 Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro Featuring Sandra Delgado, Sandra Marquez, John Ortiz, Gary Perez and Jimmy Smits December 28, 2012 - March 3, 2013 Things are looking up for recovering alcoholic Jackie and his girlfriend Veronica—until Jackie spots another man's hat in their apartment and embarks on a sublimely incompetent quest for vengeance. Fast-paced and uproarious, Mother is a gleefully foul-mouthed look at modern love and other addictions. Ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, director of the acclaimed Broadway premiere, returns to direct the Steppenwolf production.
STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
ENSEMBLE MEMBER ANNA D. SHAPIRO RETURNS TO DIRECT, FOLLOWING HER HIT BROADWAY PRODUCTION,
DECEMBER 28, 2012 – MARCH 3, 2013 IN THE DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE
Performances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s highly anticipated production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis start in just two weeks. Ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro directs following the Tony Award-nominated Broadway premiere, with an all-star ensemble cast featuring Sandra Delgado, Sandra Marquez, Gary Perez, John Ortiz and Jimmy Smits and members of the original design team: scenic designer Todd Rosenthal, lighting designer Donald Holder and composer Terence Blanchard. The Motherf**ker with the Hatruns through March 3, 2013 in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St). Tickets ($20 – $86) are on sale now. This play contains adult language.
Things are looking up for recovering alcoholic Jackie and his girlfriend Veronica—until Jackie spots another man's hat in their apartment and embarks on a sublimely incompetent quest for vengeance. Fast-paced and uproarious, Mother is a gleefully foul-mouthed look at modern love and other addictions.
“I think what Stephen is up to in the play is that he is creating people who may seem different from the ones sitting next to us in the theater but who become, over the course of the play, deeply human, deeply familiar and deeply sympathetic. And the play is funny! And surprising,” comments Artistic Director Martha Lavey. “The language is musical and poetic and deeply passionate. Stephen has created characters whose mode of expression is both energized and bound by a profusion of profanity.”
The cast of The Motherf**ker with the Hat features Sandra Delgado as Veronica, Sandra Marquez as Victoria, Gary Perez as Cousin Julio, John Ortiz as Jackie andJimmy Smits as Ralph D. The production team includes: Todd Rosenthal (scenic design), Linda Roethke (costume design), Donald Holder (lighting design), Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen (sound design) and Terence Blanchard (original music). Additional credits include: Erica Daniels (casting), Matt Hawkins (fight choreographer), Cecilie O’Reilly (voice coach) Kim Osgood (stage manager) and Christine D. Freeburg (assistant stage manager). Photos and bio information for all artists are available upon request.
Tickets to The Motherf**ker with the Hat ($20 – $86) are currently on sale through Audience Services (1650 N Halsted St), 312-335-1650 and steppenwolf.org. 20 for $20: twenty $20 tickets are available through Audience Services beginning at 11am on the day of each performance (1pm for Sunday performances).
Rush Tickets: half-price rush tickets are available one hour before each show.
Student Discounts: a limited number of $15 student tickets are available online using promo code “HAT15”. Limit 2 tickets per student; must present a valid student ID for each ticket. For additional student discounts, visit steppenwolf.org/students. Group Tickets: all groups of 10 or more receive a discounted rate for any performance throughout the season. For additional information, visit steppenwolf.org/groups.
Free post-show discussions are offered after every performance in the Subscription Season. Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair accessible. Street and lot parking are available. Assistive listening devices and large-print programs are available for every performance.
Director Anna D. Shapiro joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2005 and was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Broadway, London). She was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (The Public Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company). Other directing credits at Steppenwolf Theatre Company include Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain and The Infidel. Other credits include A Number (American Conservatory Theater); The Drawer Boy (Paper Mill Playhouse); Iron (Manhattan Theatre Club); and The Infidel (Philadelphia Theatre Company). She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia College Chicago and is the recipient of the 1996 Princess Grace Award. She is a full professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre and has served as the director of the MFA in Directing program since 2002.
Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis is co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. They include Our Lady of 121st Street (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle Best Play nominations, 10 best plays of 2003), Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award, Barrymore Award, Olivier Nomination for London's Best New Play), In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings (2007 LA Drama Critics Best Play, Best Writing Award), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (10 Best, Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly) and The Little Flower of East Orange (starring Elen Burstyn and Michael Shannon) at The Public Theater. All five plays were originally produced by LAByrinth Theater Company and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Motherf**ker with the Hat marks his third consecutive world premiere co-production with The Public Theater. In London, his plays have premiered at The Donmar Warehouse, The Almeida (directed by Rupert Goold), The Hampstead (directed by Robert Delamere) and at The Arts in the West End. Other plays include Den of Thieves(HERE, HAI Theater Festival) and Dominica the Fat Ugly Ho (directed Adam Rapp) for the 2006 E.S.T. Marathon. He has received a 2006 PEN/Laura Pels Award, a 2006 Whiting Award and a 2004 TCG fellowship, new play commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Center Theater Group and South Coast Repertory, and is a member of LAByrinth Theater Company, New Dramatists, MCC's Playwright's Coalition, Ojai Playwrights Festival and New River Dramatists. Television writing credits include NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, David Milch's CBS drama Big Apple and Shane Salerno's NBC series UC: Undercover. As an actor, Stephen has had leading film roles in Todd Solondz's Palindromes, Brett C. Leonard's Jailbait (opposite Michael Pitt) and in Kenneth Lonergan's upcoming Margaret. Other film credits include Philip Seymour Hoffman's Jack Goes Boating, Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche New York, Adam Rapp's Blackbird, Noah Buschel's Neal Cassady as well as Meet Joe Black (directed by Martin Brest), Noise (directed by Henry Bean), Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (directed by Todd Harrsion Williams) and television’s Law and Order. He directed Liza Colon-Zayas' Sistah Supreme for Danny Hoch's Hip Hop Theater Festival, Marco Greco's award-winning Behind the Counter with Mussolini in New York and Los Angeles and Melanie Maras's Kiss Me on the Mouth (InViolet Rep/CSNY). A former HIV Educator and Violence Prevention Specialist, he lives in New York City.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is America’s longest standing, most distinguished ensemble theater, producing nearly 700 performances and events annually in its three Chicago theater spaces—the 515-seat Downstairs Theatre, the 299-seat Upstairs Theatre and the 80-seat Garage Theatre. Formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, Steppenwolf has grown into an ensemble of 43 actors, writers and directors. Artistic programming at Steppenwolf includes a five-play Subscription Season, a two-play Steppenwolf for Young Adults season and three repertory series: First Look Repertory of New Work, Garage Rep and Next Up. While firmly grounded in the Chicago community, nearly 40 original Steppenwolf productions have enjoyed success both nationally and internationally, including Off-Broadway, Broadway, London, Sydney and Dublin. Steppenwolf has the distinction of being the only theater to receive the National Medal of Arts, in addition to numerous other prestigious honors including an Illinois Arts Legend Award and nine Tony Awards. Martha Lavey is the Artistic Director and David Hawkanson is the Executive Director. Nora Daley is Chair of Steppenwolf’s Board of Trustees. For additional information, visit steppenwolf.org, facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre and twitter.com/steppenwolfthtr.
The 2012/13 Subscription Season also includes The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton (January 24 – April 28, 2013) in the Upstairs Theatre; Head of Passes by ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau (April 4 – June 9, 2013) in the Downstairs Theatre; and Belleville by Amy Herzog, directed by Anne Kauffman (June 27 – August 25, 2013) in the Downstairs Theatre.
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Monday, January 7, 2013
ACT OUT OPENING: The Motherf**ker with the hat Now Playing at Steppenwolf
Jess Godwin & Matt Ryd at Mayne Stage 1/18/13
Chicago singer-songwriter Matt Ryd, best known for the song "Healed" (as featured on the TV series Scrubs), will be opening for Jess Godwin @ Mayne Stage on Friday, Jan. 18.
Matt will be debuting new material, including a track featuring Mike Mentzer (ex-I Fight Dragons).
Click here for Matt Ryd's site.
Click here to get your tickets.
Mayne Stage Presents
Jess Godwin
featuring Matt Ryd and April Henry
Friday, Jan 18, 2013 8:00 PM CST
Mayne Stage, Chicago, IL
Mayne Stage, Chicago, IL
$10
all ages
HELP LOCALLY: Black 4 to Combat Kids' Cancer 1-12 (metal)
ChiIL Live Shows Black4 Shots from Reggie's 1/6/13
ROCK FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER
8pm
$10
21+
Music Joint
Proceeds to benefit Children's Advocate Hospital
Rock For Hope Fundraiser: All proceeds are in memory of Ronnie Gallardo. The Reggie Bus will be at Tiger O'Stylies in Berwyn at 8 pm to bring them to Reggie's
BLACK4 (METAL)
All original rock from Chicago. Bryan Tunis-Vocals Curt Taylor-Guitar Jason Forrester-Bass Brian Madurzak-Drums.
Black4 consists of former members of Guiltrip(Curt and Jason), Hungry Onion(Bryan) and the drummer of Fist-a-Gon and Bello(Brian). The group was formed in 2011. Infusing various rock styles to create an ever evolving sound.
BLACK4
THE BUZZHOUNDS
DJ9CHICAGO
We just caught Black4 last night, opening for Mondo Generator at Reggies. Come check em out on the 12th for a great cause. They had the littlest headbanger in the audience and got the crowd going.
HELP LOCALLY: Sons of the Silent Age Play David Bowie to Combat Kids' Cancer 1/11
Sons of the Silent Age will headline a benefit for the Pablove Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding pediatric cancer research and to the empowerment of the families of cancer victims, at Metro Chicago, 3730 N. Clark, on Friday, January 11, 2013 (all ages show).
Check out all the details and get your tickets here at Metro's main site.
93XRT Welcomes…
A Benefit for Pablove Foundation/Rock For Kids…
SONS OF THE SILENT AGE: playing the music of David Bowie, featuring SHIRLEY MANSON, MATT WALKER, CHRIS CONNELLY and more
WACO BROTHERS: playing T.REX
DEATH ON THE AUTOBAHN: playing KRAFTWERK
A Benefit for Pablove Foundation/Rock For Kids…
SONS OF THE SILENT AGE: playing the music of David Bowie, featuring SHIRLEY MANSON, MATT WALKER, CHRIS CONNELLY and more
WACO BROTHERS: playing T.REX
DEATH ON THE AUTOBAHN: playing KRAFTWERK
Tickets:
$20 in advance or $25 day of
Show date: Friday, January 11, 2013
Doors: 6:30PM | Show: 7:30PM
This is an all ages show
$20 in advance or $25 day of
Show date: Friday, January 11, 2013
Doors: 6:30PM | Show: 7:30PM
This is an all ages show
Tickets and venue: Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., Chicago
Learn more about Sons of the Silent Age
Sons of the Silent Age was formed by vocalist Chris Connelly (Ministry) and drummer Matt Walker (Morrissey's band) and will be joined by guest vocalist Shirley Manson of Garbage fame to celebrate the music and aesthetic of the iconic David Bowie during the week of his 66th year on earth.
Artificial Madness
On Relapse Records, released November 8, 2011
Listen: "Wait for Amateur", "Compatibility"
Todd Kessler (of NBC's The Voice) Chicago January Shows
Dear Lover, The New Folk LIVE at Schubas 8/27/12
ChiIL Live Shows HD Video
Todd Kessler (part of “Team Ceelo” on the current season of NBC’s The Voice) has several shows throughout the month of January, 2013: http://do312.com/band/todd-kessler
Todd will be hosting a month-long residency at Uncommon Ground on Clark with the following guests:
Wed, Jan 9 - Tom Schraeder
Wed, Jan 16 - Miles Nilesen
Wed, Jan 23 - The Lims
Wed, Jan 30 - Shuma
Check out ChiIL Live Shows' past Todd Kessler & The New Folk coverage including live show video footage and stills from Schubas right here.
For more info check out The New Folk site here.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator at Reggies This Sunday With Witchbanger
Check out ChiIL Live Shows original coverage of Kyuss Lives (w/ Nick on bass) including our pit photos at The Vic & The Dwarves at Bottom Lounge here.
Reggie's Rock Club
Doors 6:30
17+
MONDO GENERATOR
WITCHBANGER
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Chicago Theatre Week Tickets On Sale 1/9 #ChiILpicks
In December, Chicago's theatre community got an ego bruise when New York Magazine had the audacity to call us their "farm team". Of course, ChiIL Live Shows knows better. We review hundreds of shows for our readers and we just listened to famous Brit, Miriam Margolyes, rave about her love for Chicago's audiences and theatre scene when she was in town in December doing her fabulous one woman show, Dickens' Women, at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
We even filmed celebs like Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and the cast and creatives behind Kinky Boots, professing their adoration for Chicago, when they opened their rockin' new musical here. Check out ChiIL Live Shows' video of Kinky Boots Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig at the pre-show Press Conference.
Farm Team....says NYC, the punching bag of hurricanes and heretics?! The City of Big Shoulders is not one to take a challenge lightly. Chicago has world class productions from Broadway in Chicago extravaganzas to our vibrant, thriving store front scene.
Our city's got major talent and our shows are affordable. And it just gets better for 2013...
League of Chicago Theatres, with Choose Chicago, is spearheading a major new initiative, Chicago Theatre Week, because this Second City is second to none when it comes to theatre lovers!
The tickets go on sale this Wednesday, January 9th at 10am. We expect a number of other participating theatres to be added soon. There are some unbelievable ticket deals for some hot shows—and we expect many of them to sell out quickly!
Over 75 productions will be participating in special events and ticket deals (tickets available at $15 and $30) for the week of Feb 12!
Many many of ChiIL Live Shows' favorites are on board:
Participating Theatres
(**ChiIL Live Shows' favorites, where we've reviewed shows, are in red. Come ChiIL out with ChiIL Live Shows in 2013 for more theatre news, original reviews, ticket giveaways, video interviews, original content, photo & video filled features.)
A Red Orchid Theatre
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MCA Stage
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LEAGUE OF CHICAGO THEATRES PARTNERS
WITH CHOOSE CHICAGO FOR
FIRST-EVER CHICAGO THEATRE WEEK
FEBRUARY 12-17, 2013
The League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with Choose Chicago, announces the first annual Chicago Theatre Week, celebrating the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago and encouraging residents and visitors alike to attend a live show. Chicago Theatre Week will be held February 12-17, 2013 and will include discounted tickets and added incentives.
Over 100 shows are expected to participate during Chicago Theatre Week. Each theatre will offer $15 or $30 tickets for the week of February 12 and tickets will be available at a centralized website, www.chicagotheatreweek.com, starting January 9, 2013.
During the course of the week, there will be special events at participating theatres, including enrichment activities such as talk backs with artists and added value activities such as drink specials, as well as hotel and restaurant discounts.
“The goals of Theatre Week are to celebrate Chicago theatre by offering patrons special incentives, expanding the reach throughout all Chicago neighborhoods. We hope that the initiative inspires a renewed and heightened appreciation throughout Chicago and the Midwest for our rich theatre industry,” comments Deb Clapp, Executive Director of the League of Chicago Theatres. “The League is delighted to partner with Choose Chicago on this project and we are excited to work with Melissa Cherry in her role as Vice President for culture and neighborhoods – nothing could fit her new role better than a project that encompasses theatre in so many of our neighborhoods.”
Eileen LaCario, Vice President of Broadway In Chicago and Chair of the League of Chicago Theatres adds, “We are looking forward to a spectacular week, filled with amazing theatrical experiences including a kick-off party, special events and specially priced tickets that will make theatre accessible to a wider audience – family and friends alike should get together in February to see great theatre in Chicago. Additionally, the promotional support for Theatre Week will benefit all participating theatres. We applaud the City of Chicago and Choose Chicago for embracing this new initiative as part of the new Chicago Cultural Plan.”
“Theatre Week will expand the visibility of theatre as a vital industry in Chicago. Theatre is an important part of what attracts regional visitors and residents to this city and Choose Chicago is honored to participate in the development and promotion of the week-long event. The participants will be located throughout downtown and in Chicago’s great neighborhoods and suburbs. It’s a testament to the quantity and quality of the artistry and business acumen throughout the industry in Chicago,” says Melissa Cherry, Choose Chicago's Vice President for Cultural Tourism and Neighborhoods.
About Chicago theatre
Chicago theatre is the leader in the U.S. with more than 250 theatres throughout Chicagoland, comprising a rich and varied community ranging from storefront, non-union theaters to the most renowned resident theatres in the country, including 5 that have been honored with Regional Tony Awards, and the largest touring Broadway organization in the nation. Chicago’s theatres serve 5 million audience members annually and have a combined budget of more than $250 million. Chicago produces and/or presents more world premieres annually than any other city in the nation. In 2009-10 alone, Chicago theatre companies produced more than 130 world premiere productions and adaptations. Each year, Chicago theatres send new work to resident theatres across the country, to Broadway, and around the world.
About the League of Chicago Theatres
The League of Chicago Theatres is an alliance of theatres which leverages its collective strength to promote, support, and advocate for Chicago's theatre industry locally, nationally, and internationally. The League of Chicago Theatres Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the art of theatre in the Chicago area through audience development and support services for theatres and theatre professionals.
For a comprehensive list of Chicago productions, visit the League of Chicago Theatres website, www.chicagoplays.com. Discounted tickets are available at www.hottix.org. Additional information about Theatre Week is available at www.chicagotheatreweek.com.
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