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Little Brother the play, in Chicago until July 18

Chicago's Griffin Theatre has mounted a live production of my young adult novel Little Brother, adapted by William Massolia. This is incredibly exciting; Time Out Chicago gave it four stars, saying, "Doctorow raises many worthy points about the relationship between our safeties and our freedoms, and in Milne’s bracing production, newcomer Mike Harvey as Marcus makes a confident tour guide." Bill Shunn, writing in Sci-Fi Wire, said, "Little Brother is an exciting and thought-provoking production, imaginatively staged on a bare-bones set with some multimedia elements stirred in."

I've managed to wrangle a trip to Chicago to see the play on July 9 -- I hope to see you there! And if July 9 doesn't work for you, I hope you can catch it on another night.

LITTLE BROTHER: Griffin Theatre, Chicago

Time Out: Little Brother

Sci Fi Wire: Review: Cory Doctorow's revolutionary novel Little Brother comes to the stage

Chicago Sun-Times: 'Little Brother' tackles big issues

Production photos

9 Responses to “Little Brother the play, in Chicago until July 18”

1. Paul MacLellan says:

   June 17, 2009 at 2:01 am

   Hope you don't mind the question... how does the script compare to the novel? Is it faithful? Did they have to cut much out?

   It sounds good, disappointed I won't get to see it.
2. Cory Doctorow says:

   June 17, 2009 at 2:03 am

   I think it's very good -- I had the chance to read and comment on it extensively. But I haven't seen it performed yet!
3. Dylan says:

   June 17, 2009 at 10:14 am

   Since Little Brother is released under By-NC-SA CC license, doesn't that mean that the script has to be released under a similar license? I'd REALLY like to see the play, and I'm working on getting there, but if I'm unable to I'd at least like to read the script.
4. Cory Doctorow says:

   June 17, 2009 at 10:21 am

   No -- they negotiated a commercial license
5. Christopher Kastensmidt says:

   June 17, 2009 at 1:56 pm

   That is very cool. Big congrats!
   Is this the first time one of your works has been adapted as a play?
6. Shawn says:

   June 25, 2009 at 6:53 am

   Is there anywasy to get a copy of the script that could be used as teaching material?
7. Cory Doctorow says:

   June 25, 2009 at 6:57 am

   I think you'd have to contact the theater company directly on that one!
8. tp1024 says:

   June 25, 2009 at 11:46 am

   Have you tried to get a recording of the performance of the play online for free?

   I don't know what the commercial license says, but promoting it in other places of the world would probably help your counterparty to get some more money out of the license as well.

   The topic sure has potential.
9. Eti says:

   July 5, 2009 at 7:12 pm

   I saw the play last week and I really feel it lived up to the extremely high standard of the book. I really enjoyed how they used minimal set and props, but truly conveyed the action and emotion. Most of all, it kept true to your novel, which is my biggest issue with adaptations. I hope you enjoy it. Are you doing any other events in Chicago while you are visiting?

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