Friday, August 1st

7pm The Perfect Team at Three Brothers Theatre at 221 N Genesee Street

7pm It's Coming from Inside the House at Three Brothers Theatre at 115 N Genesee Street

Saturday, August 2nd

1pm Sitting, Standing, Lying at Waukegan Music Exchange at 126 N Genesee Street

4pm The Point of Return at Three Brothers Theatre at 115 N Genesee Street

7pm The Perfect Team at Three Brothers Theatre at 221 N Genesee Street

Sunday, August 3rd

1pm The Point of Return at Three Brothers Theatre at 115 N Genesee Street

4pm Sitting, Standing, Lying at TBD

7pm It's Coming from Inside the House at Three Brothers Theatre at 115 N Genesee Street

The Waukegan Theatre Festival (WTF) has been around since the inception of Three Brothers Theatre over a decade ago.  It has been produced in many shapes and forms over the years, however, it has always been committed to showcasing new plays. 

This year, we have a series of four new plays just for you including two musicals for the first time ever!

Read on below to learn about this year’s festival:

The Perfect Team by Henry Allan
Dead for ten years, the spirit of legendary Broadway composer Jacob Lewis lingers in the mortal world, unable to rest until he completes one last story. He strikes a deal with Hugo Andrews, a young composer crippled by writer's block: in exchange for using Hugo's body to complete his final masterpiece, Jacob will help revive Hugo's creative brain. However, their uneasy alliance unravels when someone from Jacob's past reappears, disrupting the plan and wreaking havoc on Hugo's life. As tensions rise, the two must face the consequences of their pact before it's too late for Hugo.

It’s Coming from Inside the House by Kevin Blair
Inside our haunted house, the walls ooze secrets of the future, detain monsters in our minds, and store forgotten favorites. An experimental jaunt from room-to-room will discover new horrors and bring us from sci-fi to comedy, and back to horror, in one night! Join Microdose Theatre Project for an evening of four short plays written by emerging Chicago playwrights that will make you jump in your seat, and terrified to answer the phone while home alone.

The Point of Return by Conner Daley
The Point of Return is a new musical following the inner workings of HER mind after the loss of Papa. Watch her mind unravel through folksy songs and duets with danger that lives in her head, lies that have been, said and the fright that fills her with dread ,When all hope feels lost she pushes ahead, and fights to find her point of return. This show aims to bring awareness to mental health, and grief (There are mentions of suicide and suicidal thoughts).

Sitting, Standing, Lying by Josh Beadle
Two actors are left to their own devices when they are mysteriously locked in a rehearsal room with no director, stage manager, or stage crew. Why have they been locked in the room alone? They hardly have a chance to figure things out when suddenly an odd beeping, or was it a buzzing sound, starts and they are forced to rehearse a play. What will happen to these two actors? Will they see the show to it’s conclusion?