THREE TO SEE: This Week's Theater Recommendations
By Melody Udell in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 23, 2013 7:00PM
The cast of Pink Milk transforms the stage at the Oracle Theatre.
Gripping plays based on real-life events take over the Chicago stage this week. And then there's Shakespeare...
The newest production over at Oracle Theatre chronicles the life and death of Alan Turing, the British computer scientist who broke Nazi code during WWII. But it’s his personal life that forms the basis of this gut-wrenching play. The show runs through Saturday, September 7.
Oracle Productions at 3809 N. Broadway, 252-220-0269 or online.
Playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s pragmatic play dealing with the aftermath of a 2008 Canadian military mission in Afghanistan is a sobering dose of war-time reality seen from the viewpoint of stressed out soldiers. The show runs through Saturday, Sept. 28.
Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave., 773-698-7389 or online.
The Hypocrites have condensed Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night into a witty, theatrical mash-up of shows that makes for a goofy, easy-going night at the theater. The show runs through Sunday, Oct. 6.
The Hypocrites at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., 773-525-5991 or online.