Nightlight Young Audiences Series
Nightlight is Ghostlight’s young audiences series with original, adapted and forgotten plays geared toward children and the adults who love them. Ghostlight believes theatre can be a beacon for children, letting them know they aren’t alone in the world, giving them a sense of security and revealing the truth that in stories they can be anything they want to be. You’re never too young – or too old – for a nightlight.
2023
Make/Believe: A Festival for Young Audiences
Ghostlight presents the fourth installment of its popular Make/Believe play festival for young audience in 2023. The five short plays by playwrights from Chicago and beyond feature an ant who wishes to explore the world beyond her family’s territory, a grandmother and granddaughter superhero duo, the best slide in the world, a supportive tennis racket and a helpful house spirit.
2022
Make/Believe: A Festival for Young Audiences
Ghostlight’s third annual Make/Believe festival moves outside in 2022 with a mix of new and previously performed plays from past festivals, written by both local and national playwrights for audiences of all ages. You’re never too young or old to make believe!
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2021
Make/Believe: A Festival for Young Audiences
Ghostlight presents the second annual Make/Believe — a curated festival of six short plays by playwrights from around the country that features culturally diverse stories that better represent the world in which the children of today live. The performances will be presented virtually.
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2020
Make/Believe: A Festival for Young Audiences
Ghostlight expands its Nightlight young audiences series with a curated festival of short plays by playwrights from around the country. The plays, geared towards children 12 and under, will all have one unifying feature – strong female characters. Learn More.
2019
The Selfish Giant
Based on Oscar Wilde's short story of the same name, The Selfish Giant is a story that illustrates the perils of isolation and the negative consequences of selfishness but it also teaches u that it is never to late for redemption and for love. Learn More.
2018
the Princess without pots
Once upon a time there lived an enchanting princess named Sweet Pea…well, really her name was Cristina, but no one ever called her that… Anyway, all the princes from all the lands came hoping to marry her, but to win this princess’s heart, a prince first needed to win a battle against the fiercest warrior the age had ever seen – Princess Sweet Pea. The Princess Without Pots shows us a world in which fighting like a girl is something everyone aspires to do. Learn More.