June 2005 | Out Among the Dragons

Matrix Health is the proud sponsor of Out Among The Dragons, a play written by Dan Noonan. This dramatic comedy is about a young man with Hemophilia, HIV, and a hankering for love--and promises to be a Chicago summer theater stand-out. The show is running from June 23 – July 10, 2005.

The playwright, Dan Noonan, is a native of Skokie, IL and studied playwrighting and acting at the Abbey Theater in Dublin, earned his BA in Theater and Political Science from Boston College, and his MA in Theater from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. In 1998, Dan was accepted to the Carnegie Mellon MFA program in Dramatic Writing. Today, Dan is a Public Health Administrator at the Chicago Department of Public Health, STD/HIV/AIDS Public Policy and Programs. He specializes in Title 1 Care Services, a program funded by the Ryan White Care Act, which provides services to people who have contracted HIV. His other plays include Set Up (staged readings at the Chicago Cultural Center by The Playwright’s Collective, and Chicago Dramatists), Bountiful Gifts (readings at Circle Theater, Victory Gardens, and SART Repertory Theatre in Asheville, NC), and Being In Touch (readings at Victory Gardens and the Goodman.) His awards include Winner, Agnes Nixon Playwrighting Competition, Northwestern University; Finalist, SART Repertory Theatre Playwrighting Festival; and Semifinalist, Ukiah Comedy Playwrighting Competition. His screenplay Poetry and Showtunes, a semifinalist in Chesterfield’s Screenwriter’s Competition in Los Angeles, was optioned by Hyperion Entertainment. He currently lives in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, is married, and the proud father of an 18-month-old son.

For more information on Out Among the Dragons, please e-mail Tim Kennedy at TKnndy40@aol.com