Cock and Bull Theatre Gets 'Lecherous' with World Premiere This October

Cock & Bull will present the World Premiere of Lecherous Honey, a new contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, written by LA Playwright Megan Breen, to be performed at the Berger Park North Mansion (The Gunder House), 6205 N. Sheridan Rd, in Chicago.

There will be a preview on Thursday, October 20th, the opening is Friday October 21st, and the Press Night is Saturday, October 22nd. The show will run Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30PM from October 21st through November 12th.

Lecherous Honey is a site-specific promenade piece directed by c*ckand Bull's Artistic Director Chris Garcia Peak, and the cast features Bella Coelho, Curtis Dunn, Meg Elliot, Sarah August Hecht, Noah Lepawsky, and Benjamin Ponce.

The design and production team of Lecherous Honey includes Janie Killips (Asst. Director), Rose Hamill (Stage Manager), Hampton Cade (Asst. Stage Manager), Sarah Jackson (Producer), Mary McGroarty (Asst. Producer), Katie Hemingway (Dramaturg), Margaret Baughman (Asst. Dramaturg), Brandin Hurley (Scenic Designer), Jessica Doyle (Lighting Designer), Robert S. Kuhn (Costume Designer), Matt Reich (Sound Designer), and Nick Spindler (Intern/Props Designer)

On Friday September 16th, join the company for a fundraising event at The Foxhole Chicago, featuring food by Chicago Chef Zoe Schor (Split-Rail). More details will be forthcoming, so save the date!

Lecherous Honey was commissioned by c*ckand Bull to create a contemporary, multimedia adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts. "Ibsen's work pushed the boundaries of sexuality in his time period. I wanted to work with a playwright who does the same. Megan Breen dives head first into work that is taboo and risk-taking," states Artistic Director and founder Chris Garcia Peak. Playwright Megan Breen found Ibsen's play to be a perfect starting point for working with c*ckand Bull. "Ghosts boldly exhibits the qualities of my ideal theatrical experience - dangerous, raw and provocative," she says. "It is fearless in its exploration of the taboo and relentless in its tackling of the secrets inside of that taboo. c*ckand Bull are unafraid to take risks to explore all the possibilities of what theatrical storytelling can give us, and are the perfect bunch of theatre-makers to collaborate with on this investigation of Ibsen's unearthing of personal/sexual taboos and family secrets."

Lecherous Honey will be performed in multiple locations in the Berger Park North Mansion (The Gunder House), a century-old historic mansion, allowing small audiences of no more than 25 to intimately access the secret world of Mrs. Alving's mind, in a way becoming the very "ghosts" in Ibsen's source material.

Tickets: $25-$30 general admission; $15 students and industry; $15 preview. Soon available at cockandbulltheatre.org.

About the Playwright - Megan Breen received her BFA in Dramaturgy at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago in 2002 and her MFA in Dramatic Writing at USC's School of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles in 2010. Her work in L.A. has been directed by O-Lan Jones, Juliette Carrillo. Her USC thesis play My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit, a contemporary sequel to Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, was part of the 2010 MFA Playwrights' Workshop at the Kennedy Center and the National New Play Network's Showcase of New Plays before receiving its world premiere at Miami's New Theatre in November of 2013, directed by Ricky J. Martinez. Her Cain and Abel story set to the Blues - The Dirt and Its Harp in Her Mouth - was produced at OC Centric's 2012 New Play Festival. Her sexy desert noir Serpentine Pink, was produced as a part of L.A.'s Son of Semele's Company Creation Festival and was a finalist for Washington D.C.'s 2015 Source Festival. It will have its east coast premiere at James Madison University in the fall, directed by JMU's Director of Theatre and Dance, Terry Dean. She wrote the screenplay for Ron Hanks' short film Dirt Eaters which premiered at Cannes' 2015 Court Métrage last May, and her short play Sexy Popcorn was selected for and published in The Best of Playground 2015 - Los Angeles. Megan is a playwriting and dramatic literature instructor at The New York Film Academy in Los Angeles and is developing a voice in L.A.'s vibrant poetry scene.

Chris Garcia Peak received an MFA in Directing from the Theatre School at DePaul University and a Post-Graduate Degree in Acting from the Mt.View Theatre Academy in London, UK. He is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of c*ckand Bull Theatre since 2009. c*ckand Bull have premiered three productions written and directed by Peak; The Legend of Ginger Bred, Axe Lizzie, The Possession of Alice and Voolf. Chris co-created and directed, and served as Costume Designer on c*ckand Bull's last production Voyage at The Chopin Theatre. Chris has also directed and designed costumed for Titanic! with c*ckand Bull. Previous directing credits include; Mac Wellman's Dracula (Collision Theatre), Shotgun Wedding (Collision Theatre), Revenging Ophelia (Bailiwick), Rocky Horror Show (Dorothy Menker Theatre). Chris served as the assistant director to Henry Godinez on the world premiere of Luis Alfaro's Electricidad at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He directed the staged reading of Mariela in the Desert by Karen Zacarias at The Goodman Theatre. Chris previously served as Executive Director of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, and has taught at Illinois State University, Columbia College Chicago and The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Cock and Bull strives to create imaginative theatrical experiences investigating identity, psychology and sexuality. c*ckand Bull is a theatre collective based in Chicago and is committed to creating original live performance pieces, and deconstructing classical works in new and interesting ways. We create highly stylized productions with a focus on the emotional chaos of original and established characters.

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