FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP Announces Artistic Discussion Series Beginning 6/2

The international hit sensation, FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP, is pleased to announce an Artistic Discussion Series. The program will allow cast members of FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP to interact with fellow Chicago theaters and share experiences and visions surrounding their artistic communities. Each theater company will be invited by FUERZA BRUTA to attend a performance then share in a collaborative artistic discussion following the show. Collaboraction will be the first theater company to participate in this program on Tuesday, June 2.

"Collaboraction admires FUERZA BRUTA and their bold approach to making 21st Century Theatre," said Executive Artistic Director of Collaboraction Anthony Moseley. "As we embark on our 10th annual SKETCHBOOK, a mixed media festival of theatre, music and video, we are thrilled at the opportunity to partner with the company and share ideas on theatrical inspiration, process and form."

The Second Company, The House Theatre Of Chicago, will attend on Thursday, June 10.

"I saw DE LA GUARDA ten years ago in New York. VILLA VILLA was one of the most inspiring and formative theatrical experiences of my college years. Steeped in brooding through Stanislovsky and Meisner, DE LA GUARDA re-taught me joy and restored the theatre as a place for people to come together, make friends out of strangers. For The House to be able to participate in an artistic exchange with this company who was so influential on my own personal development is a great honor, and sure to be enlightening for any fans of our work," says Chris Mathews, Company Member, The House Theatre.

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP, the non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party is currently playing at the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University through July 25, 2010. The historic landmark theatre's stage and lobby are now transformed into an alternate universe, filled with flying performers, pumping beats, engaging dream sequences and a multidimensional swimming pool above the heads of the audience who stands on stage in the middle of the action.

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP was founded by some of the creators of the international sensation De La Guarda, including Diqui James (Artistic Director & Co-founder/Co-creator); Gaby Kerpel (Composer/Musical Director); Agustina James (General Producer), Alejandro Garcia (Technical Director) and Fabio Daquila (General Coordinator).

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is presented in Chicago by Broadway In Chicago, S2BN Entertainment and Ozono Producciones.

The Chicago engagement of FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is sponsored by Toyota Sienna.

Individual tickets to FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP are $50 - $80 and are on sale now at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St. and 18 W. Monroe St.); the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University Box Office (50 E. Congress); the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000; all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores); and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com. Groups of 15 or more should call (312) 977-1710.

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is part of the 2010/2011 Broadway In Chicago Season Series.

Performances of FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP are as follows:

Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Saturdays at7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Sundays at 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

*please note performance schedule may change slightly based on the individual week

For more information, please visit www.fuerzabruta.net or www.BroadwayInChicago.com

About FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP
Breaking free from the confines of spoken language and theatrical convention, FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is an event where worlds collide and reality takes a back seat. At show time, audiences are ushered onto the main stage where they are engulfed in a 360 degree spectacle featuring mind-blowing visual effects just inches above the audience that must be seen to be believed - a man running full throttle on a giant treadmill, bursting through a series of moving walls; performers suspended in mid-air surrounded by a vast sea of mylar; and gorgeous women twisting ethereally in a lucite pool above the audience. Argentinean creative genius Diqui James, one of the creators of the smash hit show De La Guarda, created the original scenes and magnificent customized staging.

About COLLABORACTION
SKETCHBOOK is Collaboraction at its best: breaking down the walls that divide theater, music, visual art, video and the Internet. SKETCHBOOK brings together the collective talents of more than 200 pioneering directors, designers, actors, musicians and artists from Chicago and around the country for a jaw-dropping evening of creativity, experimentation and celebration. For the 10th annual festival, Collaboraction explores the theme Exponential with SKETCHBOOK X, from June 10-27, 2010 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division Ave., featuring an immersive evening of 20 original works, all 7 minutes or less, intermingled with a live musical performance each night, video installations and group participatory art projects. For 2010, Collaboraction debuts the X Pass in lieu of tickets. The X Pass provides unlimited access to every performance throughout the run for free. The X Pass is $25 for the general public and $20 for students/industry. To purchase, visit collaboraction.org or call 312.226.9633. Collaboraction celebrates its 14th year as a Chicago-based arts organization. By incorporating innovative artists and inter-disciplinary collaboration, Collaboraction audiences are sure to experience groundbreaking theatrical and art-based events.

About THE HOUSE Theatre OF CHICAGO
The House was founded in 2001 by a group of friends with the mission of exploring the ideas of Community and Storytelling in order to create a unique theatrical experience. Following more than a dozen world premiere productions, the House experienced breakout success in early 2007 with The Sparrow, which theater critic Chris Jones called, "Among the very best original theater pieces I've ever seen." Since becoming eligible in 2004, The House has been nominated for 45 Joseph Jefferson Awards (17 wins) and became the first recipient of Broadway in Chicago's Emerging Theater Award in 2007. Now in its 9th year of producing original works, House performances can be seen at the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park.

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