Equal Opposite Reaction Theatre is launching its inaugural production this June. As part of the famed RHINO FEST, Eugene O’Reilly’s, Waiting for Ringot will be performed the five Sundays in June (2, 9, 26, 23, 30) at 7:00 pm at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 West Chicago Av. $20 or pay what you can.

Inspired by a prompt from a theatre company in Liverpool Eugene takes the concepts of the legendary existential Irish/French masterpiece and reimagines them with Beatles references and characters.

The Walrus has been waiting in Nowhere Land for decades for the bringer of “Peace and Luv” and is growing impatient. His angry sister, Polythene Pam, his best mate the local constable Sgt. Pepper, and the annoyingly aggressive social beautification representative Loretta Martin are all here to witness the moment.  For the Walrus believes today is the day.

“Today is today and no longer yesterday. And I am as I was. Therefore we must assume it is not tomorrow.”

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The Cast of Waiting for Ringot

Ann James Walrus (she/her) is pleased to be acting with Rhino Fest. She has also worked with Sideshow, Raven, Trap Door, MadKap, Chicago Shakespeare, Jackalope and Goodman theaters, and has narrated How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Peter and the Wolf with the Lakeview Orchestra. James is founding director of Chicspeare, a Chicago-based theater specializing in Shakespeare (www.chicspeare.org). A proud member of SAG, she is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent.

Olivia Wheeler Polythene Pam (she/her) is a Chicago-based actor specializing in cool new theater. (Hence, Ringot!) She was recently in Runaways Lab Theatre's new play festival and is currently in production for an upcoming short film written by Hailee Rose and Olivia Parauda. She runs a biweekly new play group where actors and writers share new plays in an encouraging space.

 Kelsey McGrath Loretta Martin (they/them) is a Chicago-based writer and actor. They’ve acted with Northlight Theatre, Northwestern University, Red Theatre, Steep Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Broken Nose Theatre, and Eclipse Theater Company. They've studied with the School at Steppenwolf, Stella Adler Studio in New York and Black Box ACADEMY. They write and perform regularly with Pour One Out. All love and gratitude to Mama! www.kelseymcgrath.com IG: @kelseylooks

 Eugene O’Reilly Sgt. Pepper/playwright/director/producer/mad person (he/him) Eugene is delighted to be getting his script for Ringot on its feet. So privileged it is with Rhino! He has recently finished his 42nd script for the stage, six of which have been produced. He has been in theatre since age 10, taught it for 23 years, played roughly 100 roles, has directed over eighty productions, and once ran a summer theatre company in LaGrange where he lives with his wife and cat. He is most happy when singing in a quartet with his wife, son and daughter, excellent musicians all. HLY,TPND