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A podcast dedicated to all things theater and family in Deerfield, IL. Learn more about this year’s show at https://www.deerfieldtheater.com. Buy tickets here: https://deerfieldtheater.ludus.com/. deerfieldtheater.substack.com
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Thoughtful, in-depth conversations with authors of all genres and other notable people from Chicagoland and around the world. A monthly program from the Deerfield Public Library in Deerfield, IL, hosted by Dylan Zavagno. Our archives include episodes from the Library's John Cotton Dana Award-winning series, The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection; our Pride Month series, Queer Poem-a-Day; and our local history audio tours.
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Matt Canon is a long-time member of the Deerfield Family Theatre (DFT) community. He first performed with DFT in 2008 and has since taken on various roles, including acting, stage managing, and now directing. Matt is excited to be directing DFT’s upcoming production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which opens on November 15, 2024. He explai…
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In this episode, 10-year-old Brielle Horwitch discusses her upcoming role as Charlie in Deerfield Family Theater’s production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Despite her young age, Brielle brings considerable stage experience to the role, having performed in around 20 shows including Les Misérables (as Young Cosette and Young Eponine), The So…
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Danny Mulae is an actor with a history at Deerfield Family Theatre (DFT). He played Charlie Bucket in DFT's production of Willy Wonka 15 years ago, and now he is taking on the role of Mike Teavee in their current production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Danny shares his journey into acting, starting with community theater productions as a t…
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Richard Powers talks about his new novel Playground (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024). Playground gives us a masterful braided narrative of lives devoted to oceanography, computer programming, art, and literature, taking us from French Polynesia to right here in Illinois. Powers is the author of fourteen acclaimed novels, including Orfeo (2014), The Overs…
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In this episode of the Deerfield Theater Podcast, Dylan Zavagno from the Deerfield Public Library returns as a guest. Dylan, the adult services coordinator at the library since 2017, discusses his role in hosting the Deerfield Public Library podcast and running various programs, including the Queer-Poem-A-Day series and the classics book discussion…
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Lois Baer Barr—a poet and fiction writer living just next door to us in Riverwoods, IL—on her new novel The Tailor’s Daughter (Water’s Edge Press, 2023). The Tailor’s Daughter uses Barr’s familial memories and prodigious research to explore the life of a Jewish immigrant family making their lives in Louisville, KY in the interwar years. Encompassin…
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Deerfield Family Theater is excited to announce auditions for our November 2024 production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Auditions are open to adults, teens and children (entering 4th grade and up). They will be held at Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewett Park Dr., Deerfield, on Monday, August 19th and August 21st from 6-…
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Check out the Patty Turner Center at 375 Elm St, Deerfield, IL 60015 Deerfield Theater for Young Audiences Presents: Me…Jane! Inspired by the beloved children's book by Patrick McDonnell, this heartwarming musical tells the inspiring true story of young Jane Goodall and her adventures in the jungles of Africa. Me...Jane is a celebration of curiosit…
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Deerfield Theater for Young Audiences Presents: Me…Jane! Inspired by the beloved children's book by Patrick McDonnell, this heartwarming musical tells the inspiring true story of young Jane Goodall and her adventures in the jungles of Africa. Me...Jane is a celebration of curiosity, friendship, and the power of dreaming big. It's a story that will …
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Deerfield Theater for Young Audiences Presents: Me…Jane! Inspired by the beloved children's book by Patrick McDonnell, this heartwarming musical tells the inspiring true story of young Jane Goodall and her adventures in the jungles of Africa. Me...Jane is a celebration of curiosity, friendship, and the power of dreaming big. It's a story that will …
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Day 20: Mary Jo Bang reads her poem “Mary Jo in the Time of Sappho.” We are honored to be the original publication of this poem. Mary Jo Bang is the author of nine books of poems—including A Film in Which I Play Everyone, which was nominated for a Lammy Award, A Doll for Throwing, and Elegy, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Sh…
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Day 19: Armen Davoudian reads his poem “Saffron,” from his new collection The Palace of Forty Pillars, also published in The Atlantic (2024). Armen Davoudian is the author of the poetry collection THE PALACE OF FORTY PILLARS (Tin House) and the translator, from Persian, of HOPSCOTCH by Fatemeh Shams (Ugly Duckling Presse). He grew up in Isfahan, Ir…
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Day 18: Esther Lin reads her poem "Praise the Scaffold in Rouen Cathedral.” We are honored to be the first publication of this poem. Esther Lin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant for 21 years. Her forthcoming book _Cold Thief Place_ is the winner of the 2023 Alice James Award. She has bee…
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Day 17: Sebastian Merrill reads his poem “To My Ghost :: Float” from his book GHOST :: SEEDS (Texas Review Press, 2022). Sebastian Merrill’s debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS was selected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, published by Texas Review Press in November 2023. A winner of the 2024 Stonewall Honor Book - B…
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Day 16: Matthew Gellman reads his poem “Beforelight,” originally published in Passages North, 2018. Matthew Gellman is the author of a chapbook, Night Logic, which was selected by Denise Duhamel as the winner of Tupelo Press' 2021 Snowbound Chapbook Award. His first book, Beforelight, was selected by Tina Chang as the winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. P…
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Day 15: Cindy Juyoung Ok reads her poem “Claim.” They originally published the poem in Conjunctions Issue 75 (Fall 2020). Cindy Juyoung Ok is the author of Ward Toward from the Yale Series of Younger Poets and an assistant English professor at the University of California Davis. Text of today’s poem and more details about our program can be found a…
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Day 14: Yinlin Zhao reads its poem “The Mpreg Poem.” We are honored to be the poem’s first publication. Yinlin Zhao (he/it/go for it, truly) is a writer/student out on the East Coast and on the world wide web. All the stuff it makes is probably about robots, bugs, or a secret third thing. His work has been published in warning lines literary, Homin…
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Day 13: Séamus Isaac Fey reads his poem “Edwin says I deserve to be loved with precision” which appears in their new collection decompose (Not a Cult Media, 2024). Séamus Isaac Fey (he/they) is a Trans writer living in LA. Currently, he is the poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine, and co creative director at Rock Pocket Productions. His debut poetry …
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Day 12: Fatimah Asghar reads their poem “The Ocean is Trynna Fuck,” originally published in the American Poetry Review, 2023. Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes. They have been featured in various outlets such as TIME, NPR, Teen Vogue and the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. They are the author of If They Come For Us a…
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Day 11: Joshua Garcia reads “Epistle (Deluge)” which first appeared in New South and appears in his new collection Pentimento. Joshua Garcia is the author of Pentimento (Black Lawrence Press 2024). His poetry has appeared in Ecotone, The Georgia Review, Passages North, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from the College of Charleston and …
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Day 10: p. hodges adams reads their poem “pêche d'enfer,” originally published in the New Orleans Review, 2022. p. hodges adams is a michigander poet who received their MFA in creative writing from the university of virginia, where they currently teach as a lecturer. their work can be found in cutbank, fourteen poems, december magazine, and elsewhe…
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Day 9: Jimin Seo reads his poem “Richard Wakes Up in The Middle of The Night” forthcoming from his book OSSIA (Changes, 2024). Jimin Seo was born in Seoul, and immigrated to the US to join his family at the age of eight. He is the author of OSSIA, a winner of The Changes Book Prize. His poems can be found in Action Fokus, The Canary, annulet, Pleia…
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Day 8: Amelia Ada reads an excerpt from her collection Hard and Glad, forthcoming from DOPAMINE/Semiotext(e) May 2026. Amelia Ada is a trans poet and essayist, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. Her writing has appeared widely in journals, and she is the co-creator …
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Day 7: Mark Wunderlich reads his poem “No Horse.” We are honored to be the first publisher of this poem. Mark Wunderlich is the author of four collections of poems, the most recent of which is God of Nothingness published by Graywolf Press. His other collections include The Earth Avails, winner of the Rilke Prize, Voluntary Servitude, and The Ancho…
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Day 6: Angel Nafis reads her poem “Why R&B First Thing in the Morning, Why R&B Above All,” originally published on The Rumpus in 2015. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Angel Nafis is a writer and the author of BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press/ New School Poetics, 2012). She earned her BA at Hunter College and her MFA i…
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Day 5: Gabrielle Bates reads her poem “Intro to Theater,” which appears in her collection Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) [and an an earlier version of it appeared in Ploughshares]. Gabrielle Bates is the author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023), named Electric Lit's top poetry book of the year and an NPR Best Book of 2023. Originally from Birmingham, A…
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Day 4: Richard Siken reads his new poem Cover Story, originally published in Pithead Chapel, which will appear in his forthcoming book I Do Know Some Things (Copper Canyon Press, 2025). Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück, a Lambda Literary Award, …
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Day 3: Leslie Sainz reads her poem “At the Center of the Story & Utterly Left Out”, originally published in The Common (2023). Leslie Sainz is the author of Have You Been Long Enough at Table (Tin House, 2023), a finalist for the 2024 Audre Lorde Award. The daughter of Cuban exiles, her work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day…
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Day 2: Eduardo C. Corral read the title poem of his 2020 collection Guillotine (Graywolf Press). Eduardo C. Corral is the son of Mexican immigrants. He’s the author of Guillotine, published by Graywolf Press, and Slow Lightning, which won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. He’s the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan Foun…
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Day 1: jason b. crawford reads their poem “Untitled 1975-86.” We are honored to be the first publication of this poem. jason b. crawford is a writer born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut Full-Length Year of the Unicorn Kidz is out from Sundress Publications. They are a 2023 Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices fellow. Their sec…
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Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fourth year, we are sharing a poem each weekday in June on our podcast and on our website. Enjoy this audio trailer featuring a collage of some of our voices for 2024. Get episodes of poets read…
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We are thrilled to announce auditions for our upcoming Theater for Young Audiences production, Me...Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall! Inspired by the beloved children's book by Patrick McDonnell, this heartwarming musical tells the inspiring true story of young Jane Goodall and her adventures in the jungles of Africa. We are se…
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Theater D Presents, Noises Off! Theater D Info: https://theaterd.com/ DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 4/12 at 7:30pm Saturday, 4/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 4/14 at 2:00pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis…
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Theater D Presents, Noises Off! Theater D Info: https://theaterd.com/ DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 4/5 & 4/12 at 7:30pm Saturday, 4/6 & 4/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 4/7 & 4/14 at 2:00pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b…
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Theater D Presents, Noises Off! Theater D Info: https://theaterd.com/ DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 4/5 & 4/12 at 7:30pm Saturday, 4/6 & 4/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 4/7 & 4/14 at 2:00pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b…
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Marina Shifrin, writer of Pickled Herring, and Bryan Simpson and Taylor Simpson, creators of Creating Things. This conversation was recorded as part of a special live podcast and film screening event we held last month at the Library. The filmmakers—who grew up here in Deerfield—all traveled home to share their films and an illuminating panel discu…
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Theater D Presents, Noises Off! Theater D Info: https://theaterd.com/ DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 4/5 & 4/12 at 7:30pm Saturday, 4/6 & 4/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 4/7 & 4/14 at 2:00pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b…
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Theater D Presents, Noises Off! Theater D Info: https://theaterd.com/ DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 4/5 & 4/12 at 7:30pm Saturday, 4/6 & 4/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 4/7 & 4/14 at 2:00pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b…
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The Best That You Can Do (Soft Skull Press, 2024) by our guest Amina Gautier, one of the most prolific and acclaimed short story writers working today. She lives in Chicago. The Best That You Can Do is a beautiful and wide-ranging collection, made up of what Gautier calls “very short fiction”—most of the 58 stories span only a few pages. This disti…
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DFT Presents, Disney's Beauty and the Beast The Broadway Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 11/10 & 11/17 at 7:30pm Saturday, 11/11 & 11/18 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 11/12 & 11/19 at 1:30pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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A conversation with Dr. Jennifer MacLure, Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University, on the occasion of the publication of her book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction (Ohio State University Press, 2023). (Our conversation is also occasioned by our Library’s Classics Book Discussion current tackling of Bl…
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DFT Presents, Disney's Beauty and the Beast The Broadway Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 11/10 & 11/17 at 7:30pm Saturday, 11/11 & 11/18 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 11/12 & 11/19 at 1:30pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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DFT Presents, Disney's Beauty and the Beast The Broadway Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 11/10 & 11/17 at 7:30pm Saturday, 11/11 & 11/18 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 11/12 & 11/19 at 1:30pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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DFT Presents, Disney's Beauty and the Beast The Broadway Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Performances: Friday, 11/10 & 11/17 at 7:30pm Saturday, 11/11 & 11/18 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm Sunday, 11/12 & 11/19 at 1:30pm Purchase Tickets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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DFT's TYA (Theater for Young Audiences) Presents, Fancy Nancy The Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out April Sigman-Marx. Performances: Thursday, 8/3; 6:00 pm Friday, 8/4; 10:30 am and 6:00 pm Saturday, 8/5; 10:30 am and 2:00 pm Sunday, 8/6; 10:30 am Purchase Tickets: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠ This is a public ep…
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DFT's TYA (Theater for Young Audiences) Presents, Fancy Nancy The Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠⁠ Check out Danny Abosch. Performances: Thursday, 8/3; 6:00 pm Friday, 8/4; 10:30 am and 6:00 pm Saturday, 8/5; 10:30 am and 2:00 pm Sunday, 8/6; 10:30 am Purchase Tickets: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. I…
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DFT's TYA (Theater for Young Audiences) Presents, Fancy Nancy The Musical! DFT Info: ⁠⁠https://deerfieldtheater.com/⁠⁠ Performances: Thursday, 8/3; 6:00 pm Friday, 8/4; 10:30 am and 6:00 pm Saturday, 8/5; 10:30 am and 2:00 pm Sunday, 8/6; 10:30 am Purchase Tickets: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q⁠⁠⁠ Message us: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/dft This is a public e…
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For our final day of Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition, we reveal the unknown lineage story of the composer Robert Savage (whose "AIDS Ward Scherzo" is our excerpted music this year) and and his connection to poet John Ashbery. While preparing the music for this year, our pianist Daniel Baer discovered a 1982 piece by Savage "Chaconne," dedicated to…
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Amanda Gunn reads a poem by Judy Grahn and the poem "Like This" from Amanda's new book Things I Didn't Do With This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Quick Note: for today’s episode, Amanda Gunn chose a long poem by the living poet Judy Grahn as her lineage work—while Judy Grahn is not a “poet of the past” Amanda’s passion about this poem and this …
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Megan Fernandes reads a poem by Federico García Lorca and "Paris Poem Without Clichés" from Megan's just-released book, I Do Everything I'm Told (Tin House, 2023) Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of …
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