Virtual Production of THE VENETIANS to be Presented by Oak Park Festival Theatre and Kane Repertory Theatre
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Oak Park Festival Theatre, in partnership with Kane Repertory Theatre, will present a virtual production of The Venetians, a new play by Matt Barbot that brings together various characters from several of Shakespeare s best loved plays to address contemporary issues. Winner of Roundabout Theatre Company s 2019 Columbia@Roundabout New Play series, the play directed by Edward Torres, premieres May 8 at 7 p.m. and can be viewed on demand through May 10-16. Tickets are on sale now.
THE VENETIANS Opens May 8 from Oak Park Festival Theatre and Kane Repertory Theatre
Jeff Award-winner Edward Torres directs Matt Barbot s smart, funny and heartbreaking play.by BWW News Desk
Oak Park Festival Theatre, in partnership with Kane Repertory Theatre, presents a virtual production of The Venetians, a new play by Matt Barbot that brings together various characters from several of Shakespeare s best loved plays to address contemporary issues.
Winner of Roundabout Theatre Company s 2019 Columbia@Roundabout New Play series, the play directed by Edward Torres, premieres May 8 at 7 p.m. and can be viewed on demand through May 10-16. Tickets are on sale now.
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Fannie follows the events that led Fannie Lou Harmer from her life as the daughter of a share cropper in Mississippi to co-founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Directed by Henry Godinez on an outdoor stage in front of the theatreâs entrance, the production played Asolo Rep February 20 â March 3, the first stop in the showâs rolling world premiere in association with the Goodman Theatre and Seattle Rep.
Chicago Shakespeare Returns to Live Performances with AS YOU LIKE IT; Casts & Creatives for Chicago ShakesSTREAM Revealed
In October 2021, audiences return to the Theater for AS YOU LIKE IT infused with The Beatles.by BWW News Desk
Chicago Shakespeare Theater will welcome artists back to make theater again as dozens of actors, directors, designers, and technicians are busy creating upcoming productions, captured live in the Theater s performance spaces and streaming on-demand for audiences at home via the new Chicago ShakesSTREAM platform. Rehearsals and creative team meetings are underway for the line-up of virtual offerings beginning in March, including the I, Shakespeare series of solo shows I, Banquo and I, Cinna (the poet), a repertory ensemble cast performing both Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night as enhanced audio experiences, and We Are Out There, an imaginative digital prologue to the new musical It Came from Outer Space before the world premiere production next year