It's "snatching season" and cousins Pickle, Big Man, and Suga are right to be feeling unsettled. OAK bursts onto the stage this season as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, haunting and thrilling audiences caught in the grip of the shadows lurking beneath the water's surface. A perfect thriller for Spooky Szn, Guest's razor-sharp dialogue and poetic storytelling fuse eerie horror with raw emotional truth, creating a performance that is as intimate as it is electrifying. Directed by Dawn Meredith Simmons, OAK is not just a play — it’s an urgent, unforgettable theatrical journey that will leave you breathless and thinking long after the curtain falls.
The Acting Company
Terry Guest
Terry Guest is an award winning playwright, actor,director and producer. His play The Magnolia Ballet had its National New Play Network (NNPN) rolling world premiere in 2022 and has since gone on to win two Jeff Awards, the NNPN Best New American Play Award, and was featured on NPR. Terry went on to direct his play Marie Antionette and the Magical Negros at the Story theater which won three Jeff Awards (including Best Director and Best New Play for Terry). Other plays include: Milo Imagines the World, At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, OAK (2024 NNPN Rolling World Premiere), Nightbirds (Goodman New Stages Residency 2024), Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play, and A Ghost in Satin (Williamstown Theatre Festival). As an actor Terry has worked at regional theaters including Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Alliance Theatre, About Face Theatre and Actors Express. He is a Governing Ensemble member at The Story Theatre, a Hermitage Fellow and a teaching artist at Jackalope, Writers Theatre and Chicago Children’s Theatre.
