Loop Players
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What is Loop
Players?
Players?
- Loop Players is an educational
theatre company that produces full-scale, professional quality productions with
and for the Harold Washington College community – right in room 103; - Our mission is to bring challenging
contemporary plays by American playwrights to the Harold Washington and greater
Chicago community; - We offer students a truly professional training ground:
- Loop
Players productions give HWC students the opportunity to work alongside professional
designers and working Chicago actors; - Our
downtown location makes Loop Players productions attractive to industry
professionals; and - HWC
students have obtained representation by talent agents from performing in Loop
Players shows.
What Makes Our Legacy Unique?
- Loop
Players has been producing professional quality theatre, as part of the
College’s English, Speech & Theatre Department, for 50 years; - Professor
Sydney Daniels, the company’s founder, was well-known and recognized in the
Chicago theatre scene; - The current director of Loop Players
is Assistant Professor Rachel Sledd Iannantuoni. Rachel is a professional
actor, most recently starring in JUNK by Ayad Akhtar at Milwaukee Repertory
Theatre. She has appeared in films and television shows including CHICAGO MED
and CHICAGO PD; and - Besides our full-scale production, we produce two public showcases every
semester: The Director’s Showcase and Short
Suite.