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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

PROOF Via Bluebird Arts at Theater Wit March 2 to April 6, 2024

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CASTING AND CREATIVES ANNOUNCED FOR

DAVID AUBURN’S 

PROOF 

AT BLUEBIRD ARTS


CASTING AND CREATIVES ANNOUNCED FOR DAVID AUBURN’S PROOF AT BLUEBIRD ARTS

Bluebird Arts, Chicago's only English–Russian Cross-Cultural Theatre is excited to announce their Cast and Creative Team for their upcoming production of PROOF by DAVID AUBURN, opening SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 at THEATER WIT, 1229 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago. Directed by Bluebird Arts Artistic Director LUDA LOPATINA SOLOMON. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024, to SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024. Performances of the play are Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 3pm, in Theater Three of Theater Wit.

Directed by Luda Lopatina Solomon, Bluebird Arts’ production will feature Dana Muelchi as Catherine, Geoff Isaac as Robert, Talia Langman as Claire, and Callahan Crnich as Hal, and Sarah Seidler at the Catherine/Claire Understudy. They will be joined by a Creative Team of Angela Kring (Stage Manager), Samantha Rausch (Set Design), Karina Osbourne (Lighting Design), Brandon Reed (Sound Design), Bisa (Costume Designer), Rachel Hartmann (Props Design), Laura Sturm (Intimacy Coordinator), Matt Ledajaks (Technical Designer), Kenny Behmer (Assistant T.D.), Dana Muelchi (Marketing and Media), Jaimelyn Gray (Press and Managing), and Emil Thomas (Production Manager).

ABOUT THE PLAY

Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, and an unexpected suitor. They are all pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. In Proof, the young but guarded Catherine grieves over the loss of her father, a famous mathematician who had become a legend at the local university for solving complicated proofs, and for suffering from dementia. Just as Catherine begins to give in to her fear that she, too, might suffer from her father’s condition, Catherine’s older sister Claire returns home to help “settle” family affairs and Hal, one of the father’s old students, starts to poke around the house. What Hal discovers in an old speckle- bound notebook brings to light a buried family secret. It tests the sisters’ kinship as well as the romantic feelings growing between Catherine and Hal.

This poignant drama about love and reconciliation unfolds on the back porch of a house settled in a suburban university town, that is, like David Auburn’s writing, both simple and elegant. (pullizer .org)

Proof, by David Auburn runs Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 3pm, in Theater Three of Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago, from Saturday, March 2, to Saturday, April 6, 2024. Tickets are $12 – $40 and can be found at bluebirdarts.org, or by calling the Theater Wit Box Office at 773-975-8150.

Bluebird Arts was founded in 2014 and is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is: “To enrich, educate and entertain our community by sharing intimate stories of the human condition, focusing on the genuine problems of real people.”


Wednesday, February 15, 2017

OPENING: The Columnist at Stage 773 Via American Blues Theater

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American Blues Theater Presents
the Chicago Premiere of
The Columnist
by David Auburn
Directed by Keira Fromm
 February 17 – April 1, 2017


We'll be ChiILin' out with American Blues Theater at the press opening February 23rd, so check back shortly after for our full review. We're elated that American Blues Theater has moved to a new home space at Stage 773 and can't wait to check out The Columnist by David Auburn, the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning author of Proof.

American Blues Theater continues its 2016-2017 Season with the Chicago Premiere of The Columnist by David Auburn and directed by Keira Fromm. The Columnist runs February 17 – April 1, 2017 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago.  

From the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning author of Proof comes a drama about power, the press, sex and betrayal. At the height of the Cold War, Joe Alsop is the nation’s most influential journalist, beloved, feared and courted by the Washington world. But as the 60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political dramas Joe is embroiled in become deeply personal as well.

The cast for The Columnist includes Philip Earl Johnson (Joe Alsop), Coburn Goss (Stewart Alsop), Kymberly Mellen (Susan Mary Alsop), Ian Paul Custer* (Halberstam), Tyler Meredith (Abigail), and Christopher Sheard (Andrei/Philip).

The creative team includes Joe Schermoly (scenic), Jared Gooding (lighting), Christopher J. Neville* (costumes), Christopher Kriz (sound), Alec Long (props), Sarah E. Ross* (production manager), Eva Breneman (dialect coach), Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman (dramaturg), and Dana Nestrick (stage manager).

*Denotes Ensemble members and Artistic Affiliates of American Blues Theater



Dates: February 17 – April 1, 2017
Previews: February 17 – 22, 2017
Press Opening: Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Regular Run: February 24 – April 1, 2017

Schedule: 
Thursday:  7:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 p.m
Saturday: 3:00 p.m. 
(except February 18 & 25 and March 4)and 7:30p.m. Sunday: 2:30 p.m.

Additional performances on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m.
and Monday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago
Ticket prices: $19 - $49
Box Office: Buy online at AmericanBluesTheater.com or by calling 773.327.5252.


About American Blues Theater
Winner of the American Theatre Wing’s prestigious 2016 National Theatre Company Award, American Blues Theater is a premier arts organization with an intimate environment that patrons, artists, and all Chicagoans call home.  American Blues Theater explores the American identity through the plays it produces and communities it serves.

The diverse and multi-generational artists have established the second-oldest professional Equity Ensemble theater in Chicago.  The 37-member Ensemble has 530+ combined years of collaboration on stage. As of 2016, the theater and artists received 186 Joseph Jefferson Awards and nominations that celebrate excellence in Chicago theater and over 31 Black Theatre Alliance Awards. The artists are honored with Pulitzer Prize nominations, Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards and numerous other accolades.  


The American Blues Theater Ensemble includes all four Founders Ed Blatchford, Rick Cleveland, James Leaming, and William Payne with Dawn Bach, Matthew Brumlow, Manny Buckley, Kate Buddeke, Sarah Burnham, Dara Cameron, Casey Campbell, Darren Canady, Brian Claggett, Dennis Cockrum, Austin Cook, Laura Coover, Ian Paul Custer, Lauri Dahl, Joe Foust, Cheryl Graeff, Marty Higginbotham, Jaclyn Holsey, Lindsay Jones, Nambi E. Kelley, Kevin R. Kelly, Steve Key, Ed Kross, Warren Levon, Michael Mahler, Heather Meyers, John Mohrlein, Christopher J. Neville, Suzanne Petri, Carmen Roman, Editha Rosario, Sarah E. Ross, and Gwendolyn Whiteside.

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