Discount codes for Chain Winter One-Act Festival

Short Version

Go see as many shows as you can at The Chain Winter One-Act Festival and especially our, HONOR. They all have discount codes that are available at the bottom of this page; our discount code is unsurprisingly ‘HONOR..

Longer But Much More Enlightening Version

At Knowledge Workings Theater, our motto since founding in 2018 has been #maketheaterlive and depending upon your stress of that ‘i’ in “live” the meaning of our catchphrase shifts. To make theater continue to thrive, the actors, playwright, directors, lighting, sound, set, costume, makeup folks, and the producers must engage audiences who after all complete the puzzle of every performance. But first we must persuade the audience to show up, which as Marshall Brickman learned is 80% of success after all. This is not a new problem as some journalists would contend lately; indeed the first documented use of the phrase ‘a run’ in the English language to describe “The (length of) time during which a theatrical performance continues on stage” was in 1699 by dramatist and critic Charles Gildon as part of a complaint about English audiences NOT showing up:

“In Paris almost e’ry one goes to the Theatre, here not the tenth part, for..the Governours of the House were unwilling to wear it out, and so balk’d the Run of it.”

C. Gildon in G. Langbaine, Lives English Dramatic Poets (revised edition) 144

Many writers have referred to theatre more recently as ‘The Fabulous Invalid‘, which ironically originated as the title of a 1938 play by genius playwrights Kaufman and Hart that audiences didn’t frequent enough to get the production beyond 65 performances and middling reviews. It’s never been revived.

And yet theatre persists with the attitude of one of Beckett’s characters: “I must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on” And it will go on quite marvelously and prolifically starting this Friday February 9th in the Chain Theater Winter One-Act Festival. Our work, HONOR, is in Program #1, an Equity Showcase, premiering on February 16th at 8:30 PM and then continuing our brief ‘run‘ on the 21st at 6:30 PM and the 24th at 5PM. But we want everyone to know about the opportunity to see other plays such as our dear friend and colleague, Lucy McMichael, in Doc Burns and Mrs. Teter And we want everyone to get the discount available by using the correct ode for each play they wish to attend.

So… below you will find the complete list courtesy of Christina Elise Perry who always helps to #maketheaterlive