ACT OUT: Victory Gardens Appropriate On Sale This Friday and Resident Theater Teatro Vista's White Tie Ball Now Playing #ticketdiscount

APPROPRIATE ON SALE Appropriate will officially go on sale to the general public this Friday at 12:00pm. Don't miss this world premiere production directed by critically acclaimed director Gary Griffin (Sunday in the Park with George and Follies at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Be one of the first audiences to see Appropriate before it reaches New York's Signature Theatre later in this winter! Here at ChiIL Live Shows we adored the finely crafted, visually stunning Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare and had fun playing with the "living mural" in the lobby too!  We've been consistently impressed with the world class offerings at Victory Gardens over the years and 2013-14 is shaping up to be an exciting season.   Last night we were impressed with Teatro Vista's opening night of White Tie Ball.   We're happy to pass along what Victory Gardens has to offer. Recognize anyone? Co-World Premiere with Actor's Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival APPROPRIATE by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins directed by Gary Griffin Nov. 8 - Dec. 8, 2013 TICKET ON SALE FRIDAY 20% OFF RESIDENT THEATER OFFER VG's inaugural Resident Theater season begins this week! Teatro Vista (co-producers of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) present the world premiere of White Tie Ball by Chicago playwright Martín Zimmerman. You may remember Martín's play 7 Spots on the Sun that was workshopped at VG's IGNITION New Play Festival in 2012. 20% discount to any performances of White Tie Ball with code "VICTORY." This discount is good until Monday the 16th.  Victory Gardens Subscribers receive 20% off all Resident Theater performances- visit our website to purchase a Subscription today. Come experience the first of many Resident Theater productions at our Lincoln Avenue space this year! Sideshow Theatre is another Resident Theater with a show opening this week, their production of 9 Circles is running until October 6 at the DCASE Storefront Theatre. A full calendar of resident performances is available on our website. TEATRO VISTA presents: WHITE TIE BALL by Martin Zimmerman directed by Edward Torres Sept. 6 - Oct. 13, 2013 SIDESHOW THEATRE presents 9 CIRCLES by Bill Cain directed by Marti Lyons Aug. 29 - Oct. 6, 2013 Through our Resident Theater Program, Victory Gardens aims to share our resources to incubate and nurture existing storefront theaters in Chicago. During their residency, Victory Gardens will give each company a physical and artistic home to further its art, develop its audience base and fully realize the next phases of its own organizational plan.

ACT OUT OPENING: White Tie Ball at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater Now Through October 13th

TEATRO VISTA LAUNCHES VICTORY GARDENS RESIDENCY WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF MARTÍN ZIMMERMAN'S WHITE TIE BALL, THE STORY OF TWO BROTHERS - ONE EASILY IDENTIFIED AS LATINO, ANOTHER WHO ISN'T - NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2013    ChiIL Live Shows will be there tonight for the press opening and we'll have a full review up shortly.   Teatro Vista's high caliber, multicultural offerings are a true local treasure.   Don't miss this world premier. Gabriel Ruiz is Edward and Nate Santana plays Beto in White Tie Ball Teatro Vista, Chicago's largest non-profit Equity Latino theater company, will launch the company's first season as a resident company at Victory Gardens Theater with the world premiere of White Tie Ball, Martín Zimmerman's new play about two brothers, one easily identified as Latino, another who isn't, and the moral and emotional dilemmas they find themselves in.  Teatro Vista co-founder Edward Torres, fresh from his acclaimed world premiere staging of Quiara Alegría Hudes' The Happiest Songs Play Last this spring at Goodman Theatre, will direct. White Tie Ball will star Teatro Vista Ensemble members Marvin Quijada and Gabriel Ruiz, along with Jan Radcliff and Nate Santana. Designers include Collette Pollard (set), Christine Pascual (costumes) and Jesse Klug (lights).      White Tall Ball opens Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Victory Gardens' 109-seat Richard Christiansen Theater.  Performance times through October 13 are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m.  All tickets are $25. For tickets and information, call the Victory Gardens box office, 773.871.3000, or purchase online at  victorygardens.org. White Tie Ball is the first of two shows Teatro Vista will present during the company's 2013-2014 residency at Victory Gardens. Next spring, Teatro Vista will stage a revival of Arthur Miller's classic A View from the Bridge, April 11-May 18, 2014. The production will feature an all-Latino cast, including Teatro Vista ensemble members Ricardo Gutierrez, Christina Nieves and Sandra Marquez. The ideal way to support professional Latino theater in Chicago is to purchase a Teatro Vista 2013-2014 Season Pass, guaranteeing the best seats at the lowest price - only $45 for two shows.  To purchase a Teatro Vista Season Pass online at teatrovista.org. Victory Gardens is located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood at 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue. Metered, street, nearby garage and occasional valet parking is available. The theater is easily accessed via the CTA Red, Purple and Brown lines (Fullerton stop), and the #8 Halsted and #74 Fullerton CTA buses.