Shattered Globe’s 35th season continues with the Midwest Premiere of Morning, Noon, and Night, a mind-bending exploration of teens, family, surveillance, and connection in a post-pandemic world by Obie Award-winning playwright Kirsten Greenidge, directed by SGT Associate Artistic Director AmBer Montgomery.
Previews start February 13. Press opening is Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run through March 28 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Tickets, on sale now, are $20-$60. For tickets and information, visit sgtheatre.org. For the latest updates, follow @shatteredglobe on Facebook and Instagram.
Morning, Noon, and Night by Kirsten Greenidge (top, center), directed by SGT Associate Artistic Director AmBer Montgomery (top, right), features (from left) Leslie Ann Sheppard as Miss Candice, Emefa Dzodzomenyo as daughter Dailyn, Leslie Ann Sheppard again as Miss Candice, Kristin E. Ellis as Dailyn’s mom, Mia, and Leslie Ann Sheppard yet again as Miss Candice. Credit: Abboye Lawrence
It’s hard raising a teenager. For Mia and her daughter, Dailyn, it’s not going smoothly. They both want everything to be perfect when older sister Alex comes home for her birthday. But when an unsettling visitor steps out of the algorithm, their best laid plans glitch into pure chaos. Reality blurs in this sharp and stirring drama about how the “new normal” is pretty weird.
“Morning, Noon, and Night is exactly right for this moment, as we navigate life after 2020,” said director AmBer Montgomery. “I hope this production provides a space to reflect on who we’ve become since the world shifted, to laugh at ourselves, to grieve what was lost, and to imagine how we can continue to care for one another as we step into an uncertain future. Through Kristen Greenidge’s extraordinary writing, through lots of magic and the wisdom of youth, this story reminds us of our resilience and the enduring strength of community. I am so honored to share it with Chicago.”
Shattered Globe’s cast for Morning, Noon, and Night features SGT Ensemble Members Christina Gorman (she/her) as Heather and Leslie Ann Sheppard (she/her) as Miss Candice, with Hannah Antman (they/she) as Nat, Emefa Dzodzomenyo (she/her) as Dailyn, Kristin E. Ellis (she/her) as Mia and Soren Jimmie Williams (she/her) as Chloe.
Shattered Globe’s Midwest Premiere of Morning, Noon, and Night features (from left) Shattered Globe Ensemble Members Christina Gorman as Heather and Leslie Ann Sheppard as Mia, with Hannah Antman as Nat, Emefa Dzodzomenyo as Dailyn, Kristin E. Ellis as Mia and Soren Jimmie Williams as Chloe.
The production team includes Jackie Fox (set/lighting designer), Kotryna Hilko (costume designer), Abboye Lawrence (projections designer), Persephone Lawrence-Wescott (props designer), Stephon Dorsey (sound designer), Sydni Charity Solomon (assistant director), Ariel Beller (stage manager), Emily Nicholas (assistant stage manager) and SGT Ensemble Member Adam Schulmerich (production manager).
Morning, Noon, and Night premiered at Company One Theatre in Boston in April 2024. Shattered Globe’s is the second production of Greenidge’s timely new play.
Emefa Dzodzomenyo (left) plays Dailyn and Kristin E. Ellis is Dailyn’s mom, Mia, in Shattered Globe Theatre’s Midwest Premiere of Morning, Noon, and Night.
Credit: Abboye Lawrence
Leslie Ann Sheppard plays Miss Candice, an unsettling character who steps out of an algorithm, in Morning, Noon, and Night. Credit: Abboye Lawrence
Ticket information for Morning, Noon, and Night
The first preview of Morning, Noon, and Night on Friday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. is Pay-What-You-Can. Previews continue Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m., and Wednesday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. Press opening is Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run through March 28: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. No show Friday, February 20. There’s an added 3 p.m. matinee on closing day, Saturday, March 28. Run time is 95 minutes with no intermission
For tickets and information, visit sgtheatre.org, call the Theater Wit box office, (773) 975-8150, or purchase in person at Theater Wit. Take advantage of early-bird discounts. Otherwise, previews are $25. Performances are $20-$60 ($20 for students, veterans, active military, teachers, and under 30; $40 general admission; $60 for those who want to support accessible theater). For group discounts, email groupsales@shatteredglobe.org or call (773) 770-0333.
Access Services
Audio Description and a Touch Tour for patrons who are blind or have low vision will be offered on Friday, March 20. The Touch Tour begins at 6:15 p.m. Show at 7:30 p.m.
Shattered Globe will offer a captioned performance on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. for patrons with hearing loss. Assisted Listening Devices are available for all performances.
Theater Wit is wheelchair accessible. All patrons with disability needs are invited to purchase $20 access tickets with the code “ACCESS20” at Theater Wit’s checkout page. Please email boxoffice@theaterwit.org to ensure the theater can reserve the right seat for your needs.
Leslie Ann Sheppard as the enigmatic Miss Candice in Morning, Noon, and Night.
Credit: Abboye Lawrence
Morning, Noon, and Night: Meet the playwright and director
Kirsten Greenidge’s (playwright) work presents African American experiences on stage by examining the nexus of race, class, and gender. Greenidge is currently a Playwright in Residence at Company One Theatre in Boston, where she helps run the playwriting program, PlayLab. She is the author of Baltimore, a commission from the Big Ten Consortium at the University of Iowa, which toured to the National Black Theatre Conference; Bud Not Buddy, an adaptation of the children’s novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, with music by Terence Blanchard, produced at Metro Stage Company in St. Louis; The Luck of the Irish (Huntington Theatre Company; LTC3); and Milk Like Sugar (La Jolla Playhouse; Women’s Theatre Project; Playwright’s Horizons), which was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award and received an Independent Reviewers of New England Award, San Diego Critics Award, and an OBIE Award. She is a 2016 winner of the Roe Green Award for new plays from Cleveland Playhouse for Little Row Boat; Or, Conjecture, a play about Sally Hemings, James Hemings, and Thomas Jefferson, commissioned by Yale Rep. Her play As Far As a Century’s Reach toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, after being part of the Royal Exchange’s B!RTH Project. She is a proud author of Audacity, part of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s EVERY 28 HOUR PLAYS, and she’s enjoyed development experiences at Family Residency at the Space at Ryder Farm, the Huntington’s Summer Play Festival, Cleveland Playhouse (as the 2016 Roe Green New Play Award recipient), The Goodman, Denver Center Theatre’s New Play Summit, Sundance, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Sundance at Ucross, and the O’Neill. Greenidge is currently working on commissions from Company One, La Jolla Playhouse, OSF’s American Revolutions Project, The Goodman, and Playwrights Horizons. She is an alum of New Dramatists, and has proudly graced the Kilroys list of New Plays by women and women identified playwrights several years running. Her play Familiar, a winner of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival New Play Award, was presented by Harvard’s A.R.T. Institute this winter. She is an alum of Wesleyan University, and the Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa. She oversees the Playwriting Program at the School of Theatre at Boston University. kirstengreenidgeplaywright.com
Amber Montgomery (director, she/her) is the Associate Artistic Director of Shattered Globe Theatre. Her Chicago directing and associate/assistant directing credits include JUMP, Rasheeda Speaking and Sheepdog (Shattered Globe Theatre), School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Goodman Theatre), Lindiwe (Steppenwolf Theatre), Too Heavy for Your Pocket (TimeLine Theatre), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Writers Theatre), Measure for Measure (American Players Theatre), First Love is the Revolution (Steep Theatre), The Snow Queen (The House Theatre of Chicago), Countess Dracula (Otherworld Theatre) and REVLOT (Story Theatre New Play Festival). Montgomery was awarded a Directing Fellowship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Department of Education/SYA. She has also trained at Shakespeare’s Globe in London and LISPA (now Arthaus Berlin). She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program and an MA from Central Saint Martins in London.
Coming in April: Shattered Globe’s premieres Midwest masculinity fantasia Eelpout!
Shattered Globe's 35th anniversary season finale is the World Premiere of Eelpout! by Paul W. Kruse (left), directed by Jeremy Ohringer, April 17-May 30
In April, Shattered Globe casts its rod with the World Premiere of Eelpout! by Paul W. Kruse, directed by Jeremy Ohringer. Meet Sven Svensen and Ole Olsen, best buds since kindergarten. But all that changes on the morning of Ole’s ice-fishing bachelor party on a frozen lake in rural Minnesota. Could they be something more than friends? Or is Sven destined for something even more wild and strange? Kruse’s hilarious new fantasia on Midwestern masculinity invites us to consider the limits of Queerness. Dream ballet included. Previews start April 17. Press opening is Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run through May 30.
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About Shattered Globe Theatre
Shattered Globe Theatre seeks to redefine what it means to be an ensemble theatre, discover new connections between story, artist and audience, and explore drama from bold, challenging perspectives.
Shattered Globe Theatre was born in a storefront space on Halsted Street in 1991. Since then, SGT has produced more than 80 plays, including nine American and world premieres, and garnered an impressive 53 Jeff Awards and 132 Jeff Award nominations, as well as the acclaim of critics and audiences alike. Guided by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner, Shattered Globe’s values are rooted in a commitment to racial equity, respect for all artists and support for the ensemble, while creating new opportunities to amplify traditionally marginalized voices and collaborate in all aspects of its work. Through initiatives such as the Protégé Program, Shattered Globe creates a space which allows emerging artists to grow and share in the ensemble experience.
Shattered Globe Theatre’s Ensemble has 29 members: Judy Anderson, Louis Contey, David Dastmalchian, Demetra Dee, Joe Forbrich, Christina Gorman, Daria Harper, Tina M. Jach, Rebecca Jordan, Steve Kleinedler, Vivian Knouse, AmBer Montgomery, Tina Muñoz Pandya, Eileen Niccolai, Jazzma Pryor, Deanna Reed-Foster, Linda Reiter, Nate Santana, Drew Schad, Adam Schulmerich, Leslie Ann Sheppard, Sandy Shinner, Joe Sikora, Shelley Strasser, Devonte E. Washington, Sarah Jo White, Joseph Wiens and Brad Woodard.
SGT’s Artistic Associates now number 20 including Daniela Colucci, Mikey Gray, Lawrence Grimm, Darren Jones, Christopher Kriz, Jason Lynch, Elizabeth Margolius, Kelsey Melvin, Tim Newell, Winter Olamina, Jane Nix, Aila Peck, Steve Peebles, David Antonio Reed, Jasmine Cheri Rush, Angie Shriner, Abbey Smith, Becca Smith, Michael Trudeau and Ayanna Wimberley.
SGT is supported by generous grants from the Shulman- Rochambeau Charitable Foundation, Brenda and James Grusecki, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Carol P. Eastin, The Shubert Foundation, Judith and David Sensibar, Illinois Arts Council, The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and Barbara and Randy Thomas.
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