House Theatre of Chicago & Chicago Park District to Present MAGIC ON THE MIDWAY, 8/24

The House Theatre of Chicago and Chicago Park District present MAGIC ON THE MIDWAY as part of 2013's Night Out in the Parks program on Saturday August 24 at 4pm at Hyde Park's Midway Plaisance Park Ice Rink, 1130 Midway Plaisance North, Chicago IL 60637. ComEd is a Supporting Sponsor and this event is for all ages and FREE for all.

House Company Member and third-generation magician Dennis Watkins, fresh off the wild success in the title role of Death & Harry Houdini, performs a 40 minute set of magic and mind-reading capped off by Houdini's Water Torture Cell. This is a rare opportunity for audiences of all ages to witness this extraordinary, award-winning magician and this stunning escape act for free.

The House is Chicago's premier home for original works of physical and spectacle storytelling. Founded and led by Artistic Director Nathan Allen and driven by an interdisciplinary ensemble of Chicago's next generation of great storytellers, The House aims to become a laboratory and platform for the evolution of the American theatre as an inclusive and popular artform.

Dennis Watkins is an award-winning, third-generation magician and entertainer with awards and honors from the Texas Association of Magicians, the Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

Watkins is a founding member of the critically acclaimed company, The House Theatre of Chicago, where he has worked as a writer, director, actor and producer of original theater for the last decade, including his recent production of The Magnificents. Currently, The House is showing Watkins' Friday night performance The Magic Parlour at The Palmer House Hilton, as well as Death and Harry Houdini, in which Watkins' stars as the famous American magician through August 18.

Additionally, Watkins works non-stop, bringing world-class magic and mind reading to colleges, universities and corporations from coast to coast.

More information about Watkins is available at www.denniswatkins.net. For more information about the House's weekly production at The Palmer House,The Magic Parlour, visit www.TheMagicParlourChicago.com.

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