SUPPORT the ADVENTURE
We're ready to venture into deep waters! Dead Reckoning Theater Co invites you to join us on December 17th for our first annual fundraiser: "Support the Adventure". Cultivate Forbidden Root will graciously host our first annual fundraiser to bolster our 2024 season and beyond.
Let us describe something - what comes to mind when you think of the following: a woman in black cloaks and a white apron sporting a tall pointed hat, sweeping away a cat from the base of a bubbling cauldron? We don’t blame you for conjuring the image of a stereotype - but you might be fascinated to know, that the image is not of evil, but of innovation. Our latest show is intimate, immersive, and highly enlightening!
Contained within an intricate cabinet filled with secrets, scrolls and puppets, this up close and personal production will be touring throughout Chicago, hitting up brewery after brewery (with an occasional bookstore, lobby, foyer, and attic) to bring you the true origin story of ‘the brewer’. Stay tuned to see where we’ll be popping up and let us know if you have a favorite beer garden we should add to the rotation!
Featuring the storytelling talents of :
Michele Joy Stine, Laura Marsh, Alexandra Plattos Sulack
With Original Artwork by :
Jennifer Betancourt, Caitlin McLeod and Jaerin Son
On Deck: A Showcase of New and Upcoming Artistic Work
Partnering with the Raven Room in Ravenswood, we’re beyond excited to host a free reoccurring event designed to showcase actors, dancers, comedians, puppeteers, movers, shakers, and everything in between. On Deck is an incubator for artistic works-in-progress and their creators to have an audience and an opportunity to debut the art they’ve worked hard to conceive and premiere. Consider this as an invitation; if you are working on something, or know someone working on something, or know someone who wants to partner on working on something, let's connect. We really want On Deck and the Raven Room to be the genesis for wave after wave of Chicago Artists to get some stage time.
Returning in 2024
Our hit signature show has been redesigned for an incredible, immersive event aboard the TallShip Windy! Based out of Navy Pier, we’re getting ready for the sailing season in 2024 to bring you “Pirate Legends : William Dampier” weekly! Stay tuned for show dates and more information
“By My Account; An Intimate Encounter with an Enigmatic Pirate: William Dampier” is the flagship show for Dead Reckoning. This one-man trunk show is the brainchild of Andrew Marchetti (co-founder), directed by Amber Kelly (co-founder). When someone tells you who they are, believe it. Especially if they offer you a drink and challenge you to prove them wrong. "BY MY ACCOUNT," the questionably true story of the most influential, best selling, globe-trotting, pirate of the Golden Age of Sail you've never heard of. Loose lips sinks ships, and and high time he set the record straight.