The Construction Zone Fall Schedule of Events
A suggested donation of $5 is requested at the door for all events.
Tuesday, Oct. 28- 7:30pm @ ATC
LUCINDA’S BED
Written by Mia McCullough
LUCINDA'S BED was workshopped at Ensemble Studio Theatre in NY this past summer. Mia's other new play HOUSEHOLD SPIRITS recently received a reading at Steppenwolf as part of the First Look reading series, and at The Goodman Theatre as part of their New Stages Festival. Her play SINCE AFRICA is being produced by the Old Globe in San Diego this winter.
Synopsis
LUCINDA’S BED chronicles the life of Lucinda, a girl-then-woman, through the significant moments that happen in and around her bed. It begins with a bed piled high with frilly, girlie sheets, but as each new stage of her life comes, a layer of bedding is pulled away to reveal something new. The two men who populate the piece are the Monster-under-her-bed, who portrays the various men that compromise Lucinda’s self-worth and tempt her darker side, and Adam who represents all the kind-hearted men who promise to protect her but hurt her anyway. Constantly confused by her sexual power (or lack-thereof), and repeatedly betrayed, Lucinda’s desire vacillates between Adam and the HYPERLINK "http://www.monster.com/" \t "_blank" Monster. With each new challenge and each new betrayal Lucinda struggles for the upper hand, yet it repeatedly eludes her. Finally, with death at her heels and all her sexuality stripped away by age and disease, Lucinda finds herself the manipulator, releasing Adam from a hero role he cannot possibly fulfill and seducing the Monster into granting her final wish.
Wednesday, Nov. 5- 7:30pm @ ATC
HUNGRY GHOSTS
Written by Margaret Lewis
Margaret Lewis’s script, Creole, was produced in 2007 at the Storefront Theater by DCA and InFusion Theatre and was nominated for five Black Theatre Alliance Awards. Here Where It's Safe, presented as a part Stage Left's LeapFest festival of new plays, is in Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series on October 18, 2008. Most recently, Margaret was commissioned by Solano College (in California) to write a new play.
Synopsis
HUNGRY GHOSTS tells the story of Alice, the lead archaeologist on a mission to contemporary Vietnam, sent there to retrieve the remains of American soldiers who died in the war. However, she has a secret mission of her own. Alice, the child of an American soldier and a Vietnamese woman, is looking for her mother.
Tuesday, Nov. 11- 6pm @ The National Veteran’s Art Museum
Veteran's Day: Honoring the Voices of Our Veterans
Written by Vietnam Veterans
Inspired by Lisa Rosenthal’s mission to support Vietnam Veterans by telling their stories, ATC will partner with The Vietnam Veteran’s Art Museum and the VetArtProject to honor Veterans on Veteran’s Day.
Synopsis
American Theater Company's Ensemble and Affiliated Artists perform the writings of veterans submitted to the National Vietnam Veteran's Art Museum (NVVAM) over the years. This hour-long performance will feature the journey of a soldier as portrayed by this collection of veterans' writing. NVVAM is located at 1801 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago, 312.326.0270. The performance will begin at 6pm and a donation is requested at the door- all proceeds will go to NVVAM. This is also one of the veterans outreach programs of the Vet Art Project, in residence at the Studio Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center in February 2009. To find more details- visit: www. HYPERLINK "http://vetartproject.com" \t "_blank" vetartproject.com |
