Presents
Sinbad: The Untold Tale By Charles Way Directed by Amanda Delheimer March 19 – April 16, 2011
Brandon Campbell*............................ Prop/Puppet Design & Construction Lacy Campbell Kat Powers David Chrzanowski..........................................................................Fight Director Marianna Csaszar........................................................................ Costume Design Mikhail Fiksel....................................................................................... Composition Lavina Jadhwani.................................................................................... Dramaturg Miles Polaski...................................................................................... Sound Design Brandon Wardell*........................................................................ Lighting Design Chelsea Warren................................................................................ Scenic Design Clare Roche......................................................................................Stage Manager Morgan Gire.................................................................Assistant Stage Manager * denotes ASC Ensemble Member The play is presented without an intermission. Produced by special arrangement with Plays For Young Audiences A partnership of Seattle Children’s Theatre and Children’s Theatre Company-Minneapolis Adventure Stage Chicago is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. Adventure Stage Chicago is also a proud member of the League of Chicago Theatres, TYA/USA, American Alliance for Theatre and Education and Arts Alliance Illinois. Adventure Stage Chicago 1
THE CAST Abu Nuwas................................................................................................... Esteban Andres Cruz Ittifaq.............................................................................................................................. Dana Dajani Sinbad the Sailor............................................................................................. Adam El-Sharkawi Jan Shah.................................................................................................. Mildred Marie Langford Silent Genie.........................................................................................................................Mike Ooi Sinbad the Porter................................................................................... Edgar Miguel Sanchez
A D D I T I O N A L P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Kyle Land..................................................................................................... Carpenter/electrician Deb Lindell.......................................................................................................... Props Consultant Lyndsey Lyddan...................................................................................... Light Design Assistant Roger Wikes..................................................................................................................Scenic Artist
A DV E N T U R E S TAG E C H I C AG O S TA F F Producing Artistic Director......................................................................................Tom Arvetis Managing Director................................................................................................. Scott Letscher Director of Education............................................................................................Merissa Shunk Director of Audience Development .........................................................................Jana Liles Production Manager.................................................................................... Brandon Campbell Director of Advertising & Public Relations............................................. Jennifer Mathews Technical Director...........................................................................................................Erin Miller
ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE Tom Arvetis Brian Bell Dani Bryant Brandon Campbell Sarah Rose Graber Laura B. Kollar
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Jessica Kuehnau Allison Latta Scott Letscher Jana Liles Merissa Shunk Brandon Wardell
FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Theater-goer, Welcome to the Northwestern University Settlement House and to our award-winning performing arts program, Adventure Stage Chicago. We are back from an astonishing and emotional fall production of And A Child Shall Lead with another soaring adventure tale that is sure to capture your imagination. Experiencing live performance is an essential aspect of a healthy and vital community. When we opened the theater in 1998, we envisioned a place where our community could come together to celebrate its diversity and challenge its perception of itself and what it is capable of accomplishing. By focusing on young people and the adults in their lives, Adventure Stage Chicago is providing an empowering, self-reflective and participatory experience that, we hope, is relevant to your lives now. Adventure Stage Chicago is not a theater company in residence. Rather, it is one critical piece of a dynamic, multifaceted social service organization that has been serving Chicagoans for the last 120 years with programs like AmeriCorps, Emergency Services, Head Start, House in the Woods Camp, and the newly opened Rowe Elementary School. By opening doorways to opportunity, the Settlement is dedicated to helping our neighbors overcome the obstacles that keep them from living a self-sufficient lifestyle. I hope that you leave here invigorated and inspired to dialogue amongst your family members about your experience. And I encourage you to let us know what you think so we can continue to make a difference. Sincerely, Ron Manderschied
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F R O M T H E D I R E C TO R - A M A N DA D E L H E I M E R The first time I read Sinbad: The Untold Tale, I fell in love with it. In some ways, it’s a typical hero journey, and mirrors many stories that we all recognize, but I think that this particular version of it is really unique. The language is beautiful, the characters are silly and fun, and it tells a really great story—a lovely, serious story about two young people coming of age missing one (or both) of their parents. It explores what it feels like to feel “out of place”, what it means when you don’t really know who you are or where you come from, and how we can discover strengths and skills inside of ourselves even in the darkest and most hopeless of situations. Have you ever had a moment where you didn’t think you could do something, but you surprised yourself by discovering that you could? Or where someone else believed in you and their belief gave you the strength? I feel like that’s a big part of what this play is about: how we transform over the course of our lives, constantly re-inventing ourselves from year to year or moment to moment. In fact, for me, this play is all about transformation. We see it literally, as things magically transform from simple, everyday objects into items of great strength and power; but we also see it in how Sinbad and Ittifaq “grow up” over the course of the play, transforming from the humans they are into the humans that they want to be. As you watch the play, I’d love for you to think about that: how many different types of transformation can you spot? I’m also curious about what it means that Sinbad and Ittifaq are on this journey together. What do they accomplish as a team that they wouldn’t have been able to do by themselves? Would either of them have been successful if they’d gone on the quest by themselves? How does this affect their relationship? At the beginning of the play, they’re really at odds with each other, and are constantly at each other’s throats. But this changes as the play goes on. What do you think it is about people struggling together against something that’s bigger than themselves that brings us together? Has this ever happened to you? What did you learn about yourself by watching this story? Because that’s one of the most exciting things about sharing stories, I think—how much we can learn about ourselves while watching a story about somebody else. These are all big questions, but they’re all questions based in the story that we’ll be performing for you. After the curtain call, you’ll have a chance to talk with the actors, so save up your questions and comments and ideas, because we can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
THE CRITIC’S CORNER Now that you have experienced Sinbad: The Untold Tale, we want to hear from you. One of our guiding principles here at Adventure Stage is that theater inspires dialogue. You may have had the chance to participate in one of our Curtain Conversations with the cast. You can continue the conversation on our website (www.adventurestage.org) through our blog, The Adventure Page. The blog includes The Critic’s Corner where you can tell us what you thought about the show and continue probing the questions posed during our Curtain Conversation. We’re waiting to hear from you! 4 Adventure Stage Chicago
PERFOR MER BIOS Esteban Andres Cruz (Abu Nuwas) was born in Berwyn and raised in Cicero, IL and is thrilled to be making his Adventure Stage debut. Mr. Cruz recently was seen as Puck in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as Pablo in the Writers’ Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by David Cromer. He received the 2009 Jeff Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Angel Cruz in Raven’s production of Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train and is a 2009 graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. Esteban has worked with a lot of folks as an actor, director and choreographer. His upcoming Warner Brothers film, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas is scheduled to release this holiday season! Dana Dajani (Ittifaq) is an international performance artist. Born in Jordan, but Palestinian in origin, she is proud to be bringing Baghdad back with her Adventure Stage Chicago cast and crew. Dana recently returned from Dubai where her theater and film production company, The Human Spirit Project, collaborated with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund for a performance and documentary called Hope is A Memory of the Future. The focus of her current work: Renaissance in the Arab world. More news on that at: http://www.bidayat.org/en projects/433/the-human-spirit-project. Dana is a make-up artist, writer, and cat lover to boot. Check her out at http://portfolio.colum.edu/danadajani. Peace, Love and Light!
Adam El-Sharkawi (Sinbad the Sailor) is a Seattle native who has been living in the fine city of Chicago since 2004. Recent Chicago credits include The Book of Liz (Chemically Imbalanced Comedy), The Big Funk (Rodez Productions), Harper Regan (Steep Theatre), Pangs of the Messiah (Silk Road Theater Project), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Queer Tale (Midtangent Productions). Adam thanks Anna for her love and support and for agreeing to marry him. Mildred Marie Langford (Jan Shah) is thrilled to be back at Adventure Stage, where she was last seen in Ghosts of Treasure Island and The Blue House. Her other Chicago credits include: In Darfur (Timeline), A Civil War Christmas (Northlight), Zulu Fits (MPAACT), War with the Newts and The Overwhelming (Next), The Twins Would Like To Say (Dog & Pony/ Steppenwolf ), 12 Ophelias (Trap Door), The Crucible (Steppenwolf ) and Professions for Women (Bailiwick Director’s Festival). Mildred is a graduate of George Mason University and The School at Steppenwolf. She can be seen next in VENUS at Steppenwolf in the Spring. THANK YOU God for continued blessings. Thank you to friends and family for unwavering support. Let your light shine! Mike Ooi (Silent Genie) is happy to return to Adventure Stage after previously appearing in The Ghosts of Treasure Island. Other Chicago credits include Neverwhere, Last of the Dragons, and The Mark of Zorro (Lifeline Adventure Stage Chicago 5
P E R F O R M E R B I O S ( c o n t .) Theatre); 1985 and MopTop Festival (Factory Theatre); Three Penny Opera (The Hypocrites at Steppenwolf Garage); Old Town (Strawdog Theatre); Curse of the Crying Heart, Cave with Man, and The Rocketman (House Theatre of Chicago). Mike has also worked as a stage manager and in other aspects for the House Theatre, The Hypocrites, and Lifeline Theatre.
Edgar Miguel Sanchez (Sinbad the Porter) was born in Dominican Republic and raised in Miami, Florida. Chicago credits include: 1001 with Collaboraction, Red Noses (Remount) at Strawdog , Welcome to Arroyos at ATC, Wilson Wants It All with The House and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Edgar has also been in Othello, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Comedy of Errors, all at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
PRODUCTION BIO’S Charles Way (Playwright) has written over forty plays, many of them for young people. ASC has previously produced The Search for Odysseus (2007) and Eye of the Storm (2008). Sleeping Beauty, The Search for Odysseus and A Spell of Cold Weather were all nominated as Best Children’s Play by the Writers Guild of Great Britain. His play Merlin and the Cave of Dreams was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding New Play. He has recently published the book collection Classic Fairytales Retold for the Stage. Mr. Way’s play Red Red Shoes was named 2004’s Best Play for Young People by the Arts Council of England. His plays for adults include a well-known version of Bruce Chatwin’s On the Black Hill and an adaptation of Independent People by Halldor Laxness. Amanda Delheimer (Director) is a freelance director, choreographer, writer, and educator, as well as the Artistic Director of 2nd Story, an organization dedicated to bringing people together through story. Since completing her MA at the University of Chicago in 1999, she has worked with such companies as the Steppenwolf, the Court, the Next, Redmoon, Collaboraction, Strawdog, and Teatro Vista, among others. In addition 6 Adventure Stage Chicago
to directing for Adventure Stage Chicago (this is her sixth production here—her previous credits include The Ash Girl, The Cay, and last season’s production of The Ghosts of Treasure Island), Amanda works as a teaching artist for ASC’s Neighborhood Bridges program, and she spends her summers running the General Theater Studies program at The Goodman. Brandon Campbell (Props/Puppet Design & Construction) is the full time Production Manager at Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC). His puppet designs at ASC include The Cay and And A Child Shall Lead. Around Chicago, his credits include Joe’s Garage, Beowulf Vs. Grendel, and Big Top JoJo’s Towering Show of Wonder. Brandon has also performed as a puppeteer in Laika’s Coffin (Redmoon Theater) and Beer (The Neo-Futurists), and is also a saxophone player about town. He is very grateful for the lovely Mrs. Lacy Campbell. Lacy Campbell (Props/Puppet Design & Construction) is delighted to join the wonderful crew at Adventure Stage again, after previously designing props for The Shakespeare Stealer and The Search for Odysseus. She is a proud company member with Barrel of Monkeys, where she teaches,
P R O D U C T I O N B I O ’ S ( c o n t .) builds props, directs, acts, sings, and dances. She occasionally designs puppets but mostly acts and will be appearing as a guest star this spring in FOX’s new drama, The Chicago Code. David Chrzanowski (Fight Director) is thrilled to be working with Adventure Stage once again. Previous ASC credits: And A Child Shall Lead. David has designed violence at: Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Court Theatre, Wildclaw, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Loyola University, Kentucky and Montana Shakespeare Festivals, and at Silk Road Theatre Project. David is a recent recipient of the Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) grant and is a company member of Polarity Ensemble and Silk Road Theatre Project. David is also an actor around town having appeared at: Chicago Shakespeare, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Goodman, Court and First Folio to name a few. Marianna Csaszar (Costume Design) is thrilled to make her Adventure Stage Chicago debut. She also recently designed the set for the world premiere of Bordello at Chicago Dramatists. Mikhail Fiksel (Composition) has been the resident sound designer at Adventure Stage Chicago since 2006. He is a proud ensemble member of Teatro Vista, Serendipity Theatre and Strawdog Theatre, an Artistic Associate at Collaboraction and Redmoon and on the faculty at Loyola University. In addition to those fine folks he has worked with 2ndStage (Off Broadway), Tukkers Connexion (Arnhem, Holland), Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Victory Gardens, Writers’ Theater, Northlight, The Goodman, Lifeline, Next, The House, TUTA, Silk Road Theatre Project and The Neo-Futurists. He has received an After Dark Award, an Orgie Award, 4 Jeff Awards and 6 Jeff Awards Nominations (including most recently – nominations for Elaborate
Entrance of Chad Deity and War with the Newts). When he is not sitting in dark theatres, he records and performs with his band “Seeking Wonderland” or dj’s, often under the monikers “DJ White Russian” or “The Red Menace”. Morgan Gire (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manager in the greater Chicago area. She is a recent graduate from the University of Iowa where she studied theatre arts and psychology. Previous credits include Reefer Madness the Musical and the UI New Play Festival piece One Plum. Lavina Jadhwani (Dramaturg) makes her Adventure Stage debut. Previous dramaturgical credits include Travels With My Aunt (Writers’ Theatre), Yohen, Durango, Merchant On Venice (Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas Residency Award), Golden Child and Caravaggio (Silk Road Theatre Project), The Piano Tuner (Lifeline Theatre), Miss Witherspoon (Next Theatre) and The Pillowman (Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre). Lavina received KC/ACTF awards for her dramaturgical work on Urinetown and Arcadia at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the artistic director of Rasaka Theatre Company where she directed and curated the Chicago premiere of Yoni Ki Baat and the world premiere of CULTURE/CLASH, the nation’s first South Asian short play festival. Lavina is also an associate artist at Silk Road Theatre Project and an artistic associate at Halcyon Theatre and Premiere Theatre & Performance. She has been a finalist for the Luce Scholars Program, the Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship and the 3Arts Artist Awards. Graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. www.lavinajadhwani.com Miles Polaski (Sound Design) is a sound designer, composer and musician in Chicago. He is the resident sound designer with Collaboraction Adventure Stage Chicago 7
P R O D U C T I O N B I O ’ S ( c o n t .) and a music director/curator with Serendipity Theatre’s 2nd Story. This summer Miles received a Jeff Award for his sound design on Mouse in a Jar with Red Tape Theatre. Miles has had the pleasure of working with many Chicago theatre companies. Favorite past credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - The Gift Theatre; Uncle Vanya - TUTA; Cadillac - Chicago Dramatists; A Christmas Story - Noble Fool; Talk Radio - The Gift Theatre; Dr. Egg - Redmoon; The Hairy Ape The Hypocrites/Goodman Theatre; Diversey Harbor - Theatre Seven; Bloody Bess - Backstage Theatre; and Of Mice and Men - Steppenwolf Theatre. Kat Powers (Props/Puppet Design & Construction) is excited that you have come to see this amazing story. This is Kat’s tenth time designing properties with Adventure Stage Chicago; this time she is delighted to be working alongside Lacy Katherine Campbell. Kat has worked with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Lookingglass, Steep, the Hypocrites and Theater Wit and has been a company member with Serendipity Theatre Collective. Enjoy the magical voyage! Clare Roche (Stage Manager) has previously worked as stage manager for various theatres including: The Hypocrites, Strawdog, Theo Ubique Cabaret, Blindfaith and side project. Clare also works as an electrician around town and assisted Lee Keenan on the lighting design for The House Theatre (Nutcracker and Odradek) and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Short Shakespeare! Macbeth). Clare will continue her work with Adventure Stage this spring as Stage Manager for 500 Clown Trapped. Brandon Wardell (Lighting Design) is a freelance Lighting and Scenic Designer and is a member of the ASC Artistic Ensemble. He is also a Company Member at Backstage Theatre Co. and an Artistic Associate with Steep 8 Adventure Stage Chicago
Theatre. He recently designed the lights for And A Child Shall Lead, Ghosts of Treasure Island and The Blue House (ASC), The Moonstone and Mrs Caliban (Lifeline), Aunt Dan and Lemon and On An Average Day (Backstage), and Helen of Troy and Harper Regan (Steep). Scenic Designs include Baal and Maria’s Field (TUTA), Holes (ASC), Orange Flower Water (Backstage), In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Steep), and Dracula (Building Stage). Brandon holds an MFA from Northwestern University and teaches Lighting Design at Northern Illinois University. www.brandonwardelldesign.com Chelsea Warren (Scenic Design) is excited to be working on her second project with ASC, having previously designed the set for Ghosts of Treasure Island. Other Chicago projects include: scenery for A Brief History of Helen of Troy and The Hollowlands (Steep Theatre), A Separate Peace (Steppenwolf for Young Adults), K. (Hypocrites), Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch, The Flight of the Dodo, The Dirty Cowboy and Mrs. Caliban (Lifeline Theatre). International work includes: La Femme des Sables (companie Unikaji, Paris & Zagreb) and Stones/Air (Barossa International Sculpture Park, Southern Australia). Chelsea received her MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University. chelseaMwarren.carbonmade. com; blogminic.blogspot.com. Tom Arvetis (ASC Producing Artistic Director) is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Adventure Stage Chicago. He has worked at the Northwestern University Settlement for more than 10 years and is invigorated by the intersection between community, storytelling and play. He most recently directed the first production of this season, And A Child Shall Lead. Other ASC directing credits include the world premieres of Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back by Jason Tremblay and The Blue House by José Cruz Gonzalez.
P R O D U C T I O N B I O ’ S ( c o n t .) He also wrote and directed I Dream in Blues, a bluesical about the young life of Chicago blues chanteuse Katherine Davis. Tom is a 2009 Ann Shaw Fellow with Theatre for Young Audiences/ USA, the United States chapter of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, allowing him to examine vibrant, sustainable models of new work development with an ensemble. He’s currently investigating the Hero’s Journey as a valuable tool for creating dialogue between adults and young people and looks forward to sharing his ideas with you. He owes everything positive to the love of his family!
Scott Letscher (Managing Director) joined the theater staff in June 2005 after spending 14 years with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in marketing and patron services. He was also a company member of Terrapin Theatre for over 10 years where he held various positions, including Artistic Director and Literary Manager. He also acted in and directed many Terrapin productions, including the After Dark Award-winning Aunt Dan and Lemon. Scott has a Theatre Arts degree from Marquette University and lives in the Ravenswood neighborhood with his family.
PUTTING THE PLAY INTO CONTEXT - THE WORLD OF ANCIENT BAGDAD Sinbad is a popular character from the famous collection of stories; 1001 Arabian Nights. But what does Arabian mean? Where is Arabia? These pages will try to answer these questions and more as we share a peek into the world of the Sinbad stories. Sinbad the Sailor- A fictional sailor from Basrah, Iraq, who lived in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258AD). Sinbad is the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin that is a part of the 1001 Arabian Nights. During his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he had 7 fantastic adventures going to magical places, meeting monsters, and encountering supernatural phenomena. Arabian- Originating from the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding territories whose primary language is Arabic, whose religion is Islam and who inhabit much of the Middle East and northern Africa. A list of Arabian countries from largest population to smallest: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Somalia, Libya, Jordan, Eritrea, Lebanon, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Mauritania, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Djibouti, Bahrain, Comoros, and Western Sahara. Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 AD)- Descended from Muhammad’s uncle, Abbas, they founded Baghdad as their capital and developed it into a major centre of the arts and sciences. Our play takes place in Iraq during this time. Caliph- The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth. Iraq- The area known as Iraq today was called Mesopotamia up until the end of World War I (1914–1918). Baghdad, the capitol city, was able to feed its enormous population and to export large quantities of grain because they were able to control the flow of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. The Abbasids reconstructed the city’s canals, dikes, and reservoirs, and drained the swamps around Baghdad, which freed the city of malaria. The history of Islam in Iraq goes back almost Adventure Stage Chicago 9
PUTTING THE PLAY INTO CONTEXT (cont.) 1,400 years to the lifetime of Muhammad (570-632AD). By 630 AD Muhammad and his followers had won control of his homeland, Mecca and had spread Islam throughout Arabia. Allah- The standard Arabic word for God. Koran- The Muslim Holy Book, believed to be the word of Allah revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Women in Arab countries- Women are not allowed the same rights and freedoms as men. They could not vote, defy their father’s choice of husband, or be allowed to divorce. Throughout the last century women have been gaining rights all over the Middle East, and Iraq has been leading the way. However Iraqi women still have not gained equality, which is largely due to Islamic influence. If true gender reform is to take place, it will have to be within the context of Islamic law. Food in Iraq- Iraq doesn’t have a unique cuisine; instead it borrows dishes from other countries like Turkey (a lot of lamb, rice, and yogurt) and Iran (cooking fruits with beef and poultry.) For the 95% of Iraqis who practice Islam, eating pork and drinking alcohol are forbidden. A typical Iraqi meal would begin with coffee and tea before the appetizers and salads - known as mezza. The main course would include meat, either in a kebab, in a stew or in a wrap, often containing lamb. Another popular staple is falafel (fried chickpea patties usually served with salad The fast of Ramadan is celebrated the entire ninth month of the Muslim year. This means for the whole month, no food or water may be consumed from sunrise to sunset. Muslims believe fasting makes them stronger in their faith and helps them understand how it feels to be poor and hungry. At the end of Ramadan comes a three-day festival called Eid al-Fitr when friends and family gather to pray and feast. EXPLORE MORE Nonfiction: The Children’s Encyclopedia of Arabia by Mary Beardwood Islam (DK Eyewitness Books) by Caroline Stone IraqiGirl {Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq} Edited by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Fiction: Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy The Conch Bearer trilogy by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni A Fistful of Pearls and other tales from Iraq by Elizabeth Laird Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie Sinbad the Sailor by Marcia Williams Websites: For general information on Iraq: www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Iraq The Middle Eastern Information Network: www.mideastinfo.com Museum with No Frontiers: www.discoverislamicart.org/exhibitions/ISL/ (virtual tour through Islamic Art) Movies: The Thief of Bagdad (1940, NR) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958, NR) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003, PG) A&E Ancient Mysteries: Legends of the Arabian Nights (2006, NR) 10 Adventure Stage Chicago
U R B A N G AT E WA Y S 5 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y Adventure Stage Chicago is proud to be an event partner with Urban Gateways as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, ASC dedicates the April 2nd performance of Sinbad: The Untold Tale to Urban Gateways. Urban Gateways is one of the largest and most comprehensive arts education organizations in the country and a recipient of the White House’s “Medal of Arts.” For 50 years, Urban Gateways has brought the arts into the lives of millions of disadvantaged children in Chicago. We fulfill our mission – to ignite the creative potential of young people – by providing high-quality, customized programming before, during and after school to more than 100,000 Chicago-area youth each year in the areas of literary, media, performing and visual arts. For more information, please visit: www.IamUrbanGateways.org.
SPECIAL THANKS The ASC Ensemble, David Biele, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Kristin Conaty-Dairy Queen/Orange Julius, Ray Crosland, Nic Dimond, Tony Feliciano and the NUSH staff, Mary Frueh Lardie-Sulzer Regional Library, Kirstin Gaspar, Cortney Hurley, Asad Jafari and Shamar Hemphill-Inner City Muslim Action Network, Robert Kauzlaric, Lifeline Theatre, Ron Manderscheid, Noble Street College Prep School, The NUSH Board of Directors, The Saints, Jim Savage, Leticia Sinnokrot and Caleb Nolan-West Town Library, Strawdog Theatre Company, Katie Taylor, Von Orthal Puppets
I N D I V I D UA L S U P P O R T This presentation and other ASC programming is made possible in part by the generosity of the following individuals: Susan Adler, Sue Arvetis, Amanda Berg Wilson, Elizabeth Burns, Cara Clifford, John Conneely, Sean Egan (In honor of Tom Arvetis), Antonia Feliciano, Kirstin Gaspar, Sarah Rose Graber, Jen Hines, Tiffany Lange, Scott Letscher (In memory of Richard Letscher), Maureen Lippy (In memory of Richard Letscher), Lona Livingston (In honor of Tom Arvetis), Stephanie MajCommunity Chiropractic, Naja Maltezos (In honor of Tom Arvetis), Grady Ormsby, Jim Shunk (In honor of Merissa Shunk), Mary Anne Stergion, Stuart Strong, Sandy Summerhall (In honor of Marie Burnside), Temple Jeremiah, August Thorn (In honor of Tom Arvetis), Edison Urena C O R P O R AT E & F O U N DAT I O N A L S U P P O R T Adventure Stage Chicago deeply appreciates the support of Chicago Community Trust, City Arts Program 1 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, EmcArts/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Grover Hermann Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Kinder Morgan Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trusts, Searle Funds at Chicago Community Trust. Adventure Stage Chicago 11
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500 Clown Trapped Conceived by Adrian Danzig Directed by Paola Coletto
May 6 - 21, 2011
Experience 500 Clown’s signature mix of high physicality, raw emotion and powerful storytelling! Three clowns explore what it truly means to be trapped…and to be set free. Who sets these traps? Who benefits from them? Are they even real? Using slapstick mishaps, vaudevillian turns and untiring resilience, the clowns struggle to move beyond their own limitations as they search for the answers they need. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
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