Catch it while you can. Happiness is fleeting and Theatre Oobleck's remount is ending this weekend after an extension through April 7th. The show's upstairs at The Biograph Theatre-Victory Gardens.
We'll be back at The Biograph for the press opening of The Whale on the 15th--not to be confused with The Elephant and The Whale (at CST-Chicago Children's Theatre). We're covering their opening Friday the 12th and have some sweet video interviews and a 4 ticket giveaway in the works!
We sat in on an early rehearsal of The Whale, just 3 days in and had an excellent talk back with the actors. I love to see a piece evolve. This show has a Mormon (who has friends who went to serve in Africa... like a certain hit Broadway musical), a snarky teenage girl, school papers by an estranged child (like Dream of the Burning Boy), and a gay, obese protagonist who is already a challenge to play in an authentic, truthful way that won't evoke ire. I'm so intrigued to see where they go with this show!
Back to There is a Happiness, it was an interesting segue to go from Completeness at The Wit on Friday to this show on Saturday. It was a nerd love fest of a weekend. This show's a bit more intellectual and esoteric, so less accessible unless you're a true disciple of William Blake's works. The scenario is a hoot and the characters' responses provide an interesting dynamic, and lend fresh eyes to staid literary staples. It's certainly worth a look.
Of course Dillinger didn't experience much happiness after seeing a show at The Biograph with The Woman in Red (Ana Sage) that infamous day in 1934, so my husband and I left our daughter, Sage Ani, at home and had a great time with another woman in red, our long time friend, Cath.
No theatre goers were harmed in the making of this feature.
More Happiness!
There Is a Happiness That Morning Is
"a not-to-be-missed remount" - "soul shaking" - "Killer."
Yes, that one, has been extended until April 7th!
Tickets available here
More info here
"a not-to-be-missed remount" - "soul shaking" - "Killer."
Yes, that one, has been extended until April 7th!
Tickets available here
More info here
There Is a Happiness That Morning Is
by Mickle Maher
“. . . richer, funnier, and more heartbreaking than ever… If the American theater harbors a precedent for Mickle Maher’s astonishing 2011 play There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, I’ve never found it . . .”
“The most remarkable mix of poetry and drama you are ever likely to see.”
“MAHER’S MOST POWERFUL PLAY TO DATE… SOUL SHAKING”
“an enjoyably lunatic endeavor”
“Goosed by precise, masterful performances, Maher’s text is almost endlessly engaging and frequently hilarious.”
“FUNNY, WITTY, LITERATE, and PROFOUND… It’s the actors who make it a slam-dunk”
JANUARY 31-MARCH 10, 2013
EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 7
Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm
(no shows Thursdays March 28 & April 4)
INDUSTRY NIGHT: MONDAY APRIL 1st at 8pm
EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 7
Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm
(no shows Thursdays March 28 & April 4)
INDUSTRY NIGHT: MONDAY APRIL 1st at 8pm
VICTORY GARDENS BIOGRAPH THEATER
2433 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
773.871.3000
2433 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
773.871.3000
$15 suggested donation*
More if you got it,
free if you’re broke.
More if you got it,
free if you’re broke.
Theater Oobleck revives Mickle Maher’s comedy in rhymed verse told via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake: one given in the morning by Bernard, a middle-aged, barely published poet of scant scholarship, on the Songs of Innocence, and the other in the afternoon by his lover, Ellen, a reputable Ph.D., on the Songs of Experience.
Having engaged the evening before in a highly inappropriate display of public affection on the main lawn of their rural New England campus, the two undergraduate lecturers must now, in class, either apologize for their behavior or effectively justify it if they want to keep their jobs.
Featuring Diana Slickman, Colm O’Reilly, and Kirk Anderson.
The script of There Is A Happiness That Morning Is is also available as part of the book of Oobleck plays More If You’ve Got It. Purchase it directly from us.
*Quick ticket explanation: You can get your “more if you’ve got it, free if you’re broke” tickets (as per Theater Oobleck tradition) by calling the box office 773-871-3000. For on-line tickets, click on the link above, then click on the day you want. Then in the next screen you indicate how many tickets you want. Then in the NEXT screen you are given the option of a “Regular Price” (that would be $15), a $10, or a $1 ticket.
Check out this audio link to an interview with Mickle Maher about how he wrote the play. Then go already. This weekend is your last shot at Happiness!
Happiness playwright Mickle Maher talks about the power of public sex, the actor’s prerogative, and why the play was almost about mummies in this half-hour podcast from Talk Theatre in Chicago. Includes bonus stale bread metaphors!
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