Iphegenia...(a rave fable) by Caridad Svich- press release for Halcyon Theatre, opening February 17 at the Greenhouse
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jenn Adams
Associate Artistic Director, Halcyon Theatre
773.413.0454
press@halcyontheatre.org
halcyontheatre.org
Halcyon Theatre continues its Fifth Season with the Chicago Premiere of Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable) by Caridad Svich.
CHICAGO, IL (January 22, 2011) Halcyon Theatre begins its fifth season with Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable) written by Caridad Svich and directed by Artistic Director Tony Adams. Iphigenia...(a rave fable) will be performed at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
A rave fable inspired by Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis, this play with music and video spins Iphigenia into dangerous orbit through an un-named Latin American country as she journeys through a meta-hell where she finds her body embraced and destroyed by a rock star named Achilles, and discovers she cannot escape a destiny set forth by myths ancient and modern.
"Juxtaposing the world of the rich and the poor; the living and the dead; live performance and the video; the elements combine to forge a new world that's familiar and foreign, mysterious and hyper-realistic. Caridad has an innate ability to take existing styles and conventions and spin them into something new and fascinating. It's as if she mainlines myth and creates something poetic and mythic, yet completely contemporary. Iphigenia...(a rave Fable) is a living embodiment of that." says Artistic Director and director, Tony Adams.
Performances begin February 17, and run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30 through March 27, 2011. Tickets are $10-20, and are available through the Greenhouse Theater box office atgreenhousetheatre.org (Direct link at http://greenhousetheater.tix.com/schedule.asp?actcode=56947) or at 773.404.7336.
Members of the media are invited to attend any performance. Iphigenia...(a rave fable) contains adult themes and language. Please contact us if you have any questions about the themes or content of this production.
The production features: Adam Dodds, Rafael Franco, Arch Harmon*, Erica Cruz Hernández**, Arvin Jalandoon*, Christine Lin**, Terri Lopez**, Miguel Nuñez**, Derrick York**.
*company member, ** artistic associate. Cast and Crew bios may be found at: halcyontheatre.org/iphigenia
Caridad Svich: Caridad Svich is a US Latina -translator-lyricist and editor of Cuban-Argentine-Spanish-Croatian descent whose works have been staged across the US and abroad at diverse venues including Denver Theatre Center, Mixed Blood Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Artheater-Cologne and Edinburgh Fringe Festival/UK. In Chicago, she's worked with the Latino Theatre Festival at the Goodman, TUTA, Caffeine Theatre, Latino Chicago, Teatro Vista, Northwestern University. Among her key works: 12 Ophelias, Any Place But Here, Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues, Magnificent Waste and The House of the Spirits (based on the novel by Isabel Allende). She's alumna playwright of New Dramatists, founder of NoPassport theatre alliance & press, contributing editor of TheatreForum, and associate editor of Contemporary Theatre Review. She holds an MFA from UCSD. Visit her website:www.caridadsvich.com
About Halcyon:
Mission- We are fiercely committed to making the stage as diverse as the city of Chicago; presenting new voices from inadequately represented communities, as well as recasting classic works to showcase their contemporary relevance.
About- Halcyon Theatre was formed to make incredible theatre from stories around the world, to help show our world in new ways, and rediscover the individual beauty of people from our global community. Our artistic philosophy is driven by our continuing belief that at every point of human history where there has been an explosion of artistic creativity, it has happened when different cultures and traditions have intersected and informed each other. If every artist working with an organization looks and thinks the same, it is difficult for them to grow. A homogeneous group produces homogeneous art. Striving for artistic excellence with artists of varied cultural backgrounds and training is at the forefront of everything we do.
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WHAT: Halcyon Theatre continues its Fifth Season with the Chicago Premiere of Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable) by Caridad Svich
WHERE: Iphigenia ...(a rave fable) will be performed at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
WHEN: Iphigenia ...(a rave fable) will perform: February 17 through March 27, 2011. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30
ADMISSION: $10-20 for single tickets.
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are $10-20, and are available through the Greenhouse Theater box office at greenghousetheatre.org (Direct link at http://greenhousetheater.tix.com/schedule.asp?actcode=56947) or at 773.404.7336.
FEATURING: Adam Dodds, Rafael Franco, Arch Harmon*, Erica Cruz Hernández**, Arvin Jalandoon*, Christine Lin**, Terri Lopez**, Miguel Nuñez**, Derrick York**.
*company member, ** artistic associate.
WEBSITE: halcyontheatre.org; halcyontheatre.org/iphigenia
CONTACT: Jenn Adams
Associate Artistic Director, Halcyon Theatre
773.413.0454
press@halcyontheatre.org
halcyontheatre.org
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