Red Theater presents
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
directed and adapted by Ian Maryfield
Design by Max Kleiner
The Edge Off Broadway
1133 W. Catalpa Ave
February 14 - March 15, 2026
Mondays & Thursdays - Saturdays @ 7:30P, Sundays @ 3P
Previews February 11 - 13 @ 7:30P
Submissions for 25/26 Season general auditions are being accepted now through Friday July 25!
Meet the Director
Ian Maryfield (he/him) is an actor in Chicago and is grateful to be making his directorial debut with Red. Some Chicago credits: Translations (Writers Theatre); A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); The Lord of the Rings Musical - US Premiere & New Zealand Tour, SS: Romeo & Juliet, SS: Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); All Quiet on the Western Front (Red Tape Theatre); Photograph 51 u/s, The Originalist u/s (Court Theatre); Hamlet, Indoor Cats (Red Theater); Recipe for Disaster (Windy City Playhouse); The Nutcracker (The House Theatre). Regional credits: As You Like It (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). Commercial credits: Illinois Lottery, State Farm, Wisconsin Lottery, Guinness, Legendary Whitetails, and Avocados From Mexico. Television credits: Chicago Fire (NBC). Ian holds a BFA with a minor in Directing from Oklahoma City University.