Early Warnings: Theater Openings Roundup
By Staff in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 28, 2012 4:00PM
There are three freshly opened plays this week that really speak to the current political climate, rich with themes that reflect the lingering effects of war on those who served in combat and the loved ones they left behind, the socially conservative bent of the candidates seeking GOP nominations, and even Kony 2012/Invisible Children. If you like your theater with a dash of political awareness, check out any or all of these shows.
- Stefan Brun’s new translation of drumming in the night by Bertolt Brecht just opened at Prop Thtr. Drumming was Brecht’s first produced play, and tells the story of Andrew, a veteran of World War 1 who strives to win back his lover, Anna, who has become engaged to another man, all while the Spartacist Uprising rages all around them. Tickets are $15.
Through April 29. Prop Thtr (3502-04 N. Elston)
- Remy Bumppo opens the one-man play Chesapeake by Lee Blessing, directed by Shawn Douglass tonight at 7:30 p.m. “Artistic Associate Greg Matthew Anderson stars in this one-person comedy about a conservative senator, the performance artist he demonizes, and the lovable Chesapeake Bay retriever called Lucky.” Tickets are $30.
Through April 29, 2012, The Greenhouse Theater Center (2257 N. Lincoln Ave.) 773-404-7336<.em>
- We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 by Jackie Sibblies Drury and directed by Eric Ting opens March 30 at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater. “When a group of actors gather together to give a presentation on a distant genocide, they realize that summaries based on history books aren’t nearly enough to capture the complexity of human extermination—or human interaction. In an honest attempt to delve deeper, they crash into their own simmering fears and unconscious bigotry and come face to face with the potential for brutality in all of us.” Tickets are $15-$50.
Through April 29 Victory Gardens Biograph Theater (2433 N. Lincoln Ave.) 773-871-3000
—Julie Jurgens