Post-show talkbalk with playwright Philip Dawkins

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Fri, Apr 24, 2026 - 9:30pm PDT

45 minutes
Performing Arts Center 199 - DUG Theater

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Join us after the Friday, April 24 performance of "Failure: A Love Story" for a talkback with playwright Philip Dawkins.

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Philip Dawkins is a Chicago playwright and educator. His plays include Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens Theater), Le Switch (About Face Theatre, The Jungle), The Homosexuals (About Face Theater),and Dr.Seuss’s The Sneetches, the Musical with composer David Mallamud (Children’s Theater Company, Minneapolis), as well as many plays for young audiences and performers. He received the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work for his plays Charm (Northlight Theatre, MCC Theatre Company) and Miss Marx: Or The Involuntary Side Effect of Living (Strawdog Theatre), as well as the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Solo Performance for his play,The Happiest Place on Earth (Side Show Theatre/Greenhouse Theater Center).

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