The Other Shore Opens Friday

Submitted by Tony on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 8:12pm

January 16 through February 21, Halcyon Theatre presents:

The Other Shore
by Gao Xingjian
Translated by Gilbert CF Fong
Directed by Jennifer Adams

Using a dazzling array of styles, unconventional staging and lively characters, Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian's greatest work for the stage explores the desperate human struggle to cross the river of life to reach the other shore.

Featuring: Doug Bowman, Juan Castañeda*, Samantha Garcia, Letitia Guillaud, Irene Kapustina, Josh Johnson, Meghan M. Martinez, Nilsa Reyna, Meghann Tabor, Danny Taylor, Kristine Wakefield

Lighting and Sound: Tony Adams*; Costumes: Emily Nelson

Tickets from $5 to $20.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00; Sundays at 6:00
Performances are at the Lincoln Square Theatre, (Map)
4754 North Leavitt, in Chicago, in the Berry United Methodist Church
Just east of Western, one block south of Lawrence Ave

For reservations call 312.458.9170 or halcyontheatre.org/boxoffice

Discounts and Special Offers: halcyontheatre.org/specialoffers

About Gao Xingjian

Winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature, Gao Xingjian was born January 4, 1940 in Ganzhou (Jiangxi province) in eastern China. A multi-talented writer and artist, he grew up during the aftermath of the Japanese invasion. He received his basic education in the schools of the People's Republic and took a degree in French in 1962. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) he was sent to a re-education camp (after burning a suitcase full of manuscripts.) Until 1979 he could not publish his work or travel abroad. His play Bus Stop (1983) was condemned during the campaign against "intellectual pollution." Three years later, The Other Shore was banned and since then none of his plays have been performed in China. In 1987 he left China and settled down in Paris as a political refugee. He became a French citizen in 1997.