TV: First Look at Highlights of Court Theatre's M. BUTTERFLY

Court Theatre closes its 2013-2014 season with the Chicago premiere of M. Butterfly written by David Henry Hwang and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell, with choreography by Jamie Guan. M. Butterfly will run May 8 - June 8, 2014 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights below!

M. Butterfly features Nate Braga (Song Liling), Laura Coover (Renee), Sean Fortunato (Rene Gallimard), Aurora Adachi-Winter (Kurogo Dancer), Erin Clyne (Kurogo Dancer), Emjoy Gavino (Comrade Chin), Terry Hamilton (Toulon), Mark Montgomery (Marc), Sarah Lo (Kurogo Dancer) and Karen Woditsch (Helga).

The creative team is Jamie Guan (Choreographer), Todd Rosenthal (Scenic Designer), Lydia Tanji (Costume Designer), Keith Parham (Lighting Designer), and Andre Pluess (Sound Designer). Amanda Weener is the Stage Manager.

The idea for Court Theatre to produce M. Butterfly was born out of a conversation between Judith Zeitlin, a University of Chicago professor who specializes in the history of Chinese opera, and Artistic Director Charles Newell. Newell was inspired to direct M. Butterfly after learning that Zeitlin was curating a museum exhibit on images of Chinese opera at the Smart Museum, right next door to Court Theatre.

Now, Court's production and Smart's exhibit are headlining a months-long festival at the University of Chicago, Envisioning China: A Festival of Arts and Culture.

Envisioning China runs February 13 -June 15, 2014. For more information on the Envisioning China, please visit Court's micro-site at http://arts.uchicago.edu/envisioning-china.

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