Open House: The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Name: Open House: The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Start: 2025-10-18T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 5050 E State St, Rockford, IL

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

5050 E State St, Rockford, IL | Rockford, IL

The third reading of our Fall Open House series is Neil Simon’s dark comedy, The Prisoner of Second Avenue on Saturday, October 18 in Cheek Theatre! Successful executive Mel Edison suffers a nervous breakdown after losing his job. Trapped in a stifling, malfunctioning Manhattan apartment with constant urban chaos, his despair overwhelms his supportive wife, Edna. As their savings vanish, she must find work while he remains a prisoner of modern urban anxiety. The play is a poignant and hilarious examination of a middle-class couple’s struggle to maintain their sanity in a crumbling city.
Free Admission!
Doors open at 7:00pm
Reading starts at 7:30pm