365 Plays/365 Days

In November 2002, Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks sat down and committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. The world premiere of this play cycle, 365 Days/365 Plays, will be performed as a yearlong national festival simultaneously in major cities and communities around the country. From November 13, 2006 to November 12, 2007, over 600 theaters in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Washington D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, the Carolinas, Mississippi River towns, and university campuses will create the largest theater collaboration in U.S. History.

In each of the participating cities or regions, networks of 52 (the number of weeks in the year) theater companies are in formation. Each theater company produces one week of the festival. Then, they pass the baton to another company in their area. The plays will be performed every week, simultaneously in each of city or region (i.e. each network produces an entire year).

Thanks to all who came out on June 18th to celebrate the Mid Year Mark in Chicago at The Chicago Cultural Center with Suzan-Lori Parks and Bonnie Metzgar. We hope to see you in the following six months at different 365 plays across the city.

Melanie Esplin
Coordinating Representative, Chicago, 365
melanie@365chicago.org
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Jason Loewith
Producer, Chicago, 365
jason@nexttheatre.org
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