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BOOJUM! NONSENSE, TRUTH & LEWIS CARROLL
Book & Music by Martin Wesley-Smith Book & Lyrics by Peter Wesley-Smith Directed by Jim my McDermott Musical Direction by Andra Velis Simon & Myron Silberstein November 18-December 19, 2010 Previews November 16 & 17 Post-Show Discussion December 2 CONTAINS ADULT THEMES
Co-Produced with Chicago Opera Vanguard
Storefront Theater 66 E. Randolph St. Directions and Parking Information
“For the Snark was a Boojum, you see,” sets the stage for this fun-filled romp through the mind of writer Lewis Carroll. Part existential musical theatre and part fantasy adventure story, this riff on Carroll’s epic poem "The Hunting of the Snark" examines the psychological life of Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the man behind the Lewis Carroll pen name. As his poem warns, “catching Snarks is all well and good, but if your Snark is a Boojum, you will softly and suddenly vanish away.” But while the hunting party moves towards its fateful catch, they discover with Carroll and his Alice that Nothing is quite what it seems. Caffeine Theatre and Chicago Opera Vanguard collaborate on the American stage premiere of this hit Australian musical.
This project is presented in association with Chicago DCA Theater.
PRODUCTION STAFF Director - JIMMY McDERMOTT Musical Directors - ANDRA VELIS SIMON & MYRON SILBERSTEIN Dramaturg - DANIEL SMITH* Musical Dramaturg - ERIC REDA Choreographer - NATALJA AICARDI Costume Designer - PHILIP DAWKINS Scenic Designer - MARIANNA CSASZAR Projection Designer - JUSTIN MEREDITH Technical Director - ERIC SISCO Producers - JASON BECK, DAN COX
CAST ALEX BALESTRIERI KEVIN BISHOP MARIELLE de ROCCA-SERRA LAURA DEGER KEVIN GRUBB STEPHEN RADER
*Caffeine Theatre Artistic Associate
This project is partially supported by a CityArts Program 1 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Illinois Arts Council, a State agency, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
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Tickets $25 Seniors & Student $15 (with valid student ID)
Previews $15
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Old Father William’s Frabjous and Curious
Poetry Contest
Caffeine Theatre is pleased to announce the winners of “Old Father William’s Frabjous and Curious Poetry Contest,” which was held in conjunction with our Lewis Carroll Coffeehouse. We received a phantasmagorical plethora of entries, many of which mined the linguistic and logical play of the spirit of Lewis Carroll’s writing. The winning poems are linked below:
First Place:
Second Place:
Becca Books, “Impongible Omnibus”
Third Place:
Walter Ancarrow, “Ondes Martenot”
Joanne Growney, “The New Politician”
Monica Raymond, “Dreaming the World”
Honorable Mention:
Mary Meriam, “Farewell Farcia”
Craig M. Biddy, “Eat Me, Drink Me, Yes Indeed.”
Katherine H. Burkman, “Losing One’s Head”
Marianne Cadena, “Meli’s Lament”
Previous Caffeine Theatre Poetry Contests
Eli Jenkin's Five and Country Senses, in conjunction with Under Milk Wood
Poetry to Take Your Head Off, in conjunction with Wild Nights with Emily