project Lead: Quinton Mysliwiec
Saturday, November 15 @ 2:00p.m.
Mundelein Studio 125 | Purchase Tickets
Ratings are great for the gameshow hosted by Satan, but simply hosting is not enough to satiate him. Satan covets power over the entire production. Show directors Mara and Archeon must try to stop him before it’s too late.
The Pleasures of Heartbreak and Bloodshed: The True and Musical Story of Julie d'Aubigny
Project Lead: Megan Parent
Saturday, November 22 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, November 23 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
17th century French opera singer. Sword fighter. Crossdresser. Death row escapee (twice). The Pleasures of Heartbreak and Bloodshed is an original musical that captures the lost history of the remarkable life of Julie d’Aubigny.
First Date at the Art Institute of Chicago on a Wednesday Afternoon or What Is Love, If Not Finding Someone with Whom Your Soul Can Dance
Project Lead: Molly Livesay
Saturday, March 28 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, March 29 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
Woman and Man’s first date is going great! (it’s really not) Maybe they’ll even go on a second date! (they definitely won’t) While Woman and Man are putting on the usual first date pretenses, their true thoughts are being voiced by their Souls.
2025-2026
Galatea
Project Lead: Emily Wegrzynowicz
Saturday, October 18 @ 2:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
A man falling in love with an AI chatbot cannot be real love. A psychologist should know better, but Sergei Sokolov falls in love with Eva anyway. At what point does this love become obsession and what effect will it have on him, his family, and his career?
Sea Vampires
Project Lead: Ainsley Horan
Saturday, November 1 @ 2:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
After a series of suspicious deaths onboard the ship Demeter, the captain and crew are plagued with the unsettling fear that the monsters they were certain were pure fiction, may exist after all...
Neo-Futurism 2025
Project Lead: Corin Friese
Saturday, November 8 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, November 9 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
For the second year in a row, the Neo-Futurists will lead a workshop where students will work as an ensemble to write, direct, design, and star in a Neo-Futurist performance of their very own with 30 plays in one hour!
Game Show To Hell
Project Lead: Quinton Mysliwiec
Saturday, November 15 @ 2:00p.m.
Mundelein Studio 125 | Purchase Tickets
Ratings are great for the gameshow hosted by Satan, but simply hosting is not enough to satiate him. Satan covets power over the entire production. Show directors Mara and Archeon must try to stop him before it’s too late.
The Pleasures of Heartbreak and Bloodshed: The True and Musical Story of Julie d'Aubigny
Project Lead: Megan Parent
Saturday, November 22 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, November 23 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
17th century French opera singer. Sword fighter. Crossdresser. Death row escapee (twice). The Pleasures of Heartbreak and Bloodshed is an original musical that captures the lost history of the remarkable life of Julie d’Aubigny.
First Date at the Art Institute of Chicago on a Wednesday Afternoon or What Is Love, If Not Finding Someone with Whom Your Soul Can Dance
Project Lead: Molly Livesay
Saturday, March 28 @ 2:00p.m. & Sunday, March 29 @ 5:00p.m.
Underground Theatre | Purchase Tickets
Woman and Man’s first date is going great! (it’s really not) Maybe they’ll even go on a second date! (they definitely won’t) While Woman and Man are putting on the usual first date pretenses, their true thoughts are being voiced by their Souls.