The Alcyone Festival 10
Through February 27, 2010This year's festival celebrates the work of Maria Irene Fornes, featuring four Chicago premieres and a Pulitzer finalist in rotating repertory. The plays featured in this year's festival span several decades of Irene's staggering body of work that has profoundly influenced the American Theatre.
Halcyon's Artistic Director Tony Adams says, "I think she has had a greater impact on the American Theatre than any writer other than Eugene O'Neill, but many people don't know much of her work.”
Performances will be at the Lincoln Square Theatre
in the Berry United Methodist Church
4754 North Leavitt in Chicago
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Tickets
Festival Passes are available online. See all the shows for less than $10 each.
Thursday, Saturday Matinee and Sunday performances are $15 in advance, $18 at the door.
Friday and Saturday Evening performances are $17 in advance, $20 at the door.
Student and Senior tickets are $10
Individual show tickets will go on sale in December.
For more info call our box office at 773.413.0453.
Shows
Letters from Cuba directed by Juan Castañeda
Manual for a Desperate Crossing directed by Coya Paz
Sarita directed by Gina LoPiccolo
Summer in Gossensass directed by Lavina Jadhwani
What of the Night directed by Margo Gray
* note: exact line-up for shows subject to change
Schedule
Show-specific performance schedules for individual shows can be found on the pages for each show.
Week 3
Thursday, February 4; 8pm; Manual for a Desperate Crossing
Friday, February 5; 8pm; Summer in Gossensass
Saturday, February 6; 3pm; What of the Night
Saturday, February 6; 8m; Letters From Cuba
Sunday, February 7; 6pm; Sarita
Week 4
Thursday, February 11; 8pm ; Summer in Gossensass
Friday, February 12; 8pm; What of the Night
Saturday, February 13; 3pm; Letters From Cuba
Saturday, February 13; 8pm; Sarita
Sunday, February 14; 6pm; Manual for a Desperate Crossing
Week 5
Thursday, February 18; 8pm; Manual for a Desperate Crossing
Friday, February 19; 8pm; Letters From Cuba
Saturday, February 20; 3pm; Sarita
Saturday, February 20; 8pm; What of the Night
Sunday, February 21; 6pm; Summer in Gossensass
Week 6
Thursday, February 25; 8pm; Sarita
Friday, February 26; 8pm; What of the Night
Saturday, February 27; 3pm; Manual for a Desperate Crossing
Saturday, February 27; 8pm; Letters From Cuba
María Irene Fornés
María Irene Fornés was born in Havana, Cuba in 1930. Her family moved to the U.S. in 1945, and she became a painter before beginning to write plays in the early 1960s. Since 1961, she has written nearly 40 stage works and directed her own works as well as classic drama. She became a pivotal figure in both Latino and experimental theater. Her innovative dramas have made her one of the most successful and frequently produced of off-broadway playwrights. Her influence in the American Theater is vast, due not only to her unique vision as a writer but also her role as a teacher to writers (including Nilo Cruz.) She has won numerous awards and honors over her 40 year career including winning thirteen Obies.Parking and Public Trans
Parking: On street parking is available on a first come first serve basis. Off street parking is available after 5 pm at the Social Security Office Parking lot at 2127 W. Lawrence Ave. Pick up a free parking pass at the box office before parking in either of these lots or print the pass below and place it on the driver's side of your windshield.
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Public Transportation: The Lincoln Square Theatre is easily accessible by CTA. It is a short walk from the Brown Line at Damen or Western stops, the Metra UP-N line (At Ravenswood and Lawrence) or by the Lawrence Ave bus (#81).
09-10 Season Four
Alcyone 10 Shows
On Fornes
"When I feel sick of
plays, writing, theatre,
the whole business, I
sometimes think of yours
and I get a flicker
of what it is I like about it all . . ."
~ Caryl Churchill,
from A Poem for Maria Irene Fornes
"America has produced no dramatist of greater importance than Maria Irene Fornes . . . Her plays and productions profoundly altered my understanding of what theatre is . . ."
~Tony Kushner
plays, writing, theatre,
the whole business, I
sometimes think of yours
and I get a flicker
of what it is I like about it all . . ."
~ Caryl Churchill,
from A Poem for Maria Irene Fornes
"America has produced no dramatist of greater importance than Maria Irene Fornes . . . Her plays and productions profoundly altered my understanding of what theatre is . . ."
~Tony Kushner
Halcyon Theatre is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
