2022 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play 

" A hero can be more than a sandwich "  

From the director of GhostLight's AMERICAN SON  (Aaron Reese Boseman) comes two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage’s new “flavor-bomb of a comedy” (Variety), that’s “a spicy feast for the senses” (Chicago Sun Times).  In a diner kitchen that might be hell, limbo, or just a greasy spoon off the Pennsylvania turnpike, four formerly incarcerated cooks strive for redemption through their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich—all under the devilish gaze of their hard-driving boss. CLYDE’S combines uproarious humor, fulsome heart, and generous hospitality into a delicious theatrical meal that shows why Nottage is among America’s greatest living playwrights.  

​"A passionate tale of struggle and sandwiches in a restaurant kitchen on the edge of redemption... a delicious concept... a fun dynamic... a trip to the theatre to watch an existentially powerful kitchen at work" —Russ Bickerstaff, The Shepherd Express

Run time: approximately 105 minutes, no intermission

Actor Caroline Neff will be joining us at The GhostLight Theatre on Monday, March 3rd for an evening of master class, audition workshop and Q&A. This event is FREE for all GL Associate Guild Members, $15/adults and $10/students to all others.

Caroline is an actor and educator based in NYC and Chicago. She's lucky enough to be an ensemble member at both Steppenwolf and Steep Theatre Companies in Chicago, and after 15 years learning whatever she could in the Windy City, leaped to NYC where she's been keeping busy with various television projects, seeing and doing as much theater as possible, and teaching at NYU when she's available.Caroline was nominated multiple times for Jeff Awards during her time in Chicago, and came home with two, as well as being voted one of the Top 10 Actors in Chicago by Timeout Chicago early in her career, and has consistently been ranked as the Best Actress in Chicago by the Chicago Reader. She's been seen on Broadway originating the roles of Krista in Airline Highway directed by Joe Mantello and Anita in Linda Vista by Tracy Letts, and she's been fortunate enough to work all over the country - at the Mark Taper Forum in LA, Yale Rep, and The Kennedy center to name a few.Caroline loves the process of developing new plays, and welcomes the opportunity to sink her teeth in to known material. Her roles in television include multiple recurring characters, from Chicago PD on NBC to Showtime's Let the Right One In, and her film credits include many independent films within a range of genres. She believes the arts can change the world, one person at a time, and is abundantly grateful that she gets to spend her time around art and artists and hopes to never stop. 

Come sing for directors Spencer Diedrick (RENT - June)) & Paul Mow (CHESS - August)! Many singers needed for both casts! More details soon - save the date!

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the requirements of a particular job position.

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An emotionally powerful and intimate musical sprinkled with humor, The Last Five Years tells the bittersweet tale of a brief marriage between two young artists. Featuring two of GhostLight's favorite talents, PAIGE MULICK (Cathy) and WES SHENKER (Jamie), the storytelling is non-linear: Cathy, a struggling actor, starts her tale at the end of the marriage, working backwards through the timeline. Jamie, a literary prodigy, begins his at the onset of the relationship. The two narratives intersect on their wedding day before diverging again to arrive at the beginning, and end, of their five years together. With music and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, this nearly sung-through musical has captivated audiences and critics, earning a Drama Desk Award (music and lyrics), a film adaptation, and productions around the world.

Directed by PAUL MOW, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Music Direction by CHRIS GRAY

Written and Composed by JASON ROBERT BROWN

Originally Produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell
Originally Produced by Northlight Theatre Chicago, IL

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical retelling of the “La Bohème” story...relocated to AIDS-era East Village, New York in the 1990s. A penniless songwriter's love for a young woman grows even as illness begins to consume her. The poet Rodolfo is now punk rocker Roger. Tubercular Mimi is now an AIDS-infected dancer at an S&M nightclub. Painter Marcello is now aspiring filmmaker Mark Cohen, and so forth. The ending is transformed from the opera, but the theme of love striving to endure beyond all obstacles remains. Directed by GhostLight Associate Artist SPENCER DIEDRICK (Once, Lewiston/Clarkston), popular songs include “Seasons of Love,” “Without You,” “Out Tonight,” “One Song Glory,” “I'll Cover You” and “Santa Fe.”

• lyrics: Jonathan Larson

• book: Jonathan Larson

• music: Jonathan Larson

Directed by Lindsay Gilmore Gaspari, this contemporary slice-of-life play (The Wolves) depicts a girls’ indoor soccer team and practice drills as they prepare for a succession of games. As they warm up and talk about life, the girls navigate the politics of their personal lives as well as the politics of the larger world, gossiping about things like war, menstrual products, genocide, sports, pop culture, and their relationships. Each team member struggles to negotiate her individuality while being a part of a group. They bond over a bag of orange slices and personal traumas. The team seems as if it may disband after the sudden death of one of the girls, but they manage to come together. In the end, the surviving team players prepare to play yet another game together – closer, stronger, wiser, and fiercer. 

“ I wanted to see a portrait of teenage girls as human beings -
as complicated, nuanced, very idiosyncratic people who weren’t
just girlfriends or sex objects or manic pixie dream girls but who
were athletes and daughters and students and scholars and
people who were trying actively to figure out who they were in
this changing world around them ” —Sarah DeLappe

Before Mamma Mia!, members of the pop group ABBA teamed up with Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King, Evita) to create a dynamic drama centered around the world chess championship; mirroring the 1980s Cold War tensions of USA vs. Soviet Russia. The dazzling and beautiful pop rock score became a worldwide smash, including the hit single “One Night in Bangkok.”  Directed by Artistic Director PAUL MOW, and starring DAN MAXON (Anatoly) and ABBY MURRAY VACHON (Florence), the musical Chess makes its move to SW Michigan for the first time, as the game’s long history continues to rise in popularity.

The GhostLight Theatre tradition continues for the 3rd year in a row!! Added Midnight Show on Halloween with extra surprises in store!!

Brad and Janet are a simple engaged couple whose lives get turned upside down by Frank 'n Furter and his household of strange Transylvanians.

Due to extreme sexual content, Absolutely NO CHILDREN UNDER 13 will be permitted*

How does one celebrate Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month at the same time? In Larissa FastHorse’s biting satire, this is the question facing three “woke” white thespians tasked with devising an elementary school pageant about the first Thanksgiving while avoiding any culturally appropriative missteps. A roast of the politics of entertainment and well-meaning political correctness alike, The Thanksgiving Play puts the American origin story itself in the comedy-crosshairs.