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The Glass House

The Glass House is a play by June Finfer that tells the story of one of the most famous modern houses in the United States, the Farnsworth House in Illinois. At the end of World War II,  architect Mies van der Rohe  meets Chicago doctor,  Edith Farnsworth, who wants a country house near Chicago.  Their relationship is threatened by his ambition and her distrust, as well as the intrusions of Philip Johnson and Laura Marx.  Produced at the Resonance Theatre in New York City.

“The Glass House” explores the romantic relationship between a female client and a male architect that merely happens to have, at its center, one of the most famous houses in history.” – “Sex and Real Estate,” Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker

“An absorbing drama.” – Curtain Up

For her play about Mies van der Rohe to get noticed in Chicago, June Finfer had to take it to New York.” –“If You Can Make it There,” Deanna Isaacs, The Chicago Reader

“Ambitious new play.” – Brian Scott Lipman, Theatermania

“The Glass House – a new, immensely satisfying play with smart writing.” – Oscar E. Moore, Off Broadway

JUSTICE

A story of innocence and guilt. But who is innocent, and who is guilty?

Justice, a play by June Finfer, is the true story of six young African-American men accused of killing an elderly white shopkeeper in January 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey.     The sister of one of the accused, a New York garment worker, tries to get support for their defense.  She allies with a Jewish journalist and a chapter of a Communist organization.  Based on a  book by historian Cathy Knepper,  Jersey Justice: The story of the Trenton Six.   Participants include Paul Robeson, who helped to raise money for their defense.

DREAM CITY

DREAM CITY

(FORMERLY BURNHAM’S DREAM: THE WHITE CITY)

A musical journey back to an earlier Gilded Age, 1893, Chicago World’s Fair, when architects, workers, immigrants, Blacks, and women vie for inclusion in a great Fair that influences the future of the city and the nation. Featured are Daniel Burnham, chief architect and planner, John Root, his partner, Louis Sullivan, Ida B. Wells, and Bertha Palmer.

 

Staged Reading of Dream City at Theater Wit in Chicago, 2018. Book and lyrics by June Finfer, music and lyrics by Elizabeth Doyle. Chicago Writers’ Bloc New Play Festival. see New Play Exchange for details as well as whitecitymusical.org.

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