Our Prime-Time Season 2010-2011

  

 

Daredevils Hamlet

Created by: Ryan Walters

Channeling the 2005 hit Daredevils, the men in jumpsuits take competition to a new level in this meta-destruction of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Director Halena Kays returns to direct this thematic adaptation of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by challenging feats of revenge, passion, and failure. The Daredevils prove there's no better way to feel alive than by exploring a show that deals with copious amounts of death.

August 21 – September 25, 2010
 

Laika Dog In Space

Created by New York Neo-Futurists Rob Neill, Eevin Hartsough, Jill Beckman & Carl Riehl

East meets Midwest when the NY Neos bring their 2009 Ontological Incubator hit to the Chicago stage. Part science lesson, part Russian folklore and part introspective interpretation, Laika Dog In Space uses original music, dance and puppetry to help tell the story of Laika, the first mammal in space, and to discuss the impact of her life. Arrive early to take advantage of a living installation takes the audience through various stations where they listen, confess, create and experiment. And of course, the step back in time to the mid-80's Soviet space program wouldn't be complete without a helping of borscht!

Febuary 5 – March 12, 2011

  

Performing Tonight! Liza Minnelli's Daughter

Conceived by Mary Fons

What would you do if you believed you were destined for greatness but fate screwed it up? Life is hard, and Mary knows it all too well, but she is positive that her one-woman theatrical spectacle (featuring a cast of three) is a one-way ticket to the extraordinary life that she was supposed to lead - life as the daughter of Broadway and big screen legend, Liza Minnelli. In Performing Tonight! Liza Minnelli's Daughter, Mary Fons is Mary Minnelli, a woman with a shaky past, but a bright future. Enthusiasm, delusion, ambition and a little bit of obsession blur the lines of fact and fiction in the Neo-Futurist prime time season closer.

 April 30 – June 4, 2011
 
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