Photo Flash: First Look at Kendra Thulin, Leah Karpel and More in Strawdog's NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM

Strawdog Theatre Company opens their 25th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, directed by Joanie Schultz, October 7 – November 10 at the Strawdog Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

The performance schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Preview performance tickets are $15 with performances Thursday, Oct. 4 and Friday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. There is a benefit preview performance, Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m., $50 tickets include access to post-performance reception. Opening/Press Night is Sunday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $28 with group, senior and student discounts available. Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. is an industry performance where available tickets are $10 for people presenting resumes or headshots. Tickets may be ordered online at strawdog.orgor by calling OvationTix toll-free: 866-811-4111.

Parents have been noticing their children have become addicted to the latest video game, Neighborhood 3. The game is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where the goal is to kill zombies and escape a setting that looks like their own neighborhood. But as the line blurs between virtual and reality, both parents and players realize that fear has a life of its own. Four actors play a variety of characters on a faceless suburban street in a nameless town in this gripping, yet comic, horror story. Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, the recipient of the 2009 Primus Citations from the American Theatre Critics Association, may be inappropriate for children. It contains violence, language, adult situations ... and zombies.

The cast features Strawdog Ensemble Member Mike Dailey (Father Type) as well as Kendra Thulin (Mother Type), Leah Karpel (Daughter Type) and Sam Hubbard (Son Type).
The production team features Strawdog Ensemble Members Mike Mroch (scenic design), Jordan Kardasz (light design), Joanna Melville (costume design), Kyle Hamman (projections design), Brandon Bruce (fight choreography) with guest production members Lindsey Miller (stage manager), Patrick Fries (production manager), Thomas Dixon (sound design), Mary O'Dowd (props designer), Matt Buettner (technical director) and Dan Laushman (master electrician).

The current Strawdog ensemble includes Jennifer Avery, Hank Boland, Michael Dailey, Anita Deely, Paul Fagen, John Ferrick, Mikhail Fiksel, Kyle Gibson, Sarah Goeden, Aly Greaves Amidei, Carmine Grisolia, Christopher Hainsworth, Kyle Hamman, Erik Hellman, Tom Hickey, Shannon Hoag, Jordan Kardasz, Anderson Lawfer, Sean Mallary, Kat McDonnell, Joanna Melville, Gregor Mortis, Mike Mroch, Michaela Petro, Mike Przygoda, John Henry Roberts, Justine C. Turner, and Jamie Vann. Strawdog's Artistic Director is Brandon Bruce, Managing Director is Patrick Rybarczyk and General Manager is Cortney Hurley. Notable Strawdog alums include Elizabeth Auman (TimeLine), Alexandra Billings (actress, cabaret star), Nancy Bishop (casting director), Chrisanne Blankenship (director), Becca Cardo (voice-over artist), Kristin Caskey (Fox Theatricals), Scott Cummins (actor, director) and James Denton (Desperate Housewives).