Steppenwolf Presents GARAGE REP, Closes 4/24

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's GARAGE REP, featuring three productions from some of Chicago's most innovative, young theatre companies presented in rotating repertory will end April 24 in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St.  GARAGE REP 2011 includes: Heddatron by Sideshow Theatre Company, The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen by The Strange Tree Group and Sonnets for an Old Century by UrbanTheater Company.  

The GARAGE REP PRODUCTIONS:
Sideshow Theatre Company presents Heddatron
by Elizabeth Meriwether, directed by Jonathan L. Green
 
A book falls from the sky and a depressed Michigan housewife is kidnapped by a clan of renegade robots, whisked away to the jungles of South America, and forced to perform the title role in a mechanical version of Hedda Gabbler.  As a documentarian searches for the truth about the abduction and the woman's family mounts a search party, Ibsen himself enters the picture to defend his well-made play.  Sideshow is partnering with robotics experts across Chicago to present a cast of human actors and functioning robots in this bizarre and savagely funny Chicago premiere. www.heddatron.com
The Strange Tree Group presents The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen
by Emily Schwartz, directed by Jimmy McDermott
 
A world premiere that resurrects what was once the most famous criminal investigation the world has ever known: the calamitously comedic tale of Dr. H. H. Crippen, England's most notoriously inept cellar murderer. Chased across the sea by destiny and Marconi's wireless telegraph, this factual (and fanciful) turn of the century tragedy explores three versions of the life and death of this homicidal homeopath. The Strange Tree Group returns to its Grand Guignol roots with this marvelously macabre tale about how NOT to rid yourself of a wife.
 
UrbanTheater Company presents Sonnets for an Old Centuryby José Rivera, directed by Madrid St. Angelo in collaboration with Juan Castañeda and Ivan Vega
In a waiting room for the afterlife, we find a dreamscape filled with poignant, funny, lyrical and haunting monologues from recently deceased individuals.  This Midwest premiere by Obie Award-winning playwright and Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter José Rivera asks: "Where do we go when we die?" And if you were to offer commentary regarding the life that you've lived, "What would you say?"

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