Everybody's Got a Story is based on the true story of the bloody night the internationally-acclaimed, local storytelling-series The Windy City Story Slam was created. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh praises the play for its "crackling dialogue".

Bill Hillmann is a writer and storyteller from Chicago. His award-winning audio essays have been broadcast internationally. Hillmann is an aspiring novelist and playwright; a former Chicago Golden Gloves Champion, a Union Construction Laborer and an expert bull-runner in Pamplona. Hillmann created the internationally acclaimed storytelling series the Windy City Story Slam.

Tom Mula has been a Chicago actor, director, and playwright for more than 30 years. His plays W!, The Golem, and his work on Nicole Hollander's Sylvia's Real Good Advice were all recognized by the Joseph Jefferson Committee. He is the proud author of Almighty Bob. His novel Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol was published in 1995 and was a Chicago Tribune bestseller. The audio version was broadcast nationwide on NPR for six seasons; the play received the Cunningham Prize from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul.

Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 312-742-8497.

Three full-length plays will be presented on April 19-21. 7:30pm

Everybody's Got a Story

Dorothy Mae Walker receives an unexpected visit from an elderly stranger on her 68th birthday. The stranger reveals himself as the source of a painful incident in her past. His presence forces Dorothy to face old demons in the midst of a festering family crisis.

Michael Allen Harris received his B.F.A in acting from Columbia College Chicago in 2011. As an actor he has worked with such Chicago theatre companies as Teatro Vista, Gift, Village Players, and Cold Basement. His play, Rocky Road, will be produced as a main stage production for Columbia College's 2012/2013 season.

Geoffrey Jackson Scott is the Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens Theater, holds a BA in Theatre with a Concentration in Directing from Columbia College Chicago and an MA in Media Studies with a dual concentration in Technology and Society and Visual Culture and Cultural Studies from New York University.

Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 312-742-8497.

Three full-length plays will be presented on April 19-21. 7:30pm

Rocky Road

A family's broken world is rocked by the return of their adult daughter Meg, who has been missing for 10 years. As Meg attempts to crawl back in through the cracks in the facade, each family member must confront their own yearning to escape and discover if their world can be made whole again.

Skye Robinson Hillis is a Columbia graduate with a B.A. in Theatre Directing. Her credits there include Emma's Child, Central Park West, and Celestial Bodies (dramaturg). She has worked on numerous shows at both the Piven Theatre and A Red Orchid Theatre, and is proud to work for the League of Chicago Theatres. Upcoming shows include The Butcher of Baraboo at AROT (dir. Shade Murray) and Creditors at Remy Bumppo (dir. Kimberly Senior). 

Stephanie Shaw has been a theatre critic for the Chicago Reader, a long time Neo-Futurist, a founding member of the solo performance ensemble BoyGirlBoyGirl and a writer of bloody theatrical thrillers. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Columbia College Theatre Department.

Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 312-742-8497.

Three full-length plays will be presented on April 19-21. 7:30pm

The Runaway Gene

Transfer Initiatives College Assembly @ Columbia College Chicago

Presented by Keri Walters & Sherry Anton

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