Red Tape Theatre Presents CHURCH and PULLMAN, WA, 1/27-3/5

Red Tape Theatre presents two Chicago premieres, "Church" and "Pullman, WA" by Young Jean Lee. One of the boldest voices in contemporary theater, playwright Young Jean Lee puts her absurdist spin on religion and self-esteem.
 
Church- This exuberant church service is a celebration designed to play with the expectations of religious and non-religious alike. It is an uplifting, joyous and inspirational event that may be Lee's most miraculous play to date.
 
Pullman, WA- Unhappy?  Confused?  Three ordinary, awkward characters will make an earnest, frequently disastrous attempt show you how to live a better life.
 
 
One of the boldest voices in contemporary theater, playwright Young Jean Lee puts her absurdist spin on religion and self-esteem. "Church," is an exuberant celebration designed to play with the expectations of religious and non-religious alike. It is an uplifting, joyous and inspirational event that may be Lee's most miraculous experiment to date.  In "Pullman, WA" Three ordinary, awkward characters will make an earnest, frequently disastrous attempt show you how to live a better life.
 
Show dates and times:
Previews 1/27-1/29
Opening 1/31
Closing 3/5
Regular Run Thurs-Sat at 8:00, Sun at 3:00
Industry Night - 2/14 at 8pm
Additional Performances: 2/19, 2/26, and 3/5 at 3pm
 
Tickets $25 available at www.redtapetheatre.org or at the box office
  
Young Jean Lee, Playwright
Korean-American playwright Young Jean Lee is one of the bright stars of the modern New York experimental scene.  She is an award winning playwright whose works have been seen all over the world.  She was a finalist for the 2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for THE SHIPMENT. She is the artistic director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and is the recipient of a 2010 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2009 Brooklyn College Young Alumni Award, the ZKB Patronage Prize 2007.
 
James D Palmer, Director
James directed and adapted Dog in a Manger (2008). Directing credits include The Love of the Nightingale (2010 Jeff Recommended), Enemy of the People (2009), Pugilist Specialist (2008), Endgame (2007), Baden Lehrstuck (2007), FEP: Jesusland (2006), and FEP: Coriolanus (2006). In 2009, he produced the wildly successful Chicago Fringe Artist Networking Night and Mouse in a Jar (2009). He has dramaturged The Merchant of Venice (2006),   Tis Pity She's A Whore (2005), My Richard, (2005). With Tin Fish Theatre Company he designed lighting for Fools (2005), The Balcony (2004), and Cheddarheads (2004). He was last seen on stage as Biron in Love's Labors Lost (2004) and Adam in The Shape of Things (2003).
 
He is in his fourth season as Red Tape Theatre Company's Artistic Director after serving as Managing Director for two years prior.  James is the assistant to Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.  James is on the Board of Directors at the League of Chicago Theatres and sits on their Finance Committee and Access Committee. He is also on the TCG 2010 Host Committee and chairs a subcommittee. James is a Steppenwolf Peer Mentor. He is a member of the Vestry at St. Peter's Episcopal Church and chairs their Marketing and Branding Committee. He also sits on Steppenwolf's Access Committee. James participated in the 2008 Chicago Directors Lab.
 
ABOUT RED TAPE THEATRE:
Red Tape Theatre Company, now in its seventh season, is committed to the creation of new and experimental work. Red Tape's plays invite our audiences to reimagine their world. Red Tape's work serves a vital purpose in our community: to arrest attention and create empathy. Our ensemble collaborates with playwrights, musicians, dancers, and visual artists on our two mainstage productions. This work is supported by our Fresh Eyes Playwrights Workshop and the Chicago Fringe Artist Networking Night, both of which are produced annually. Red Tape is housed in St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  The unique performance space allows us to continually reinvent the audience/artist relationship.