Trap Door Theater Extends CHASTE

Due to popular demand, Trap Door's critically acclaimed production of Chaste has been extended thru June 26th.

Additionally Trap Door Theatre will be donating half of all box office proceeds from the Friday June 11th performance of Chaste, to Donna's Good Things; a newly formed non-profit organization that celebrates the life of Donna Quirke Hornik by providing joyful opportunities to children facing adversity.

In 1882 Paul Ree introduced his friend Nietzsche to a young Russian woman named Lou Salome (a novelist, essayist, and thinker who would later become a muse and colleague to both Rilke and Freud). The three formed a plan to live together as a chaste trio dedicated to a life of the mind. Calling up and distorting this history, Chaste wildly imagines what would have happened if they had realized their dream. In this chaste ménage a trios, Nietzsche bets the triumph of his will against the incomparable desires of a virginal girl. Despite their promises to bring out the most brilliant in each other, a primal battle for love and domination begins. Their unchecked ambition and reckless intimacy surprises all three. Pygmalion never had it so bad, nor Red Riding Hood so good, as they do in this perverse comedy of their own devising.

Cast: Antonio Brunetti, John Kahara, Sara Tolan Mee, Tiffany Joy Ross

Assistant Director Jen Ellison / Sound Designers Jason Meyer & Shane Oman / Lighting Designer Gina Patterson / Set DesignerJoseph Riley / Stage Manager Gary Damico / Costume Designer Nevena Todorovic / Graphic Designer Michal Janicki

Runs: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM.
Closes: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 8 PM.
Admission: $20 (2-for-1 on Thursdays).
Admission for the Friday June 11th benefit performance: $20-$40 (pay what you wish).

What:
Trap Door Theatre is extending their world premiere production of Jeff Award-winning playwright Ken Prestininzi's newest play, Chaste. Based on true events, Chaste is a perversely comic look at the primal battle for love and domination set off by three cultural agitators living together in a chaste ménage a trios.

Where: TRAP DOOR THEATRE, 1655 W. Cortland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622

Info/Reservations: 773-384-0494 To purchase tickets online: www.trapdoortheatre.com

 

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