Photo Flash: First Look at 500 Clown Theatre's 500 CLOWN FRANKENSTEIN, Opening Tomorrow, 10/31

500 Clown Theatre, founded in 2000, presents "500 Clown Frankenstein" just in time for Halloween, offering a clowns-eye view of creation and abandonment, for a limited run at Chicago's Viaduct Theatre. The production runs about 70 minutes with no intermission, is for ages eight and up, and offers a special ticket discount for returning audience members. Get a first look at the production below!

Just as Victor Frankenstein created his monster from parts of many different people, this new iteration of "500 Clown Frankenstein" will be constructed by a cast of rotating performers. Five clowns will reconfigure into three different casts, each charged with the same task: "make monster." Each unique combination will discover its own way to be pushed over the line, creating a monster from the assemblage of their needs, problems and desires.

The new cast features professional clowns Pam Chermansky and Dean Evans, Neo-Futurists Jay Torrence and Leah Urzendowski, along with founding and current Producing Artistic Director, current show director, co-creator and performer Adrian Danzig.

The script frame follows three clowns, who embark on a madcap journey to construct Frankenstein's lab. Stymied by elaborate and exaggerated costumes, the trio is propelled into acrobatic feats by an extendEd Battle with an unruly table. Comic mayhem takes a sharp turn to a devastating climax when one clown is forced to play the role of the "monster" and suffer abuse.

Viaduct Theater is located at 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60618. Street parking and under the viaduct; handicapped and CTA accessible (Western and Belmont bus stops). The show opens tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m. and runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. through November 18.

Original production created by Molly Brennan, Paul Kalina, Leslie Buxbaum Danzig (original director) and Adrian Danzig (current director). With Rebecca Stevens (Associate Producer), Dan Reilly (Set Design), Lee Keenan (Light Design), Jay Sangster (Costume Design), Jim Moore (Technical Director), Clare Roche (Stage Manager), and Stephen Murray (Script Supervisor).

Founded in fall 2000, 500 Clown uses circus arts, improvisation, and action-based performance to produce theatre that catapults the performers into extreme physical and emotional risk. The work shifts the audience from passive to active observers and creates a charged environment that celebrates the unpredictable power of the moment. Complete production history available on request.

For tickets, click here. And for more about the show, visit 500clown.com.

Photo Credit: www.JustinBarbin.com

Pam Chermansky as Edith the storyteller, Adrian Danzig as Bruce the scientist, and Jay Torrence as Francis the helper

Adrian Danzig as Bruce the storyteller, Dean Evans as Nigel the scientist, and Leah Urzendowski as Lilly the helper

Jay Torrence as Francis the helper, Dean Evans as Nigel the scientist (on his back), and Leah Urzendowski as Lilly the storyteller