About this Event
Saturday, May 23, 2026 | 11:00-1:00pm
Produced with Ways and Means Theatre Company
We’re thrilled to highlight this 10 year anniversary reading of a play written by one of About Face Theatre’s treasured Artistic Associates, the prolific Philip Dawkins. Our original production was directed by Stephen Brackett at Theater Wit and Le Switch was a big hit because of the many ways it captured the moment in the movement for marriage equality. That 2016 production came to life in partnership with Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis who also produced the play that same year. We’re excited to hear it again, to trace our community’s evolution over the past 10 years, and to experience the story through the vision of our friends at Ways and Means Theatre.
About Le Switch
Marriage equality finally reaches the U.S. and commitment-shy David finds himself unsure how to react to the nation’s honeymoon phase. Nervous in the face of “wedding fever,” he retreats to his home full of unopened books and his grieving activist roommate. When his best friend’s bachelor party takes him to Montreal, he’s unexpectedly swept off his feet by a beautiful young florist. In the months that follow, David and his non-traditional family must decide for themselves what it really means to be committed, what it means to be married and what it means to be queer.
About Ways and Means Theatre
Ways and Means Theatre exists to produce courageous, language-rich theatre that interrogates the human condition with both intellectual fearlessness and deep emotional truth. As an ensemble-driven company rooted in Chicago, we bring together artists and audiences to engage with the great dramatic literature of the past and the vital new works of today — sparking the conversations that move our community forward.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Goodman Theatre, 170 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, United States
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