Kairos runs 90 minutes with no intermission. Seating is general admission. If you need seating accommodations, our box office staff will be happy to assist.

Concessions and drinks from the bar are welcome in the space; however, please no outside food or drinks.

Kairos is a story about running out of time, and about people desperately trying to make more of it. It asks us what we would do to gain a sense of control in the midst of massive and ever-evolving change, and how those choices would impact the people we love the most. With a text as interested in the effects of time on our bodies, identities, and relationships as this one, it felt important to bring audiences along with every step forward. For this production, that means every change in costume, every shifting season, every actor’s breath.

Here in 2025, we know what it feels like to experience a society-shifting bombshell. My hope is that this production is a chance to sit with the fear, trust, grief and vulnerability that have arisen in each of us as a result of these Great Shifts. We cycle through the best we can, and underneath it all is love. 

Thank you for choosing to spend this time with us. 

Love,

Clare

GINA | Tamsen Glaser

DAVID | Johnard Washington

GINA (U/s) | Mindy Shore*

DAVID (U/s) | Thomas Russell

EPILOGUE | Jean Marie Koon & Direoce Junirs

*indicates Red Theater cohort member

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SCENIC | Manuel Ortiz

LIGHTING | James Arakas

SOUND | Jay Black

COSTUME | Haleigh Kent*

PROPS | Evy Burch

INTIMACY | Jamie Macpherson*

POSTER ARTIST | Skyler Simpson

*indicates Red Theater cohort member

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DIRECTOR | Clare Brennan*

PLAYWRIGHT | Lisa Sanaye Dring

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Jessica Love*

STAGE MANAGER | Nole Beran

CHARGE ARTIST | Jeff Sachs

PHOTOGRAPHER | Faith Decker*

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR | Andy Cahoon*

CASTING DIRECTOR | Becca Holloway*

PRODUCTION MANAGER | Wyatt Kent*

COMPANY MANAGER | Mary T. Cahoon*

VIDEO CONTENT PRODUCTION | The Firehouse Film Collective

CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR | Jonathan Moeller

LOCATION SOUND RECORDING | Sam Plate

FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA | Alecia Martin

*indicates Red Theater cohort member

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Development Credits: Kairos was originally developed as part of The Geffen Writers’ Room. It was partially developed with the support of the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Caridad Svich, Artistic Director of New Play Development). It received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Know Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), East West Players (Los Angeles, CA), and Theatre Nova (Ann Arbor, MI). For more information, please visit nnpn.org.

Kairos would not have been possible without the generosity of the following collaborators and supporters: Ian Maryfield, Mari Noga and RedBox Workshop, Amelia Seidel, Caitlin McCarthy, Chicago Green Theatre Alliance, Chicago Printworks, the League of Chicago Theatres, Pastor Kristin and the Edgewater Presbyterian Church, Marisa Macella, and the rest of Red Theater’s Board of Directors.

Special thanks to our season support donors:

• Tom & Dacia Kent

• Marisa & Chris Macella

• The Plagiarists

• Aimee Kleiman

• John & Catherine Brennan

• Jamie Macpherson

• Ansley Valentine

• Edward Brennan

• D.D. Wigley

• Meredith Ernst

• Elizabeth Lovelady

• Robert & Jean Marie Koon

• Matthew Flickinger

• Ruth Johnston

• Jen Sloan

Red Theater is funded in part by grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Clinton Family Fund, and the Illinois Arts Council.