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Saturday Series: Kelsey Austin
Category
Admission
- Free
Location
Chicago, IL 60642
Building Number: 798
Summary
Saturday Series: Kelsey Austin
May 31, 2025
2:00 PM CST
798 N Aberdeen St, Chicago, IL 60642
Description
Chicago Dramatists presents: Saturday Series featuring Kelsey Austin!
Saturday, May 31, 2025
2:00pm CST
Russ Tutterow Theater | 798 N. Aberdeen St, Chicago IL 60642
ABOUT THE PLAY: Blow-Out
5 Characters: 3 W, 2 M
Drama 98 pages, runs 90 mins
Suburban blight—the endless cycle of degeneracy and dysfunction—within four walls. It’s the hopeless situation of living among the self-absorbed where boundaries are murky, and cruelty is family fun. The Whitakers share their cramped life in southern New Jersey. As Rick prepares for his annual trek to Alaska, his addict wife Sheila keeps quiet about family secrets until the unforgivable happens. Daughter Missy had been supporting the family on convenience store paychecks, and younger sister Barbara dreamt of adulting with boyfriend Jimmy. But all comes to a halt when narcissism breeds disaster.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Kelsey Austin is a writer and editor based in Southern New Jersey. In addition to micro and flash fiction, she has written several full-length plays including RAINDROP CLEAN, COCKFIGHT, and BLOW-OUT. As an Arts and Humanities instructor at Rowan College of South Jersey, Kelsey taught a number of literature, theatre, and speech courses. She also has experience in acting, directing, choreography, scenic design and painting, and stage managing. Kelsey is a graduate of Rowan University with a bachelor's degree in Theatre. She studied at Essex University in Colchester, England where she earned a master's degree with merit in Literature: Theatre and Drama. While at Essex, Kelsey studied playwriting under Jonathan Lichtenstein. She wrote several plays with Joe Udall for the San Diego Fringe Festival and dinner theatre. Kelsey is a Chicago Dramatists Network Playwright, a founding member of Telling Humans Playwrights Studio, and a member of The Dramatists Guild of America. She received a residency from Emilio Williams at the Blue Parrot, Chicago.