The Ostrich
by Wendy A. Schmidt
directed by Eileen Tull
May 2-17, 2025
Berger Park Cultural Center North Mansion
6205 N. Sheridan • Chicago, IL 60660 • (773) 761-0376
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Brothers, have arrived in present-day Ostrich, Indiana, to build an airstrip. The people are overjoyed! Can technological progress finally get Ostrich off the ground?
featuring
Jorge Salas, Shellie Disalvo, Ellen Adalaide, and Jonathan Crabtree
with Pete Wood and Donaldson Cardenas as Orville and Wilbur Wright
Join us for this site-specific, immersive production inside the historic North Mansion at Berger Park, where the rooms of the first floor will be transformed into a tacky bed and breakfast called The Ostrich Feather, and other auspicious locales.
All performance times are 7pm. Preview is Thursday, May 1. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with one industry performance on Monday, May 12.
Seating is extremely limited. Tickets are not on sale yet but you can reserve a spot and we’ll connect you when they are! Cost will be $10 or less.
Stage Management: Sallie Anne Young
Props and Set Decoration: Mary Aurora Moore
Costumes: Annie Amann
Assistant Director: Daniel “Taz” Stahlnecker
Producer: Wendy Schmidt
Producer: Eileen Tull
co-produced by
The Terror Cottas
Chicago Park District
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