The Targeted

Written by Hanna Kime
Directed by Grace Dolezal-Ng
Featuring Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Lawrence Grimm, Sadieh Rifai, & Natalie West

Performance Dates: April 23 – May 31, 2026
Preview Performances: April 23 – May 2, 2026
Press Performances: May 2, 2026
Regular Run Performances: May 3 – 31, 2026

World Premiere!

Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. They call themselves Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state, bring awareness to their plight, and despite their suffering, stay human.

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WRITTEN BY
Hanna Kime

DIRECTED BY
Grace Dolezal-Ng

FEATURING
Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Lawrence Grimm, Sadieh Rifai, & Natalie West

PERFORMANCE RUN
April 23 – May 31, 2026

World Premiere!

Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. They call themselves Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state, bring awareness to their plight, and despite their suffering, stay human.

About the Artists:

Hanna Kime (she/her) is a Jeff-Nominated Chicago-based playwright and screenwriter originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Her full-length work has been presented or developed with theatres such as the Goodman, Berkeley Rep, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, A Red Orchid, Steep, Jackalope, [producing body], Bramble, the New Coordinates, UP, Broken Nose, Sideshow, where she was an ensemble member, and First Floor, where she previously served as Literary Manager. Most recently, her play DOGS had its world premiere at Red Theater. Before that, her play THE BEST DAMN THING served as the first fully produced play at The Understudy: Coffee and Books. Kime is a two-time O’Neill Finalist, was the winner of OKC Rep’s New Voices Contest, and has been named a semifinalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Ashland New Play Festival, and Premiere Stages Play Festival. She holds degrees from the University of Chicago in English and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is represented by UTA and managed by Curate. 

Grace Dolezal-Ng (she/her) is a Chicago-based director passionate about building empathy and generating empowerment through visceral storytelling. DIRECTOR: Baked! (Theo), The Best Damn Thing (The Understudy), Radial Gradient (Shattered Globe), Despierta! (Lime Arts), Death for Sydney Black (Independent). ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: It Came From Outer Space (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Athena (Writers Theatre), Roe (Goodman Theatre). The Great Leap (Asolo Repertory Theatre). By day, Grace is Casting Coordinator at Goodman Theatre. www.gracedn.com 

Season Sponsor

Heidi Hoblit Graham

Production Sponsor

Barbara & Randy Thomas

Developmental Sponsor

Andrea Mitchel