Something Marvelous Magical Realism Festival Premieres DON'T LOOK Today

Something Marvelous, Chicago's annual magical realism festival, presents their 2016 full length production DON'T LOOK by Gina Doherty. This world premiere production, directed by Artistic Director Emmi Hilger, begins performances today, June 17th, and runs through July 3rd at the Den Theatre.

DON'T LOOK is a contemporary take on the classic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice and Orpheus love each other. They are 99% certain. But, Orpheus is definitely (100%) committed to his art, so where does that leave Eurydice? When a tragic accident gives her a fresh start, Eurydice must choose to stay with what's familiar or strike out on her own. A story about how we measure love, cope with doubt, and cling to whatever we can, DON'T LOOK is a fresh take on the myth, told through memory, technology, and poetry.

The cast includes Allyce Torres (Eurydice), Zachery Alexander (Orpheus) and Rebecca Flores (Persephone.) Visit www.SomethingMarvelous.org for more info.

The festival will kick off their 2016 season with ORIGINS: a dinner and Night of New Works fundraiser. The festival will host the event at the Den Theatre, Monday April 25th with dinner at 7PM and performances at 8PM. Tickets for the evening are $15 for dinner and the show!

Featuring new plays by MT Cozzola, Sean Douglass, Dana Lynn Formby, Isaac Gomez, Laura Nessler, Marisela Treviño Orta, and Juan Villa. Directed by Billy Bullion, Monty Cole, Brent Eickhoff, Aaron Mays, Laura Nash, and Lexi Saunders.

Gina Doherty is a playwright and an actor based in Brooklyn. Her plays have been workshopped with Turn to Flesh Productions in Manhattan, at the Boston Playwrights' Theater, and at Skidmore College. She just finished writing a new play - Anne Boleyn for President (of the Class of 2014) - in Exquisite Corpse Company's Fall Writer's Lab, and she will be producing her short play Swept at Between Us Productions' Take Ten Festival in NYC. Gina also writes for the screen; she recently created, produced, and starred in the mini-series Lucy Doesn't Know What She's Doing. As an actor, Gina actively performs in classical pieces (with Shakespeare & Company and Lower East Side Shakespeare Company) and in new work (recently at Dixon Place and with Caps Lock Theatre at Theater Row). She is currently working on a new play - Spank Me (Wearing Only Your Yarmulke) - that she began developing at Primary Stages' ESPA. www.ginadoherty.com

Something Marvelous cultivates new works of magical realism and curates a reflective dialogue with the community to examine, broaden, and embolden the genre. Our work uses theatricality to awaken imagination and inspire empathy for new and diverse perspectives.

Previous festival collaborators include 20% Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, Cold Basement Dramatics, Strawdog, Fine Print, Pegasus Players, and Urban Theater Company.

The staff for Something Marvelous includes Producing Artistic Director Emmi Hilger, Associate Artistic Director Laura Nash, Literary Manager Sarah Mayhan, Casting Director Cruz Gonzalez Cadel, Social Media Manager Arti Ishak, Head of Artist Relations Allyce Torres, Stage Manager Garth Moritz & Dramaturg Sean Douglass.

For more information and complete details for the festival, visit www.SomethingMarvelous.org.

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