Gift Theater Presents GET BEHIND ME, SANTA! 12/3-19

What happens when the monkey on your back is in fact a jolly old fat man who keeps making promises your paycheck can't keep? Join GiftLateNight as we celebrate our habitual (mis/ab)use of the holidays through improvised and written comedy in our third annual revue: "Get Behind Me, Santa!" with pre-show food & drink merriment at The Gale Street Inn!

Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. December 3rd - 19th, 2010.
Friday & Saturdays: Gale Street @ 9pm, Gift at 10:30pm
Sundays: Gale Street @ 5pm, Gift at 6:30pm

TICKETS: Each $40 ticket includes: appetizers, 2 drink tickets, tax and tip included, free parking at Gale Street Inn & 1 ticket to "GET BEHIND ME, SANTA!" at The Gift.

Buy your ticket at www.thegifttheatre.org or (773) 283-7071.

Come see what's under the tree.

HOW IT WORKS:
On Friday and Saturday Nights
You, your friends and your Bad Christmas Sweaters (optional) show up at the Gale Street at 9:00. We will warm you up with some winter libations and offer you some late night small bites. Each guest will recieve three adult beverage tickets. We hang out admiring everyone's sweaters and the nice holiday decor for about an hour then walk down to the theatre at 10:15. Show starts at 10:30 sharpish.

For the Sunday Early Shows
You, your friends and your Bad Christmas Sweaters (optional) show up at the Gale Street at 5:00. You will be served a three course sit down dinner that includes a choice of Ribs, Chicken & Pasta, Salmon or Sliced Prime Rib. Your dinner will be served with two adult beverage tickets, a choice of soup or salad and a selected dessert. We will leave for the theatre at 6:15 for the 6:30 show.
During intermission the winner of the Best Bad Christmas Sweater is announced and treats are provided. The winner will receive a $25 Gale Street Inn gift certificate and 4 tickets to see Natural Gas at the Gift Theatre. Unused drink tickets may be redeemed at the GSI after the show or at a later date.

The Gift Theatre*4802 N. Milwaukee*
Chicago, IL 60630

The Gift Theatre is conveniently located two storefronts north of Lawrence, on the west side of Milwaukee-and is easily accessible by the Kennedy Expressway, the Lawrence and Milwaukee buses, and the CTA Blue Line.

The Gift Theatre is dedicated to telling great stories on stage with honesty and simplicity. Since its 2002 debut, The Gift has consistently established itself as an actors' theatre, consistently eschewing directorial cleverness for honest, powerful connections between the actors and the audience. With the conception of The Lab-an ensemble-only forum dedicated to artistic growth and exploration-The Gift continues to deepen its commitment to the idea of ‘ensemble' by training together on an ongoing basis. Previous and future instructors in The Lab include Sheldon Patinkin, Jeff Perry, and Dr. Eric Forsythe.

Previous productions include The Lonesome West, Suicide, Incorporated, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Almost, Maine, Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show! America 2: Son of Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show! America, Summer People, The Ruby Sunrise, Talk Radio, Stop/Kiss, Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show! America, Natural Gas, Streamers, W;t, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, White People, Three Sisters, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Blithe Spirit, 365 Days/365 Plays, The Halloween Show, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Glass Menagerie (Remount-Theatre on the Lake), The Good Thief, The Clearing, Hurlyburly, The Glass Menagerie, The Pavilion, A Young Man In Pieces, Language of Angels, 6, County Fair, The Countess, Alcatraz (Abbie Hoffman Festival), Orestes 2.0, Boys' Life, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago (giftSYDNEY).

The educational program of The Gift Theatre Company, giftED., continues its work at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) by combining theatre and speech therapy to combat pediatric oral aversion in addition to its work through Chicago Public Schools, staging extant productions such as Pecos Bill as well as creating new pieces for the theatre, such as HOME / ROOM. The Gift is also beginning to secure equipment for its first feature-length project under its film component, giftFILM.

The Gift Theatre is the only professional theatre company in the working class neighborhood of Jefferson Park. As one of Chicago's most exciting theatre companies, The Gift is marked by acting of the highest caliber with continual training in The Lab, the important educational work being done at RIC through giftED., and sold-out houses on the northwest side of Chicago. Recent generous support has been provided by the Donnelley Foundation and Driehaus Foundation as well as The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council.

 

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