Authors, Playwrites to Speak at Ennui Cafe

Ennui Cafe is a bright, comfortable room located at W. Lunt and N. Sheridan in Rogers Park, Chicago just one block west of Lake Michigan. The food and coffee are excellent; I recommend owner Ted's mother's home made Greek pastries and chili. But the room is also great for the entertainment and symposia that are presented with no cover charge.

Local musicians and comedians perform. Slide shows about ancient architecture are shown with expert commentary by the presenter. And there is the Ennui Café Symposia Series, a semi-regular event put on by regular patrons Erik and Lisa.

The next symposium will be on Thursday, April 26 and will feature presentations by local authors and playwrites Nicholas Patricca and Anne McGravie. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Seating is very limited so get there early and enjoy some coffee, one of the great teas and some pastry.

The release below describes the event in detail.

Ennui Cafe, 6981 N. Sheridan Road (at Lunt) Chicago, 60626
Thursday, 26 April, 7:30PM
Tel: 773-973-2233

Nicholas Patricca is Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Loyola University, Playwright in Residence at Victory Gardens & Artistic Associate at Bailiwick Repertory. He has been active in our local theatre movement since the mid-seventies. Nineteen of his plays have been professionally produced. Eleven have been published. He was a founding member & artistic director of Chicago New Plays Festival Theatre Company & is a founding member of the Chicago Alliance for Playwrights. In May of 2006, he received the Oscar Wilde Award for Outstanding Achievement in New Work for the Theatre in Dublin & in August of 2006, he received an Onassis Distinction Prize for “The Defiant Muse.”

Anne McGravie is a produced, published, prize-winning playwright. She has received two playwriting fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council & three of their travel grants. She taught playwriting in the Theatre Department of Loyola University. Her published plays include “Bags,” “The Hiroshima Project” & “Wrens.” She is the recipient of a Jeff Award for the latter & a Late Night Award.