Lookingglass Ensemble Member J. Nicole Brooks’ smoldering new play, Her Honor Jane Byrne, premiered onstage in March 2020 just five days before the theatre went dark due to COVID-19. We are thrilled this timely and brilliant play will now have its deserved run onstage.
Chicago is “The City That Works”—but does it work for everybody? It’s 1981, the city’s simmering pot of neglected problems boils over, and Chicago’s first woman mayor is moving into Cabrini-Green. Is this just a P.R. stunt, or will it bring the City together? For the next three weeks, residents, activists, media, the “Machine,” and the Mayor herself will collide as the City’s raw truths are exposed. Who will come out on top?
Her Honor Jane Byrne is the recipient of the 2020 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award.
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“A screamingly necessary show, executed masterfully”
– Rescripted
“A deeply moving portrait of systemic failure and human resilience.”
-Chicago Tribune
“A well-argued, passionately delivered piece of Chicago history.”
-New City
“A stunning world premiere.”
– Chicago Reader
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Lookingglass is an ensemble based company, with a dedicated group of artists composing its roster of Ensemble Members, Artistic Associates, and Teaching Artists.
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Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime
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Leigh and Henry Bienen, Linda Karn, Rachel E. Kraft and Douglas R. Brown, Abbie Roth
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