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    • Contact Us
    • Mission Statement
    • 2024 Play Festival
    • 2022 Play Festival
    • News & Events
    • Playwright Member Bios
    • Playwright Alumni Bios
  • Home Page
  • Contact Us
  • Mission Statement
  • 2024 Play Festival
  • 2022 Play Festival
  • News & Events
  • Playwright Member Bios
  • Playwright Alumni Bios

Coming Soon

2022 New Plays Festival

IMPORTANT NOTICE!! The  Chicago Writers’ Bloc Festival is coming! May 23rd to June 14th.  Performances will be held at:

Raven Theater

6157 N. Clark St.

Chicago, IL. 60660


Tickets can be purchased at: https://cwb42.booktix.com  


10 nights of plays by local playwrights in four weeks. Musicals, drama, comedy, coming this summer. All plays and musicals will be presented as Staged Readings. 

The cost is $10 per show.   


There is a special benefit evening, with a silent auction, raffles, a chance to meet the authors, and more on May 23rd. The cost for this event is #20, and includes a pass to view the online production of "Motherland" and a complimentary ticket to any other show of your choice. 


PLEASE NOTE:  (due to COVID mandates) All patrons are required to show proof of vaccination and ID at the door to pick up tickets, and must wear a mask at all times inside building. 


Please look at these offerings and contact these distinguished Chicago area playwrights with any interest or questions directly or via info@writersblocfest.org

Events

Monday – May 23rd, 2022

CHICAGO WRITERS’ BLOC 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT - $20

7:30pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Event Details

Monday – May 23rd, 2022

CHICAGO WRITERS’ BLOC 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT - $20

Special $20 event.  Includes:  

• 1 free pass to any other Festival show 

• 1 pass to see the internet production of “Motherland” by Joanne Ko...

Event Details

7:30pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Tuesday – May 24th, 2022

Long Term Care by RICHARD REARDON

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Event Details

Tuesday – May 24th, 2022

Long Term Care by RICHARD REARDON

Directed by Joan Mazzonelli


Alone, for the first time in years, truly alone. Herbert Aarden faces his first days in a Baptist nursing home in...

Event Details

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Wednesday – May 25th, 2022

Hell is Canceled! The Musical by WENCKE BRAATHEN & GERALD H. BAILEY

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Event Details

Wednesday – May 25th, 2022

Hell is Canceled! The Musical by WENCKE BRAATHEN & GERALD H. BAILEY

Directed by 


What happens when Archangel Michael arrives in Hell to announce the department of Hell will be liquidated? Who’s the mysterious ...

Event Details

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Tuesday – May 31st, 2022

A Stranger in this World: The Musical by GERALD COLE

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Event Details

Tuesday – May 31st, 2022

A Stranger in this World: The Musical by GERALD COLE

Directed by 

Additional Music and Lyrics by Gerald H. Bailey and John S. Green


Gender is in question as Frankie struggles to become Therese, t...

Event Details

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Wednesday – June 1st, 2022

Café Sounion by BARBARA GEORGANS

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Event Details

Wednesday – June 1st, 2022

Café Sounion by BARBARA GEORGANS

Directed by Joan Mazzonelli


As a young playwright, inspired by the works of Agatha Christie, types her new play, a restaurant patron at the C...

Event Details

7:30 pm

Raven Theater. 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

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