Coming up for Fat Theatre Project:

Our Fat Tuesdays Reading Series returns!

Fat Theatre Project is pleased to present their second annual FAT TUESDAYS play reading series, curated by Melody DeRogatis and Josie Moore.

Jane Addams and the Pegasus, W/A Melding of Muses’, Magic, Munchkins & Monsters
by LaurA! Force Scruggs
Directed by Josie Moore
February 18th

Roads
by Brooks Shatraw
Directed by Maureen Azzun
February 25th

Bennett’s Six
by Abby Glaws
Directed by Melody DeRogatis
March 4th

Fat Tuesdays launched in 2024 as Fat Theatre Project’s debut project- a series of readings dedicated to telling stories featuring fat bodies. Some of these stories directly address fatness and bodies, and some do not. We aim to tell stories with collaborators of all sizes and identities.

Play readings are 2/18, 2/25, and 3/4 at Ridman’s Coffee (4758 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640) at 7PM. Tickets are $5 through EventBrite or $10 at the door (to be paid via Venmo or cash).

And in March, FTP is proud to co-produce the Chicago premiere of Funny, Like An Abortion by Rachel Bublitz.

Set in a future America where even saying the word “abortion” is a crime, Monroe has just discovered that she is unexpectedly and unwantedly pregnant. She invites her best friend, Jade, over for a surprise abortion party in this darkly funny, devastatingly prescient play by Rachel Bublitz. Eileen Tull directs this searing Chicago premiere, co-produced by Chicago Danztheatre and Fat Theater Project. ​

Playwright: Rachel Bublitz 
Director: Eileen Tull 
Producers: Eileen Tull (FT) & Ellyzabeth Adler (CDE) 
Community Engagement Director: Naomi Flores (CDE) 
Sound Designer: Gail Gallagher 
Lighting Designer: TessaMarie Beard 
Puppet Designer: Christine Marie 
Props Designer: Mary Aurora Moore 
Choreographer: Davon Suttles
Stage Manager: Taylor Owen
Assistant Director: Shellie Disalvo

Featuring: 
Bianca Thompson as Monroe
Saniafaith as Jade
Kit Kelly as Butler and Monroe u/s)
Erin Feldman as Jade (u/s)

Not recommended for under High School age.

Tickets are on sale now.