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Lucky Breaks is a stage adaptation of selected short stories from Lucky Breaks, written by Yevgenia Belorusets, reimagined by playwright Sara Farrington, directed by Jaclyn Biskup, and devised and performed by our ensemble of five female actors. The stories are often bleakly comic, beginning and ending abruptly, depicting the haunting effects of the 2014 Russian invasion on the lives of civilian women. A woman who runs a flower shop vanishes suddenly and no one asks questions. In another, a woman takes her war-induced rage out on her broken umbrella. In another scene, a woman on a crowded street suddenly decides she can no longer walk and renders herself forever a “living monument.” The absurdist tone and language of each brief story are transformed into a physical score, bending reality to capture the rootless experiences of ordinary women during war and occupation. 

Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets

Translated by Eugene Ostashevsky

Adapted by Jaclyn Biskup & Sara Farrington

Directed by Jaclyn Biskup

Production Stage Manager Sam Kersnick

Scenic Design by Nora Smith Marlow

Costume Design by Kristy Hall

Lighting Design by Jackie Fox

Sound Design by James Worth Bennett

Featuring Hanna Datsko, Monica Goff, Jennifer McClinton,and Kara Jackson*

*these Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CHICAGO: The Mill was founded in 2002 by artistic director, Jaclyn Biskup, as Experimental Theatre Chicago. After the company evolved and broadened its scope, the name was changed to represent its new mission: to produce plays progressive in form and content. Biskup's father worked at US Steel, unaffectionately dubbed The Mill, for over 30 years and the name is an homage to him and her family's south side of Chicago working class roots. It's known for its stylish energetic stagings and bold theatricality.