Bonnie's last flight

Eliza Bent is a playwright and performer previously based in NYC and currently on the faculty at Northwestern University. Bent’s shows have been developed, workshopped, and produced at the Abrons Arts Center, the New Ohio, the Atlantic Theatre, and New York Theatre Workshop,
MacDowell, SPACE on Ryder Farm, New Georges,
and the Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit.

 

Director Devon de Mayo is a longtime RTE member (Scientific Method, Laura and the Sea, The Tasters)
and currently Director of Performance in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago.. 

It’s Jan’s retirement flight. Everyone knows, except for Greig, Jan’s best friend and coworker of many years. As Greig waxes nostalgic, Jan worries about life post- retirement. LeeAnne, a klutzy newbie flight attendant with a dark past, must avoid her ex on the plane while Captain, a waggish pilot with a weakness for Bloody Marys, is caught in a love triangle.

 

Erik, the co-pilot with a heart of gold, can’t get a word in edgewise. Presiding over the flight is the OG of travel: Mark Twain. In a comedy set on everyone’s

least favorite mode of transit, we must reckon with our crew’s dreams and regrets and ask ourselves: What does it take to really start living?

 

All performances held at Rivendell Theatre, 5779 N Ridge Avenue, Chicago.​