Victory Gardens Presents An Evening With Greg Walloch 9/25

Victory Gardens presents An Evening With Greg Walloch, a one-night only solo performance written and performed by Greg Walloch as part of Crip Slam, a component of Victory Gardens Access Project. The performance is Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7:30PM in the Zacek-McVay Theater at the Victory Gardens Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park.

In the vein of Spalding Gray, Sandra Bernhard and David Sedaris, Greg Walloch's show consists of semi-autobiographical life and times monologues. Stripped down and unplugged, Greg shares new stories intertwined with greatest hits from his original acclaimed solo work White Disabled Talent.

Greg's style is characterized by humor, poignancy, and sexuality, and his acclaimed solo show has toured the world. He has appeared on everything from The Howard Stern Show to Kurt Andersen's Studio 360 on Public Radio International. The concert film F**K The Disabled stars Greg with a cast that includes Stephen Baldwin, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Currently, Greg is performing with The Moth in USA Network's Characters Unite national tour.

Like the best transgressive artists Greg Walloch uses humor to expose cultural and social fault lines. His acclaimed solo show has played everywhere from the Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia to Castle of Imagination, a performance festival in Poland. Greg recently performed to a capacity crowd at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium in Sxip's Hour of Charm. He has opened for '60's icon Janis Ian at the World Institute on Disability Gala in the Bay Area, and appeared in The Moth: West Village Stories with Amy Sedaris and Andy Borowitz in New York City. Greg's live solo shows have toured in Moscow, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Poland, Scotland, Tel Aviv, and in various festivals across the United States.

Access Project Mission
Now in its 19th year, the Access Project is a nationally recognized model outreach effort designed to involve people with disabilities in all aspects of theater, both on and off the stage. Part of the Victory Gardens Access Project, Crip Slam is a series of performances, readings, movies and other events that promote, explore and celebrate disability culture.

Tickets
An Evening With Greg Walloch will take place at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, in the heart of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. For tickets and information, call the Victory Gardens Box Office, 773.871.3000 (tty: 773.871.0682), email tickets@victorygardens.org, or visit www.victorygardens.org. Tickets are $15.

An Evening With Greg Walloch is an ACCESS PERFORMANCE and will feature audio description for patrons who are blind or have low vision, and sign language interpretation for patrons who are deaf or hearing impaired.

Victory Gardens is the winner of "Best Accessible Theater" Deaf Illinois Awards 2009. Visit www.victorygardens.org and click on "Enhance Your visit" for information and other Access services including large print and Braille programs, assisted listening devices, and artist development workshops.

Logistics and Amenities
Parking

$11 valet parking is available for all performances. Discounted parking is available one block south at Children's Memorial Hospital for all shows except weekday matinees (no overnights). Metered and street parking is available, but mind the neighborhood parking restrictions.

Public transit

By CTA train, take the Red, Purple or Brown lines to the Fullerton stop. Walk east on Fullerton to Lincoln, then north 1/2 block to the theater. The #8 Halsted, #11 Lincoln, #37 Sedgwick/Ogden, and #74 Fullerton CTA buses all stop at the corner of Fullerton and Halsted, 1/2 block south of the theater. See transitchicago.com for times and routes.

Pre- and post-show dining

See www.victorygardens.org for a list of Victory Gardens' neighborhood dining partners. Each is within walking distance of the Biograph, and all offer a special discount to patrons who present a Victory Gardens ticket stub.

About Victory Gardens Theater
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Chay Yew and Executive Director Jan Kallish, Victory Gardens Theater is home to the bold voices of world premiere theater. The company features the work of its own 14-member Playwrights Ensemble, as well as that of exciting playwrights who are changing theater in the U.S. and abroad. Since its founding in 1974, the company has produced more world premieres than any other Chicago theater, a commitment recognized nationally when Victory Gardens received the 2001 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The company's dedication to developing, supporting and producing new work makes Victory Gardens an American Center for New Plays.

In 2006, Victory Gardens successfully completed an $11.8 million renovation of Chicago's famed Biograph Theater, and moved two blocks north from its longtime venue at 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, to its beautiful new home in one of Chicago's most celebrated historic landmarks. Renamed Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, the new venue is a state-of-the-art 299-seat mainstage which has greatly expanded the company's artistic flexibility, while enhancing Victory Gardens' ability to welcome patrons old and new.

In 2009, Victory Gardens completed the second phase of renovation at the Biograph, building an intimate, new, 109-seat studio theater on the second floor. On March 1, 2010, at a special launch event for Victory Gardens $1 million Campaign for Growth, the theater's new studio was officially named the Richard Christiansen Theater, in honor of the Chicago Tribune chief critic emeritus and longtime champion of Chicago's live theater scene. Visit www.victorygardens.org/campaignforgrowth for more details.

Victory Gardens Theater receives major funding from Alphawood Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Shubert Foundation, Joyce Foundation, John T. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Allstate Insurance Company, The Boeing Company, Polk Bros. Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding is provided by: Leo S. Guthman Fund, Motorola Foundation, REAM Foundation, Crown Family Philanthropies, Sara Lee Foundation, Illinois Arts Council (IAC, a state agency), Edgerton Foundation, James S. Kemper Foundation, Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation, and by Wrightwood Neighbors Conservation Association, 3Arts, Harry S. Black and Allon Fuller Fund, Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation, John R. Halligan Charitable Fund, Illinois Tool Works, PNC Foundation, Elizabeth Cheney Foundation, a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and Irving Harris Foundation.

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