Ike Holter’s new audio play “I Hate It Here: Stories from the End of the Old World” premieres just in time for Christmas. That the new work has zero to do with the holidays, leaves the out playwright pleased. “It’s more of a wrap-up-the-year kind of play.
And I think it’s awesome that it’s opening now.” Studio Theatre, which commissioned the award-winning Chicago-based writer to pen and direct the piece, describes it thusly: “With sharp humor and keen observation, Holter uses vignettes, monologues, and song to take listeners from an office to a wedding, high school, outdoor brunch, front porch, and more to capture the many ways it feels to live in a world wracked by changes both personal and systemic.” And while “I Hate It Here” never