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Our Spring Show is Dedicated to our dear Richard Pahl, ETC Board Member and Theatre Director, who passed on March 30 after a brave battle of brain cancer. We shall never forget!! Elgin Theatre Company's season continues with CHICAGO, The Play, (not the musical) written in 1926 by Chicago Tribune journalist, Maurine Watkins, based on true events of the Roxie Hart trial. in Chicago.
The play is adapted and directed by Julie Price.
Synopsis: A fame-obsessed housewife kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder. The play, while fiction, is a satire based on two unrelated 1924 court cases involving two women, Beulah Annan (the inspiration for Roxie Hart) and Belva Gaertner (the inspiration for Velma) who were both suspected and later acquitted of murder, whom Watkins had covered for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter. The play debuted on Broadway at the Sam Harris Theatre in late December 1926, directed by George Abbott, where it ran for 172 performances.
CAST:
Jocelyn Adamski - Roxie
Amber Dow - Matron
Carol Brown - Liz
Devon Ortiz - Amos
William Athow - Flynn
Dwight Brown - Flynn Understudy*, Baliff
Eileen Mitchell - Mary Sunshine
Gabor Mark - Harrison
Ira Gerard - Kitty
Joshua Dizon - Jake
Kamari McNeal - Jake Understudy*
Ken Craig - Sgt. Murdock
Kim Green - Velma
Larry Green - Judge
Yizleibis Barreto - Maggie
Ryan Segovich - Casely, Preacher
Elizabeth Kubis De Vries - Chi Town Cindee
STAFF:
Julie Price - Director, Set Design
Richard Grieger - Producer
Erin Calhoun - AD/SM
Kristen Cerer - AD/SM
Elizabeth Kubris De Vries - Costumes
Carol Brown - Set Dresser
Akul Sharma - Accompanist
Tom LeTourneau - Tech Guru
Madeline Franklin - Marketing
Jon Kramp - Tickets, Set, Props
Andrew Ross - ASL Signer
Judith Ross - Dramaturg
Our two understudy
performances are May 12 and May 20.
Dates and Times:
Performances will be held on May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 2023. Friday and Saturday performances start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday performances start at 2:00 PM. Sunday performances will be sign-acted for the deaf and hard of hearing by Andrew Ross.
Location:
CHICAGO, The Play will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St., Elgin, IL 60120, on the 8th floor of the Elgin Professional Building in Downtown Elgin.
Tickets:
Tickets are priced at $20.00 for adults and $18.00 for seniors and students. Group rates for this production are available by calling (847) 741-0532.
For reservations or more information call: (847) 741-0532, e-mail: [email protected], or see the ETC website: www.elgin-theatre.org, to purchase tickets online.
Some parking is located on Division Street, as well as plentiful parking in the City of Elgin parking lot on the corner of Division Street and Douglas Street and in the City of Elgin parking deck located at the corner of Spring Street and Highland Avenue.
NOTE: Rated PG 13, adult language, adult themes, suggestions of violence, flashes of light.
For additional information, please contact Richard Grieger, Producer/President Elgin Theatre Company at [email protected]
This program is funded in part a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
www.elgin-theatre.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St, Fl 8th,Elgin,IL,United States
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