Lookingglass Theatre Company Adds BLOOD WEDDING & THADDEUS AND SLOCUM to Season
By: Tyler Peterson Mar. 24, 2015
Lookingglass Theatre Company announces its complete 2015-2016 season. In addition to the previously-announced World Premiere adaptation of Treasure Island, adapted and directed by Mary Zimmerman from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, co-produced with Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Lookingglass Season will include Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding, translated by Michael Dewell and Carmen Zapata, directed by Ensemble Member Daniel Ostling; and the World Premiere of Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure by Ensemble Member Kevin Douglas, directed by Ensemble Member J. Nicole Brooks and Krissy Vanderwarker. Subscriptions to Lookingglass' 2015-2016 season are on sale now and may be purchased through the box office at (312) 337-0665 or www.lookingglasstheatre.org.
"We are thrilled not only to debut Mary Zimmerman's next world premiere adventure, but also to herald Dan Ostling's singular vision of Federico García Lorca's seductive tale to the stage, and to introduce Kevin Douglas' hilarious but provocative vaudeville play to Chicago," comments Artistic Director Andrew White. "The characters in these plays place everything on the line without compromise. They risk it all in the name of adventure, wealth, passion, revenge, fame and infamy. I simply cannot wait to share these three captivating stories with our audiences."
The Lookingglass 28th season is:
World Premiere
Treasure Island
Adapted and Directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman
From the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
A co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Previews October 7 - 16, 2015
Opening Saturday, October 17, 2015
Regular Run October 18, 2015 - January 17, 2016
Adventure beckons when a mysterious blind man delivers the dreaded Black Spot to an aging sea captain, plunging an innkeeper's son armed with only his wits into a desperate race for buried treasure against a dastardly throng of cutthroat pirates.
Set sail with young Jim Hawkins, the larger-than-life Long John Silver and a crew of swashbuckling rogues, as Treasure Island explodes like a cannon ball onto the stage regaling thrill-seekers with a story both epic and intimate, hilarious and harrowing.
Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses) returns to helm this glorious adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's most beloved novel.
Blood Wedding
Written by Federico García Lorca
Translated by Michael Dewell and Carmen Zapata
Directed by Ensemble Member Daniel Ostling
Previews March 2 - 11, 2016O
pening Saturday, March 12, 2015
Regular Run March 13 - April 24, 2016
When a young bride-to-be receives a visit from a former paramour on her wedding day, a family blood feud threatens the celebration and sparks a deadly dance of love and deception, family and revenge, beauty and betrayal.
Lorca - one of Spain's most revered and controversial dramatists - dared to pen a seductive tale of passion and vendetta in a rural Spanish community, one that speaks to any heart longing for true connection. Lookingglass celebrates Lorca's revolutionary theatrical vision and this bold and timeless work in an immersive experience lush with music, movement, and poetic storytelling.
World Premiere
Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure
Written by Ensemble Member Kevin Douglas
Directed by Ensemble Member J. Nicole Brooks and Krissy Vanderwarker
Previews June 1 - 10, 2016
Opening Saturday, June 11, 2016
Regular Run June 12 - August 7, 2016
It's 1908 and Chicago's Majestic Theatre is the jewel of the vaudeville circuit. The only thing stopping Thaddeus and Slocum from becoming the next great stage act is as simple - and complicated - as black and white. Will laughter triumph and friendship endure as racial boundaries threaten to destroy their dreams of making the "big time?"
Lookingglass dives deep into the divided heart of American show biz for a daring cavalcade of slapstick, song and dance, burlesque as two best friends risk everything to make it to the top together.
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