Provision Theater Company to Present REDEEMED: THE FALL AND RISE AND CHUCK COLSON

Provision Theater Company presents the world premiere production of REDEEMED: THE FALL AND RISE OF CHUCK COLSON by Timothy Gregory.

The play will run April 15 - May 14 with performances on Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at Chicago's Athenaeum Theater located at 2936 N. Southport Avenue Chicago, IL 60657. Note: there is no 4:00 p.m. performance on April 15th. Additional preview performances will be on April 12 and April 13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 8:00 p.m.

Centering on the life and spiritual transformation of Chuck Colson, Special Counsel to President Nixon and founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, REDEEMED tells the amazing story of what inspired transformation in Chuck Colson's life.

Set in the 1970's, against the backdrop of the explosive Watergate scandal, Chuck Colson grasped for meaning during the tumultuous investigations that led to the collapse of the Nixon administration. A convicted former special counsel to the president, Colson paradoxically found new life - not with success and power, but while in national disgrace and imprisonment.

REDEEMED: THE FALL AND RISE OF CHUCK COLSON will feature Provision Theater Company Member Rod Armentrout as Chuck Colson and was written and will be directed by Provision Theater Founding Artistic Director Timothy Gregory.

"Chuck Colson is a great example of someone who was given a second chance and really did something with it," states Provision Theater Artistic Director Timothy Gregory. "Colson devoted his life to carrying the Christian message of second chances to those in prison. He was a brilliant visionary, who understood human frailties, and wanted to bring Christ's love and compassion into the lives of the downtrodden, which he did with Prison Fellowship Ministry."

Additional cast and production team includes Tom McElroy as the Actor, Set & Light Designer Carl Ulaszek, Costume Designer Paula Kenar, Original Music Gary Fry, Assistant Stage Manager Vicky Garcia, Sound/Projections Designer David Pierczynski, Props Designer, Timothy Gregory/Mary O'Dowd and Production Stage Manager Denise Savas.

Ticket prices range from $28 to $33. Subscribe to Redeemed for $28 at www.provisiontheater.org/tickets or purchase tickets through Athenaeum's Box Office for $33 at 773-935-6875. Discount pricing available for students/seniors/active military. Seating is limited. Recommended for ages 12+. Performance lasts 2 hours with intermission. No late seating. For parking information, visit athenaeumtheatre.org/parkingdirections.

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Provision Theater Company is a non-profit equity theater devoted to producing works of hope, reconciliation and redemption; works that challenge us to explore a life of meaning and purpose. Provision Theater Company has celebrated numerous critically-acclaimed productions including HEAVEN, HOW I GOT HERE, OLD WICKED SONGS, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, CHRISTMAS ON THE AIR, JACOB, A CHRISTMAS MEMORY & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR, RED LETTER JESUS, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, SHADOWLANDS, THE HIDING PLACE, COTTON PATCH GOSPEL, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, C.S. Lewis ON STAGE, THE FOREIGNER, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, BEAST ON THE MOON, FISH EYES, SHAW VS. CHESTERTON: THE DEBATE, THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY, BONHOEFFER'S COST, THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE, SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS, GODSPELL, SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR, and THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

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