Cast and Crew Announced for Tympanic Theatre's SWEET ANALYTICS

Tympanic is excited to announce the cast and crew for the World Premiere of SWEET ANALYTICS, a dark comedy by Hayes Borkowski (Vacation, Area IV Theatre), directed by Joshua Ellison*. SWEET ANALYTICS begins Tympanic's tenth season, and opens October 24, 2016 and runs through November 20, 2016 at Berry United Methodist Church, 4754 N Leavitt St. in Chicago.

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 8 PM, and Sundays at 7 PM. Tickets are available for reservation atwww.tympanictheatre.org or by calling our box office at 929-329-2934. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can. Press is invited to attend on October 24, or any night during the run.

SWEET ANALYTICS will feature Patrick Alvarez, Celeste Burns*, Kaylyn Carter, KateLyn Douglass, Ben Kirberger, Rosie Moan, Jordan Shomer, Sergio Soltero*, and Christopher Waldron*

Researcher Ona Johns, is tasked with finding factual evidence that women will become equal to men in 50 years. Daunted by this impossible task, she sells her soul to The Devil in order to achieve the status needed to make this hypothetical idea a reality. Although given an outlet to effect change on Earth, Ona finds her trappings as a member of the second sex are just as profound when dealing with the metaphysical beings that helped bring her to power. Inspired by Christopher Marlowe's THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, SWEET ANALYTICS explores the intersection of liberation, damnation and feminism in the 21st century.

The production team for SWEET ANALYTICS includes: Audrey Polinski (assistant director), Michael Lewis (scenic design), Katie Friedman (costume design), Brian Berman* (lighting design), Maxwell Shults* (original music & sound design), Casey Bentley* (prop design), Michael Sanow (technical director), Kristin Davis (production manager), and Erin Altekruse* (stage manager).

Hayes Borkowski is a New England-bred playwright working in Chicago. Plays include MARCH (Edmonton International Fringe Festival), From the Nightshade Family (Chicago Fringe Festival), Bear Claw, Vacation, The Service, Sanctuary, and Call for Slutty Bondage Sex - the last three appeared together as Service Sanctuary Call (Area IV Theatre Company) hhayesb.com.

Joshua Ellison* is the Literary Manager for Tympanic and joined in 2011. For Tympanic he has directed Julia Pastrana, and pieces in Deliver Us From Nowhere, and Today We Escape. He is also a founding member of Area IV Theatre where he directed Vacation, Service Sanctuary Call, MARCH (Edmonton International Theatre Festival) and From the Nightshade Family (Chicago Fringe Festival). His work has also been seen at Oracle, where he directed Samuel Beckett, Andre the Giant, and The Crickets.

Tympanic Theatre Company will also be launching a pay-what-you-can ticket initiative in the spirit of making its tenth anniversary season accessible to all.

About Tympanic Theatre Company

Now in its tenth season, Tympanic Theatre Company was founded in 2007 by alumni of Florida State University. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Christopher Acevedo and Managing Director Caroline Ruark, Tympanic is dedicated to producing new and developed work with fantastical, frightening, or absurd subject matter that provokes, inspires, and entertains.

Tympanic was nationally recognized by American Theatre Magazine for their short play festival Today We Escape - a collection of short plays each inspired by a track from Radiohead's album OK Computer. Tympanic has also participated in the Department of Cultural Affairs' Incubator Series, extensively workshopping Randall Colburn's Verse Chorus Verse, before mounting the full world premiere, as well as Mary-Arrchie's Abbie Hoffman Festival and Curious Theatre Branch's Rhino Fest. Recent productions include Blueberry Toast, Today We Escape, The Midwest Premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Social Creatures, Deliver Us From Nowhere - a collection of short plays each based on a song from Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska, the World Premiere of Dan Caffrey's Sandalwood (co-produced with the side project), the world premiere of Scott T. Barsotti's Brewed, (directed by Anna C. Bahow and co-produced with The Ruckus), and the Midwest Premiere of Shaun Prendergast's The True History Of The Tragic Life And Triumphant Death Of Julia Pastrana, The Ugliest Woman In The World, which was performed entirely in the dark.

Through the use of vibrant storytelling, dynamic language, and colorful characters, Tympanic Theatre Company invites audiences to plunge headfirst into theatrical worlds that are fresh, energetic, and visceral.

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