Don Haefliger

Blithe Spirit

This ever-popular farce concerns the predicament of a man who must face his imperious and jealous wives when they return from the afterlife to haunt him. “It is the last word in witty repartee of the most civilized kind—the sort of thing Noel Coward was known for, and nobody did better.” To anyone familiar with …

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Eleemosynary – Continuing the 39th Season with a “Blessing!”

In its continual attempt to produce an ever widening selection of traditional and contemporary theatre, Independent Players continues its 39th Season with the poignant play Eleemosynary, by Lee Blessing, Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 2017 at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division Street, Elgin. Curtain time is 8 PM. The title, Eleemosynary which …

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INDEPENDENT PLAYERS PRESENTS A CHRISTOPHER DURANG DOUBLE BILL

Throughout its 38 years of producing plays and musicals, INDEPENDENT PLAYERS has featured the works of many well-known late 20th Century playwrights.  One such playwright, who was often considered but never produced to date, is Christopher Durang.  Somehow, “one of the most explosively funny American dramatists” slipped through the cracks, but that is about to …

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INDEPENDENT PLAYERS presents Megan Terry’s ‘CALM DOWN MOTHER’ at the Elgin Fringe Festival

At last year’s Elgin Fringe Festival, INDEPENDENT PLAYERS presented Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, which was written in 1950 and was the first “absurdist” play. Once again at this year’s EFF, IP is stepping back into the past—1964—when it presents Calm Down Mother by Megan Terry whom leading drama scholar Helene Keyssar has referred to …

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A Compilation of Information and Thoughts about THIRD from the Artistic Director

Presently (May 13-28), INDEPENDENT PLAYERS is presenting Wendy Wasserstein’s last play Third at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division Street, Elgin Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM. Directed by Larry Boller, it stars Lori Rohr, Ben Slabik, JoAnn Smith, Molly Wagner and Richard Westphal. Larry has assembled an exemplary cast–all are excellent!–and they are presenting …

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The Octette Bridge Club to open on March 4, 2016

Independent Players continues its 38th Season with The Octette Bridge Club by P. J. Barry, a thoroughly delightful chronicle of family life, set in 1934, which Allan Wallach, in Newsday, called “a sentimental group portrait … as nostalgic as a Saturday Evening Post cover.”  The play concerns eight Irish-American and very Roman Catholic sisters in …

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Reflections on Independent Players performances of Love4

When the cast finished its successful run of LOVE4  on Saturday, October 10 with a standing ovation, INDEPENDENT PLAYERS had successfully presented its first musical revue since 1994.  From the solid response it received from its audiences throughout the run, everyone involved knew that this had been a very special three weeks.  Praise for the talent …

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