Coping with Family in the Chicago Writers’ Bloc Festival
Mental illness, alcoholism, and spiritual healing… Continue reading Coping with Family in the Chicago Writers’ Bloc Festival
Category: Theatre
Barging into Eclectic’s Patchwork Play Fest
Attempted murder, my favorite… Continue reading Barging into Eclectic’s Patchwork Play Fest
Returning to LIVE THEATER with Avalanche
Buttling in Clue: Stay-at-Home Version
I’ll be appearing as Wadsworth the butler in this iconic caper… Continue reading Buttling in Clue: Stay-at-Home Version
Soliloquizing for CenterStage’s Shakespeare Online
What fun to perform in this webisode series in a time of plague… Continue reading Soliloquizing for CenterStage’s Shakespeare Online
Speaking the Speech with Chicago Shakes
Workshopping a Shakespeare monologue with Casting Director Bob Mason… Continue reading Speaking the Speech with Chicago Shakes
Bringing the HEAT to acting via Zoom
Ah, remember The Before Times? Continue reading Bringing the HEAT to acting via Zoom
Losing my mind in Noises Off
I get the joy of yelling at my fellow actors as their temperamental, libidinous, and sarcastic director… Continue reading Losing my mind in Noises Off
Solving mysteries in A Murder Most Novel
Gather around your radio set and stoke your fireplace… Continue reading Solving mysteries in A Murder Most Novel
Making Jackalope debut in Life On Paper
“A great play that a lot of people should see. Guy Wicke is terrific…” – Newcity Continue reading Making Jackalope debut in Life On Paper
Returning to the arciTEXT short play fest
My 5th consecutive appearance in The Arc Theatre’s annual 10-minute play festival… Continue reading Returning to the arciTEXT short play fest
Creeping Around in The Mousetrap
The masterpiece of one of the best-selling mystery writers of all time, Agatha Christie! Continue reading Creeping Around in The Mousetrap
Robbing a bank in Tres Bandidos
Criminality. Violence. Desperation. This new Jeff-Recommended play presented by the Agency Theater Collective is an intense ride, in which I play an alcoholic former Texas sheriff … Continue reading Robbing a bank in Tres Bandidos
Being very manly in The Explorers Club
God, I love to play a blustering scoundrel… Continue reading Being very manly in The Explorers Club
Returning to the arciTEXT short play festival
And it gets weird… Continue reading Returning to the arciTEXT short play festival
Monologuing in Rhinofest
Bleeding, thievery, love, grief, sex, and violence. All the good stuff. Continue reading Monologuing in Rhinofest
Being kidnapped in The Basement Company
A trio of actors wake to find themselves chained up in the basement of a psychopathic playwright… Continue reading Being kidnapped in The Basement Company
Playing the ghost of John Barrymore
Well I did it again. Went and auditioned for some theater. Now I’ll be donning tights to play the ghost of John Barrymore, AMERICA’S GREATEST SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR, in the hilarious comedy I Hate Hamlet! Swordfights! Seductions! Soliloquies! Only 6 performances! (What? I know!) Fri 3/10 at 8pm Sat 3/11 at 8pm Sun 3/12 at 3pm Fri 3/17 at 8pm Sat 3/18 at 8pm Sun 3/19 at 3pm All the action happens at Deerfield’s Patty Turner Center. Get your tickets at TheatreD.com. Continue reading Playing the ghost of John Barrymore
Performing at the Illinois Holocaust Museum
How a “good” man gets caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich… Continue reading Performing at the Illinois Holocaust Museum
Playing Scott Baio in arciTEXT 2017
The truth behind Trump’s presidency, and the intense “special relationship” between these two men… Continue reading Playing Scott Baio in arciTEXT 2017
Defending in Arbuckle’s Rape
Enormous scandal and Arbuckle’s three widely publicized trials are explored… Continue reading Defending in Arbuckle’s Rape
Defending in The Trial of Herschel Green
Who really killed Von Hinter, and why? Continue reading Defending in The Trial of Herschel Green
Appearing in Orientation Day for PARAGON
I play a dad who wants his son to love sports like he does! ACT-TING! Continue reading Appearing in Orientation Day for PARAGON
Being Albert Einstein in Einstein’s Gift
“Wicke’s lovely, understated performance of the great genius [is] memorable…” Continue reading Being Albert Einstein in Einstein’s Gift