Savanna Rae

Creator, Writer and Performer

Savanna Rae is a Chicago based actor and playwright. Savanna began working on Daughters of Ire her freshman year of college as a combination of her three areas of study: Theatre, Literature, and Gender & Women’s Studies. After over a year of workshopping, Daughters premiered in 2015 through Other Theatre. Daughters of Ire was nominated for Best New Work of 2015 (Broadway World Chicago) and has since continuously toured. Savanna is an Artistic Associate of Oak Park Festival Theatre where she has been seen in as Mira in Russian Transport and Maggie in Lovers (staged readings), as well as Love Spats (Phoebe, Helena), Macbeth (Second Witch), Richard III (Jane Shore) and Fair Maid of the West (U/S Bess Bridges). Other Chicago credits include Julius Caesar (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Dating and Dragons (The Factory Theater), and Bianca Minola in Shrewish (Artemisia Theatre). Savanna is a proud member of Other Theatre and is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent.

Carin Silkaitis

Director

Carin Silkaitis is absolutely thrilled to continue collaborating with Savanna Rae on DAUGHTERS OF IRE. This play fulfills her as an artist, an activist, and a feminist. She is proud of the work they have done, and she is looking forward to continued conversation with new audiences. Carin is the Founding Artistic Director of Other Theatre Chicago where her credits include I DO TODAY, THE REALM and OTHER LETTERS (actor), and OTHERS: A 24 Hour Play Festival, DAUGHTERS OF IRE, BARNEY THE ELF (Director). Notable Directing Credits include: THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE (Silk Road Rising), LA BOHEME, LA TRAVIATA, DIE FLEDERMAUS, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, COSI FAN TUTTE, THE STUDENT PRINCE, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE MERRY WIDOW, THE NEW MOON, and MUSIC IN THE AIR (Music By The Lake), IN HER FOOTSTEPS (Greenhouse Theater Center – Trellis Project), ENVOY, STOP…LOOK…LISTEN, FABLE SETTINGS (Roosevelt University), THE LARAMIE PROJECT, CANON FIRE, DISTRACTED, ROMEO & JULIET, MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, TWELFTH NIGHT, WOMEN AND WALLACE, OCTOBER MOURNING, MOSQUE ALERT (North Central College). Notable Acting Credits include: Co-Star on CHICAGO FIRE, Nurse in the SAG Feature UNEXPECTED, Mother in MACHINAL (Greenhouse Theater Center), Holly in VISITING (Artemisia Theatre), Chloe in LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART(Eclipse Theatre), Doctor Manor/Ensemble in SONS OF THE PROPHET (American Theatre Company), Queen Margaret in RICHARD III (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Dean Wreen in SEVEN HOMELESS MAMMOTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND (Theater Wit), and Izzy in RABBIT HOLE (u/s Goodman Theatre). Carin is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf, and she received her MFA in acting from the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. Carin is proud to be represented by Gray Talent Group, and equally proud to be a member of Actors Equity Association.

THE ARTISTS:

Playwright/Performer: Savanna Rae
Director: Carin Silkaitis
Sound Design/Original Stage Manager: Ashley Pettit
Costume Design: Olivia Crary
Lighting Design: Matthew Carney
Original Music: Christine Kent
Violence Design: Chris Rickett
Dramaturgy: Kelly Howe
Dialect Coach: Kelly Logelin
Script Consultant: Héctor Pascual Álvarez