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'Acts Without Words' Opens Tonight!

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Acts Without Words Opens Tonight!


Acts Without Words, The Mime Company's first full-length production run in Chicago, opens Tonight! Tickets are still available for tonights opening performance as well as the rest of opening weekend. Come out and support your local mimes in this new endeavor!

About The Show: In a series of vignettes, The Mime Company challenges the traditional perception of mime through unique stories, unconventional visuals, and a passion for physical theater. An ensemble of four performs the cycle of plays in Acts Without Words, employing the utmost precision to embody human experience from the mundane to the larger-than-life. Acts Without Words promises to be a captivating introduction to this dynamic theater ensemble and to the depth and scope of this unique theater form.
 
Featuring: Amanda Brown, Lucy Carapetyan, Eliot Monaco and Brian Pastor. Stage Management by Emily Schaeffer. Lighting Design by Peter Anderson.
 
Where: BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago
When:  Opening Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:00
            Running Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00, Sundays at 2:00
            Closing Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 8:00
Tickets: Call The Mime Company at 773-989-7938
             Or buy online (discount!) at www.TheMimeCompany.com
Cost:   $15 in advance online, $18 at the door (cash only!)
 
BoHo Theater @ Heartland Studio is in Rogers Park right next to Heartland Cafe and Red Line Tap, and it's a hop and a skip from the Morse el stop on the Red Line. Free parking is in the lot on Estes & Glenwood.
 

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