About the Creative Dramatics Workshop

The Creative Dramatics Workshop in Sidney, Illinois first opened its doors in 1996, and its first production was Robert Picklesimer's translation / adaptation of Antigone. The CDW has produced over 60 different shows, including:

• Five Greek adaptations;
• 15 Shakespeare plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado
  and Midsummer Nights Dream;
• Classics such as Our Town, Little Women, Little Princess, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, Lion in Winter, Three Sisters, and the Importance of Being Earnest;
• Comedies including Bedroom Farce, Twelfth Night, Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, The Good Doctor
  
• Over 20 original scripts, including The Death of Christopher Columbus, Tut, and The Boy King.

The CDW is made up primarily of teens and youngsters. Antigone was the CDW's first film,
directed by Robert Picklesimer, the longtime Creative Director of the Creative Dramatics Workshop.

In process: 

• 1787: We the People by Robert Picklesimer and Lucinda Lawrence - the writing of the Constitution
• Adams and Jefferson by Robert Picklesimer - lifetime correspondence between these political friends and enemies
• Labdacus, Eddy and Pelly and Aunt Jennie by Robert Picklesimer
    - a trilogy of plays set in Kentucky mirroring the classics by Sophocles
• Sisyphus and Epiphany by Robert Picklesimer - the death of Oddyseus
  

Coming soon
A new musical 
1787:  We, the People

selections performed at Colwell Playhouse Theater
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 18-19
Directed and Choreographed by Dawn Harris

The CDW in Sidney, IL is a 10 minute drive from Urbana.

• From I-74, take the St. Joseph exit south, and follow signs to Sidney: 7 miles.  When you reach the stop sign, turn right onto E Main St, and left on N. White St.
  
  
• From Urbana, take Rt. 130 south, and turn left on County Rd 1000N east to Sidney: 5 miles.  In Sidney, continue on E. Main St; turn right on N. White St.
  
  
• 400 E. Byron St (corner of N. White, E. Byron)
  

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