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Polarity Ensemble Theatre Presents Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM,
April 20 - May 22, 2016
Director Ann Keen's Production Brings Magic, Transformation and Music of the 60's
Chicago's abiding bard love continues with one of his most popular and accessible shows, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Here at ChiIL Mama/ChiIL Live Shows it's one of our Shakes favs. Check out this groovy 1960's style version of the classic.
Polarity Ensemble Theatre presents an innovative interpretation of Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, the bard's most popular comedy. Director Ann Keen sets the production in an America of the early 1960's, a time of distinctive transition in our culture, as music, morality, and racial relations began a revolution. Like Ann's HAMLET (which won Polarity the honor of Best Emerging Theatre Company from the Chicago Reader) and her A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, this production will be infused with music.
The production is running now through May 22, 2015 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, where the eleven year old Polarity is a resident company. Tickets are available at www.petheatre.com or by calling the box office at 773-404-7336.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM features: Charles Askenaizer Snout, Jos N Banks Lysander, Joey Banks Oberon, Bryan Breau Demetrius, Keith Cavanaugh Bottom, Madisen Dempsey Mustardseed, James Dolbeare Snug,Kevin M. Grubb Quince, Hilary Holbrook Hermia, Charley Jordan Egeus,McKenna Kirchner Peasblossom, Jen Mathews Hippolyta, Jessica McCartneyStarvling, Jennifer Nickell Moth, Hallie Peterson Cobweb, Miriam Reuter Puck,Nicola Rinow Helena, Roy Samra Philostrate, Anastasia Spalding First Fairy,Laura Sturm Titania, Jeremy Thompson Theseus, Aaron Wertheim Flute.
About the play: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM was written around 1594 or 95. It portrays the adventures of four young lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with woodland fairies and a duke and duchess. This production takes place in a mythical 1960's America and an enchanted forest with a crafty fairy king, an outraged parent, an interracial love story, a bumbling weaver transformed into a half-donkey, and fairies who sing in 1960's harmony. It's a magical, music-filled celebration of love. But as Puck knows, falling in love can make fools of us all.
The production team for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM includes Ann Keen (director), Nicole Lewter (production manager), Buck Blue (set design), Alaina Moore (costume design), Claire Chrzan (light design), Bob Kretz (sound design), Charley Jordan (props design), Dave Gonzalez, (fight director), Ali Helland (text/vocal coach), Hazel Marie (stage manager), Aaron Pepple (Assistant Stage Manager), Abigail Epperson (casting director), and Richard Engling (artistic director).
SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION
Title: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Written by: William Shakespeare
Director: Ann Keen
Location: The Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Regular Run: Sunday, April 24 through Sunday, May 22, 2016
Curtain Times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Tickets: Regular Run: $25. Students: $10, Seniors: $20. Tickets are available at www.petheatre.com and 773-404-7336
About the Director
Polarity Ensemble Theatre co-founder Ann Keen received her B.A. from Saint Mary's University and her M.F.A. in acting from Arizona State University. She has done a lot of acting and voice over work in the Chicagoland Area. Her favorite roles include Clytemnestra in The Oresteia, Emilia in Othello, Lucetta in Two Gentleman of Verona and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Most recently, Ann was in the play Unnecessary Farce at Fox Valley Repertory. She directed Polarity's productions of Antigone, Hamlet and A Streetcar Named Desire and most recently, Crimes of the Heart at Steel Beam Theatre. She is especially brilliant at working with playwrights on developing new scripts. Ann and her husband John are the proprietors of The Spice House in Geneva.
About Polarity Ensemble Theatre
Founded in 2004, Polarity Ensemble Theatre is a professionally diverse group of artists who strive to advance the state of Chicago theater for both local and international audiences by developing new works and bringing new life to the classics through live performance, workshops, and publishing. For more information, visit www.petheatre.com.
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