Unbound
June 4, 2016 @ The Foxhole

synopsis

Who are you sitting next to on the train? What is the couple whispering about in the corner? Why are those men fighting on the street? We all share space, but we rarely know the intimate details of what’s occurring around us. Random Acts explores confusing, jarring and sometimes hilarious moments like these in the world premiere Unbound, reminding us that you never really know who's listening. This performance will be promenade style, and the audience will periodically move to follow the action.

The 7:30pm performance will be followed by a concert performed by OUR FATHERS.

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the cast 

the team

Annelyse Ahmad, Lucy Chmielewski*, Chris Clark, Sean Foer, Arti Ishak, Alex Marsh, Riley Mondragon, Olexiy Kryvych, Chelsea Milligan*, Nathalie Mendez, Benjamin Ponce, Davon Roberts, Becca Russo, Mia Vivens, Brock Ward, Shannon Webber*, and Lauren Wimmer.

*Denotes an Artistic Associate of Random Acts.

Created & Written by 
​Director
​Assistant Director
Production SM
​Artistic Director
Written by

Nora Lise Ulrey
​Ali Bailey
​Annika Murrell
Ashley Pettit
Bryan Renaud
Rafael Franco, K. Frithjof Peterson, Arti Ishak, Emily Osborn, Emily Schmidt, Brock Ward

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the writers

Rafael Franco is a Puerto Rican novelist, actor, photographer, translator, and storyteller living in Chicago. He is currently working on a book about obscure and forgotten Chicago authors. He is excited to be working with the talented professionals at Random Acts!

Emily Osborn graduated from Western Michigan University in 2013, with a BA in Theatre-Performance and English Creative Writing. Emily moved to Chicago after graduation, and has been loving it ever since. She is thrilled to be working with Random Acts on Unbound. Emily would like to thank her parents and her sister for their unwavering love and support, her best friend and partner Joe, and a special thanks to Nora Ulrey for acting as this project's fearless leader, and to Arti Ishak, for acting as Emily's unofficial agent and cheerleader. 

Emily Schmidt is an admissions representative by day and a writer by night.  After spending 5 years writing sketches for Acid Reflux Comedy, she wrote original lyrics for The Other Theatre Co's Barney the Elf. Other credits include co-writing All Our Twilight and Strangest Things! with Bryan Renaud.  She received her MA in English from Loyola University.

Arti Ishak is originally from Detroit. She has recently worked with Chicago Dramatists, Silk Road Rising, Something Marvelous, Rasaka Theatre, Prologue Theatre, Artemisia Theatre, Strange Loop, International Voices Project, Broken Nose and Whiskey Wry Productions. Up next, see her in the world premiere of Promise of a Rose Garden with Babes with Blades Theatre Co. Like always, she would like to thank her mom for being a general badass and her agents at LTA for their time and support. www.artiishak.com 

K. Frithjof Peterson's work has been performed throughout the United States as well as translated and performed in Moscow, Russia. His plays have been finalists/semifinalists for The Kennedy Center’s National Ten-Minute Play Award, the Heideman Award, the Samuel French OOB Festival, and The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and have been developed/produced with The Kennedy Center, WordBRIDGE, The Inkwell (D.C.), Strange Sun (NYC), The Gift Theatre (Chicago), Fox Valley Rep (IL) and Generous Company (Baltimore). This summer his full length play, Bookmarks, will be in development at Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. 

Brock Ward is a playwright-actor from Chattanooga, Tennessee with a B.A. in Playwriting through the College Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is currently studying writing and performance with The Second City in Chicago through their conservatory program. Other produced work includes Homebound: A Play for Nobody (Gorilla Tango, Chicago), Nothing Personal (UT Department of Theatre), and I'm Sorry (KCACTF Region IV 2015 Festival).