Wildclaw Theatre presents THE WOMAN IN BLACK

WildClaw Theatre Company proudly presents THE WOMAN IN BLACK previews Tuesday, March 21st and Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017, press opening, Thursday, March 23rd with public opening Friday, March 24th. The classic bone-chilling play will be performed at The Den Theatre 1333 N Milwaukee Chicago. Thursday-Sundays until April 23rd. Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3pm.

Tickets are now available $25 General Admission and $20 with a student ID. Be sure to purchase your ticket EARLY to receive a special price of $5 off General Admissions with the code: "EARLY". Offer expires Monday, March 13th. Visit www.wildclawtheatre.com.

Chicago's premiere horror theater begins their 2017 season by bringing the award-winning stage play based on Susan Hill's classic 1983 novel to Chicago. In this gothic, spine-tingler, a solicitor hires an actor to tutor him in recounting to family and friends a story that has long troubled him. It concerns events that transpired when he attended the funeral of an elderly recluse twenty years ago. There he caught sight of a woman in black, the mere mention of whom terrifies the locals, for she is a specter who haunts the neighborhood. Together, the two men recreate the events of that dark and stormy night. WildClaw is proud to present this true horror theater classic with the distinction of being the longest running non-musical in London's famous West End.

Starring: Robert Koon and Priyank Thakkar

Directed by Elly Green, director of the Jeff-Nominated Rabbit (Stage Left) and After Miss Julie (Strawdog Theatre) as well as the co-world premiere of Hansol Jung's No More Sad Things (Sideshow Theatre).

Sound Design by Sara Espinoza*; Lighting by Emma Deane; Costumes by Rachel Sypniewski and Set Design by John Ross Wilson**; Props by Alec Long; Dialect coaching by Kathy Logelin; Dramaturgy by Krista D'Agostino*; Stage Manager, Ryan Kenney; Assistant Director, Norine McGrath*, Assistant Stage Manager, MJ Dougherty. Produced by Moira Begale* and Shandee Vaughn; Artistic Director, Josh Zagoren*.

*denotes WildClaw Company Member

**denotes WildClaw Artistic Associate

Elly Green is a British freelance Theatre Director based in Chicago. She has directed for Sideshow, Strawdog, Trap Door, Stage Left, Redtwist, Theatre 7, Livewire and assisted for the Court Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Previously, she worked as a freelance director in the UK for several years in London and in regional theatres, including the Royal National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre and Royal & Derngate, Northampton.

Priyank Thakkar is proud and excited to make his Chicago theater debut in the upcoming production of the Woman in Black at the Den Theater, presented by Wildclaw Theater. Born and raised in India, Priyank moved to the states at the age of 10 and took an interest in stage performance at age 14. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Fashion Business and Associates in Acting. Priyank can also be seen as Roger in the upcoming crime drama feature film Path of Egress releasing this summer.

Robert Koon is a Chicago-based playwright and actor. He is a Resident Playwright Alumnus at Chicago Dramatists, where his plays HOMECOMING 1972 and ST.COLM'S INCH were produced. His other plays include VINTAGE RED AND THE DUST OF THE ROAD (Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work, American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg Award Nominee), ODIN'S HORSE (Joseph Jefferson Award nominee for New Work, Earth Matters on Stage Award for Ecodrama, Smith Prize finalist), and MENORCA. He has also been a finalist for the Heideman Award from Actors Theatre of Louisville. His recent acting work includes CHAGRIN FALLS for The Agency Theatre Collective, HUMAN TERRAIN for Broken Nose Theatre, GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES for 16th Street Theatre, A SMALL FIRE for Steep Theatre, and WildClaw Theatre's DEATHSCRIBE. Robert has been awarded creative residencies at the Ragdale Foundation and the William Inge Center for the Arts. He teaches playwriting at the Playwrights Studio at Chicago Dramatists, and he is also an Associate Artist at 16th Street Theatre. Robert holds an MFA from the University of California at Davis, and he is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Stephen Mallatratt (Playwright) was an English playwright, actor, television screenwriter and a graduate of London's Central School for Speech and Drama. He is best known for his television work on the ITV series Coronation Street, The Forsyte Saga (2002) and Island at War (2004), and for his stage adaptation of the novel The Woman in Black. He was also an actor, appearing in minor roles in Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited. He died of leukaemia in 2004.

Susan Hill CBE (Author) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, The Mist in the Mirror and I'm the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to literature.

Tickets are on sale now at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2724678

For more info please visit us at www.wildclawtheatre.com.

Photography by Clark Bender; Graphic Design by Charlie Athanas

WildClaw Theatre brings the world of horror to the stage. We attract an audience craving strange journeys of dread, suspense, terror and wonder: Horror Theatre. The name "WildClaw" pays homage to the late, great Chicago actor, writer, and raconteur - the much loved and missEd Ray Wild, otherwise known as "The Claw".

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