OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, MILL FIRE & More Set for Shattered Globe Theatre's 2013-14 Season

Shattered Globe Theatre has announced its 22nd Season, to be performed in its new artistic home as a resident theatre company at Chicago's Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. The 2013-14 Season kicks off this fall with Jerry Sterner's provocative play OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, directed by Victory Gardens Artistic Director Emeritus Dennis Zacek. In the winter, SGT presents six-time Tony Award nominee and Olivier Award winner OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by SGT Artistic Director Roger Smart. The season concludes in the spring with Sally Nemeth's searing drama MILL FIRE, directed by Sandy Shinner. Tickets for SGT's 2013-14 Season will go sale at a future date at www.shatteredglobe.org, in person at the Theater Wit Box office or (773) 975-8150.

"These plays present the universal struggle of white collar, blue collar and the disenfranchised against the misuse of power," comments SGT Artistic Director Roger Smart. "Other People's Money and Mill Fire address the relationship between the world of industry upon which America is founded and the local communities which depend on them. In Our Country's Good, power is in the hands of British officers overseeing a penal colony who wrestle with the responsibility for their prisoners' lives. All three plays, in keeping with Shattered Globe's traditions, pose important questions for the global community of Chicago."

Shattered Globe Theatre's Full 2013-14 Season:

September 5 - October 19, 2013
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
By Jerry Sterner, Directed by Dennis Zacek
at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago
Featuring Ensemble Members Doug McDade, Linda Reiter, Ben Werling and Joe Wiens with Artistic Associate Abbey Smith

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY delves into the seedy and deceptive world of business, as a small company faces a hostile takeover at the hands of a ruthless businessman. Slimy, immoral and strangely likeable, "takeover artist" Lawrence Garfinkle will stop at nothing to gain control of New England Wire and Cable. Equal parts corporate critique and romantic comedy, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY mines the manipulation, greed and unexpected humanity in the world of business.

"Other People's Money is still up to the minute," stated director Dennis Zacek. "We can see the effects of corporate greed trickle into every facet of our lives."

Jerry Sterner was an American businessman-turned-playwright whose plays include Tit for Tat, Be Happy for Me, the musical Top 40 with Jerry Bock, and his biggest success, Other People's Money. That show opened in New York in 1989 to much acclaim and ran for years. In 1991, Norman Jewison directed a film version of Other People's Money starring Danny DeVito and Gregory Peck.

January 9 - February 22, 2014
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
By Timberlake Wertenbaker, Directed by Roger Smart
at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago

Wertenbaker's adaptation of The Playmaker, by Thomas Keneally, examines Australia's first penal colony and the redemptive power of art. As the inmates rehearse for the upcoming production, light is shed on the class system of the colony, relationships between the incarcerated and the officers tasked with policing them, and the effect of art on a prison population. OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD premiered in 1988 at The Royal Court Theatre and later ran on Broadway, garnering many awards along the way. Nominee of six Tony Awards and winner of two Laurence Olivier Awards and a New York Drama Critic's Circle Award,the play was remounted in London this year to mark the 25th anniversary of its debut.

Timberlake Wertenbaker is a British playwright, screenwriter, librettist and translator. Her many other plays include The Grace of Mary Traverse, The Love of the Nightingale, and Three Birds Alighting on a Field. She is the Artistic Director of Natural Perspective Theatre Company, and an artistic adviser to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In addition to many other critical accolades, she has been awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Additionally, she has written for the screen, opera, and radio, and has translated multiple classical and modern works.

April 24 - June 7, 2014
MILL FIRE
By Sally Nemeth, Directed by Sandy Shinner
at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago

Sally Nemeth's MILL FIRE takes audiences to Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1978. As the town struggles to mourn the loss of several factory workers in a terrible accident, widow Marlene refuses both the pressure to grieve as convention dictates and the blood money offered by the mill's owners. With an ever-shifting temporal landscape that shapes the story through flashback and memory, a Greek chorus of fellow widows, and emotionally charged familial subplots, MILL FIRE examines the many definitions of sorrow and the complexities of moving on.

"The characters of Mill Fire are classic Shattered Globe roles: passionate, complex people with their backs against the wall who are wrestling with ethical issues and personal needs," said director Sandy Shinner. "I am looking forward to working with this talented ensemble."

Chicago native Sally Nemeth is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and author of young adult fiction. Her plays include Holy Days, Water Play and Sally's Shorts. Mill Fire opened in New York in 1989 after its world premiere at Chicago's at Goodman Theatre the same year. Nemeth began her career in television - she has produced a documentary and worked for every major network, after getting her start on NBC's Law and Order. Knopf/Yearling has published her novel, "The Heights, the Depths, and Everything In Between."

For more information on Shattered Globe Theatre, please visit www.shatteredglobe.org.

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