Jackalope Theatre Company Extends THE PEACOCK Through 12/14

Due to popular demand, and the recent announcement of Jackalope Theater Company as Time Out Chicago's Best Up-and-Coming Theater Company, Jackalope's intriguing production of Calamity West's The Peacock will add a weekend of performances, extending through December 14, 2013 at City Lit Theater, 1020 W Bryn Mawr.Tickets for all performances are available through www.jackalopetheatre.org and https://dime.io/events/the-peacock.

THE PEACOCK is directed by Marti Lyons and features Jackalope Artistic Director AJ Ware and Jackalope Director of Development & Community Engagement Andrew Burden Swanson, along with Ed Dzialo, Tim Martin, Jack Miggins, and Nate Whelden.

THE PEACOCK transports us to December 1946, where the fiction-writing workshop at an American university is in session. Consisting of young veterans of World War II, and sons of upper class - the workshop possesses but one woman: Nan. A one-legged wunderkind who is forced by her peers to re-examine her violent fiction as a result of the recent suicide of their classmate Eleanor. Based in a world where intellectual prowess is currency, Calamity West brings us this uniquely American exploration of violence, authorial intent, and gender.

The production team for THE PEACOCK includes: John Wilson (scenic design), Mac Vaughey (lighting design), Samantha Jones (costume design), Mel Gill (props design), Mikey Moran (sound design), Artistic Associate Claire Sangster (master electrician), Ryan Bourque (violence design), Jen Dorman (poster design), Bobby Kennedy (dramaturgy), Literary Manager Jon Cohen (historical research), Artistic Associate Josh Lambert (technical direction), Allison Raynes (production stage manager), Mikayla Pasquale (assistant stage manager), and Managing Director Nate Silver (producer).