A one-woman play based on the life and writings of Lillian Hellman, featuring Janet Ulrich Brooks. More info ...
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
directed by Nick Bowling
The Chicago Sun-Times says "[Nick Bowling] expertly taps into both the eerily hallucinatory quality of the play's second act and the brilliant, emotionally charged natures of [Mechelle] Moe and [Halena] Kays, whose blistering performances bring a white heat to the stage.” Read the complete review ...
The Chicago Tribune praises "this auteur version of the Hellman classic ... quite beguiling to watch ... [Mechelle Moe is] spectacular ... offering a performance of riveting emotional energy." Read the complete review ...
Inspired by a 19th-century legal case, Lillian Hellman’s
landmark drama premiered in 1934 to great acclaim amid
tremendous controversy — the play was initially
banned in several major cities and the Pulitzer committee
refused to attend.
When an angry student accuses
two female boarding school teachers of having an affair,
the results are devastating. As their lives fall apart,
the women struggle to clear their stained reputations
amidst a flurry of attacks and questions about the basis
of the allegations. Director Nick Bowling delivers a
bold, innovative staging of this provocative classic.
