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Opens Friday, September 29, 7:30PM
THE LAST D OF JUDAS IS By Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Yasen Peyankov
T DAYS S ISCARIOT In a courtroom in downtown Purgatory an ambitious lawyer doggedly pursues a defense of mythology’s greatest traitor. Her fierce line of questioning brings the innocence of witness, judge, and jury into doubt. After all, who are we to cast the first stone? Directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble member and UIC Head of Theatre Yasen Peyankov. Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis is widely recognized for his edgy, often darkly funny dramas. His most recent project is co-creating Netflix’s “The Get-Down.”
SHOW TIMES 9/29
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Post-Show Talk, 10/01 Forgiveness, Faith, and Humanity *Post-Show Talks with artists and special guests.
Opens Friday, November 10, 7:30PM
TARTUFFE By Molière Directed by Luigi Salerni
Tartuffe is the ultimate brazen conman. While his hypocritical greed and duplicity is glaringly obvious to most of the Pernelle family, some buy exactly what this consummate salesman is selling. The timeless charmer has kept audiences laughing for 350 years with his antics. Directed by UIC Professor Emeritus Luigi Salerni. 17th century French playwright Molière is one of the great comedic masters of Western literature.
SHOW TIMES 11/10
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Post-Show Talk, 11/12 Imposters, Hypocrites, Religion, and Politics *Post-Show Talks with artists and special guests.
Opens Friday, February 23, 7:30PM
INTIMATE APPAREL By Lynn Nottage Directed by Lydia Diamond
At the turn of the 20th century, lonely black New York seamstress Esther fabricates dreams with each sumptuous stitch. Stuffing her cash savings into a quilt along with bundles of love letters she can’t read, Esther stockpiles hope for the future. But will her dreams unravel against the harshness of reality? Directed by new UIC faculty, Broadway produced playwright and teaching artist Lydia Diamond. MacArthur genius and Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage is known for writing lost voices back into history in her highly original, empathetic portraits of America.
SHOW TIMES 2/23
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Post-Show Talk, 2/25 Historical Fiction and the Lives of Black Women *Post-Show Talks with artists and special guests.
Opens Friday, April 13, 7:30PM
florissant & canfield By Kristiana Rae Colรณn Directed by Derrick Sanders
At the intersection of tear gas and teddy bear memorials, a loose alliance of neighbors in Ferguson, MO find themselves hurled into the national spotlight. Documenting the wild, messy birth of a civil rights renaissance in a digital age and the vanguard of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, Colon’s drama is timely, powerful and real. Directed by Jeff Award winner and UIC theatre faculty member Derrick Sanders. Playwright Kristiana Rae Colón is a poet, playwright, actor, educator, Cave Canem Fellow and executive director of the #LetUsBreathe Collective.
SHOW TIMES 4/13
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4/18
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Post-Show Talk, 4/15 Black Lives Matter *Post-Show Talks with artists and special guests.
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