Laura Wiley Theater 2009
Remember Me Like This
A theatrical journey about creating your self when trust is betrayed, boundaries are violated, hope is forgotten- and you’re still a child.
Remember Me Like This told the real-life story of a girl who survives rape, abandonment, and street life after immigrating to the United States accompanied only by her brother. Despite the painful subject matter, a gentle spirit permeated the production, thanks to the generous and compassionate hearts of the 22 teens who created and performed the play. The teen ensemble transformed the painful story, shifting the focus from the ugliness of how people can hurt one another to the beauty of how we can care for and love one another.
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Chicago Reporter: “You Haven’t Seen Community Theater Like This Before”
David Feiner met his future wife Laura Wiley at Yale School of Drama. They were drawn together by a shared desire to create meaningful art through community theater.
“We wanted to transcend the boundaries you often find in theater and the arts in general; boundaries between life and art, audiences and artists, boundaries that too often keep us apart like race, ethnicity, religion, class and age,” says Feiner.
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APTP’s God’s Work on Chicago Public Radio
Sixteen year-old Kyra Mae Robinson makes an astonishing transformation to play the mother of 18 children in God’s Work. Kyra and APTP’s artistic director, David Feiner, recently appeared on Chicago Public Radio’s “Afternoon Shift” to talk with host Niala Boodhoo about God’s Work, running at Goodman Theatre from April 4 – 19, 2014. Listen to the story, and enjoy this photos of Kyra off stage and on.
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‘God’s Work,’ Reinvented (Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune)
Three teenage boys leap, roll off each other’s backs and clap hands in the air as they kill unseen bees, tallying up their respective body counts with shouts of glee.
“Caleb! Three bees.”
“Jeremiah! Two bees.”
“Luke. Four bees!”
Their joy is infectious, but with a dark undertone. These actors are rehearsing “God’s Work” — a devised piece originally created and performed by the youth-oriented, multiethnic Albany Park Theater Project in 2006, and now running in a re-imagined version at the Goodman’s Owen Theatre.