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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY

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by Madeleine Olnek

Directed by Meghan Beals McCarthy

March 6 - April 11, 2010

(Previews March 5 & 6)

 

Lincoln Square Arts Center

at Berry Memorial Methodist Church

4754 N Leavitt (south of Lawrence)

 

Near the Western & Damen stops on the CTA Brown Line. FREE PARKING in the Social Security Office

parking lot at Lawrence & Hamilton and at the Community Bank of Raveswood at Lawrence & Oakley

A quirky queer comedy about a poet's secret life, Wild Nights with Emily skips around in time and space, switching narratives in an energetic and comical exploration through the life, the forbidden love, and the death of Miss Emily Dickinson - as you've never seen her before.

 

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director - MEGHAN BEALS McCARTHY+
Associate Director/Dramaturg/Choreographer - JENNIFER SHOOK

Assistant Director/Stage Manager - COURTNEY MILLER
Costume Designers - ALARIE HAMMOCK & SAMANTHA UMSTEAD

Scenic Designer - STEPHEN CARMODY

Lighting Designer - CASEY DIERS*

Assistant Lighting Designer - CHASE CORMAN

Composer - JOSHUA DUMAS

Jeff Recommended

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CAST

Emily - JESSICA BENNETT
Susan/Mattie - DANA BLACK*
Lavinia/Ensemble - CAREY LEE BURTON*
Edward/Ensemble - ANNIE CALHOUN
Mabel - AMANDA HARTLEY
Austin/Ensemble - IAN NOVAK
Higginson/Ensemble - IAN RANDALL
Judge Lord/Ensemble - LAUREN VITZ

 

*Caffeine Theatre Artistic Associate

+Caffeine Theatre Trustee


Tickets $20

Seniors $18

Students $16

(with valid student ID)

 

Special discount for

groups of 10 or more

 

 

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.