Photo Flash: First Look at Theater on the Lake's MOBY DICK

The Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake: The Chicago Summer Theater Festival presents MOBY DICK, now running through August 5 at Fullerton Avenue and Lake Shore Drive.  BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

In conjunction with the 60th anniversary, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee is honoring Theater on the Lake for its commitment to fostering live theater performed by local performing arts companies. The Jeff Committee will bestow a Special Award to Theater on the Lake for its commitment to presenting a cross section of Chicago's diverse theater scene. The Special Award will be presented at the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee Non-Equity Awards ceremony June 4 at the Park West.

Theater on the Lake will celebrate its 60th season by will featuring related pre- and post-show entertainment, including a weekly Theater Thursday in partnership with the League of Chicago Theatres. Each Thursday, audience members can watch the performance and enjoy pre-show refreshments as well as the chance to mingle with the artists.

Moby-Dick is adapted from Herman Melville and directed by Blake Montgomery.  This adaptation mixes Melville's prose with movement and miniature ships as a chorus of Ishmaels captures not only the shifting currents of the novel itself, but also the contagious nature of obsession. They are joined by a trio of percussionists whose driving rhythms underscore the action and propel Ahab's obsession to its fateful conclusion.

The schedule for all performances June 13 – Aug. 5 is Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6:30 p.m.

Single tickets are $17.50 and a season subscription to all eight plays is available at a discounted price of $110. All individual tickets go on sale June 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. 

The Cast

The Cast