Fall 2009
Taking Steps
Stars in the Morning Sky
Spring 2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream
In The Blood
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EPASW Bldg. 1040 W. Harrison St. MC-255
Chicago, IL 60607
phone 312-996-2977 | fax 312-996-0954
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2009–2010 UIC Theatre Performances
Comic, Captivating, Classic
Two contemporary revisions of classic stories, a rollicking contemporary farce by a master of hilarity, and the most effervescent romantic comedy of all time are the main ingredients for our four course gourmet banquet of plays.
Fall 2009 Productions |
TAKING STEPS
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Luigi Salerni |
Box office +1(312)996-2939
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The frantic, frothy farce riotously revels in the confusion, chaos, and misunderstandings of a group of zany characters who do not merely get into trouble but who are trouble.
"My fiancée was arrested on suspicion of soliciting. Isn't that enough?"
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Opening October 2, at 7:30
Also October 3, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30
October 4, 7, 11 at 2:15 |
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STARS IN THE MORNING SKY by Aleksandr Galin
Adapted by Peter Christensen and Yasen Peyankov Directed by Luda Lopatina Solomon |
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The deeply moving and often funny re-telling of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths is set on the eve of the 1980 Olympic Games in the ramshackle outskirts Moscow.
"Life is full of surprises.who said that?"
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Opening November 13, 7:30
Also November 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7:30
November 15, 18, 22, at 2:15
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Spring 2010 Productions |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Karen Kessler |
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The Bard's most magical romantic comedy effervescently illuminates that "the course of true love never did run smooth."
"What visions have I seen!
Methought I was enamoured of an ass."
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Opening February 19, 7:30
Also February 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30
February 21, 24, 28, at 2:15 |
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IN THE BLOOD
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Robert O'Hara |
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The bold re-imagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, embraces the yearning for love, family, and the price of moral absolutes.
"My life's my own fault. I know that. But the world don't help."
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Opening April 9, 7:30
Also April 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7:30
April 11, 14, 18 at 2:15
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