Incubator Series
Experiments with New Artists & New Ideas
About the Incubator
The Incubator at A Red Orchid Theatre was created to get to know emerging talent, encourage dreaming, and foster exploration in Chicago’s theatre community. Leading with curiosity, it provides artists with the space, stage, and time to incubate new work, new artistic relationships, and new artistic forms. A Red Orchid’s ensemble maintains the conviction that live theatre is the greatest sustenance for the human spirit, and that passionately committed artists will draw passionately committed audiences. The Incubator is an active manifestation of that conviction and of A Red Orchid’s mission to cultivate new audiences for the modern stage.
Have an idea and want to work with us? Email our Artistic Director, Kirsten Fitzgerald, for more information.
Upcoming Incubator Projects
At the start of a typical day in the Northeast Office, Beverly deals effortlessly with ringing phones and her colleague’s romantic troubles. But the appearance of a charming rep from the Central Office disrupts the friendly routine. And as the true nature of the company’s business becomes apparent, The Receptionist raises disquieting, provocative questions about the consequences of complicity with evil.
About the Director: Kyle Stoffers (he/him) is a director of theatre based in Chicago. His A Red Orchid Theatre credits include Traitor and The Mutilated (Assistant Director), Pilgrim’s Progress and Red Handed Otter (Assistant Stage Manager), and for with A Red Orchid’s Incubator Series with The Receptionist, Tom & Eliza *postponed indefinitely due to COVID, and Puget Sound (Director), The Silence That Follows and Where’s the Rest of Me (Assistant Director), Celebration (Assistant Director & Stage Manager), and All Us Good Guys (Stage Manager). He has also worked on casting for nearly every production at A Red Orchid since 2016. Other Chicago Credits include: With or Without Wings (Director, Steppenwolf Look Out); Alias Grace (Assistant Director, Rivendell Theatre); The Sweeter Option (Assistant Stage Manager, Strawdog Theatre); and A Scent of Flowers (Assistant Stage Manager, BackStage Theatre). Kyle received his BA in Theatre Directing from Ball State University and currently serves as the Casting & Administrative Associate at A Red Orchid Theatre. For more, visit kylestoffers.com.