The Agency Theater Collective Announces Casting For TRES BANDITOS

The Agency Theater Collective will produce their ninth world premiere play with Tres Bandidos, written by Jeff Nominated Playwright Cody Lucas* and directed by Cordie Nelson* and Jack Schultz*, running at The Heartland Studio (7016 N Glenwood Ave.) August 24 - September 15, 2018.

In Tres Bandidos, Shep, David, and Luke get lost on the way to a planned bank robbery and hole up in a dingy Texas motel. As a storm roars outside, past demons and a ticking clock put the heist in jeopardy and push the outlaws toward the breaking point. Written with rapid-fire, cutting dialogue, this contemporary western places cowboy mentality in the crosshairs.

"It recontextualizes old west mythology and morality to see what those tropes mean in 2018 America," says playwright Cody Lucas.

According to co-director Cordie Nelson, "The play puts everything in a pressure cooker and explores the effects of toxic masculinity on men in rural areas."

Tres Bandidos will star Guy Wicke (Shep), Joe Lino (David), and Cody Lucas* (Luke). Understudies include John Miraglia, Joseph Mangels, and Erich Peltz.

The artistic and production staff includes Cordie Nelson* (Co-Director), Jack Schultz* (Co- Director), Audrey Gladson* (Assistant Director), Teryl Thurman (Stage Manager), Ethan Walles* (Production Manager), Ellie Humphrys* (Lighting Designer), Marie Weigle* (Set Decoration/ Executive Producer), Cristian Esparza (Costume Designer), Ryan Wiechmann (Sound Designer), Chas Mathieu (Set Designer) Manuel J. Ortiz (Technical Director), Hannah Tarr* (Fight Choreographer), Edward Karch (Weapons Master), Susenna Turner* (Marketing Assistant), and Troy Rumans (Marketing Assistant).

*Denotes member of The Agency Theater Collective

Tres Bandidos

Written by Cody Lucas
Directed by Cordie Nelson and Jack Schultz

Preview Performance August 23, 2018 at 8pm Performances August 24 - September 15, 2018

Thursday - Saturday at 8pm. Sunday at 3:00pm. Additional performances 9/2, 9/10, and 9/12 at 8pm and 9/8 at 2:30pm.

Performances to be held at the Heartland Studio, 7016 N Glenwood Ave. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can (Suggested $20).

https://dime.io/events/tres-bandidos

About The Agency Theater Collective

The Agency Theater Collective creates extraordinary theatrical experiences by fostering new work and fresh takes from dynamic points of view.

Now in their seventh year, The Agency was born from a Meisner acting classroom at Green Shirt Studio, a storefront training center in Chicago founded by Gallant and Sommer Austin. Since 2011, The Agency has produced eight world premieres, including the acclaimed I Wish To Apologize To The People of Illinois and the Jeff nominated Truth in Context. In 2017, they produced the first ever female led production of the Chicago classic Hellcab.

For the past six years, The Agency has also hosted No Shame Theatre, a weekly theatrical open-mic series that focuses on immediacy, originality and brevity, and provides a platform for the creation of new work. In 2016, The Agency launched The Basement Series, a spiritual companion to No Shame which stages monthly events allowing artists to explore short and long form pieces of any style.

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