Tony Fitzpatrick Comes To 16th Street Theater for 8 shows

By: Dec. 23, 2009
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16th Street Theater, a part of the North Berwyn Park District, is proud to announce Tony Fitzpatrick in THIS TRAIN directed by Artistic Director Ann Filmer performing January 21 - 30, 2010 at the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, with a press opening of Thursday, January 21 at 7:30 PM.

There are bums. There are tramps. There are hobos. And then there's Tony. Some guys just can't fit in. Fine artist, poet and storyteller Tony Fitzpatrick delves into the Hobo Alphabet for a musically-entertaining, visually-rich and never dull night of theater. With musicians Sally Timms and John Rice. Link on name for full bio and pic.

TONY FITZPATRICK

Tony Fitzpatrick is an artist, poet, and actor whose artwork can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

His recent exhibitions include solo shows in New York City's P.S.1 - MoMA and Pierogi Gallery in 2007 and in the Sidney Yates Gallery of the Chicago Cultural Center in 2008. In the same year his work was also shown at the First Biennial in New Orleans at Prospect One. In 2009 he has had one-person exhibitions in New York City at Dieu Donne, in New Orleans at Ammo Gallery, in Illinois at the Rockford College Museum, in Austin at Slugfest Gallery, and in Los Angeles at Billy Shire Gallery. In January of 2010 he will be exhibiting new work at Pierogi Gallery in New York City.

His work has also appeared on album covers including The Neville Brothers' Yellow Moon and Steve Earle's El Corazon and The Revolution Starts Now.

Tony has made a living as a radio personality, construction worker, and as a film, stage and television actor. He has appeared in 15 major motion pictures including The Fugitive, Married to the Mob, Mad Dog and Glory, and Philadelphia. Recently he appeared in The Promotion directed by Steven Conrad. In 1991, Tony earned the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in Prop Theater's production of Mass Murder. In the summer of 2003, Tony starred in Lookingglass Theatre's inaugural production of Race, an adaptation of a Studs Terkel novel directed by David Schwimmer.

Tony has published seven books including three collections of art and poetry: The Hard Angels (1988), Dirty Boulevard (1998) and Bum Town (2001); a collection of etchings entitled Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby's Alphabet (2001) and three collections of drawing-collages entitled, The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 1 (2005), The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 2, The Dream City (2006), and The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, City of Monsters, City of Ghosts (2008).

Tony Fitzpatrick was born in Chicago in 1958 where he lives today with his wife and two children.

The design team for THIS TRAIN includes scenic designer Kurt Sharp and Resident Lighting Designer Mac Vaughey (The Last Barbecue, S-E-X-OH!, Fires in the Mirror, Kita y Fernanda, MACHOS). Stage manager is Jennifer Aparicio. The play is directed by Ann Filmer. Full bios and photos available at www.16thstreettheater.org

Recognized by the Chicago Reader as Chicago's Best Emerging Theater 2009, 16th Street Theater is located 17 minutes from downtown Chicago at the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street, Berwyn, IL 60402. Just west of Ridgeland, the theater is one mile southwest of the Austin exit off the Eisenhower Expressway/290 and the Austin Blue line. There is free parking in the lot one block west at 16th and Gunderson. Go to www.16thstreettheater.org to subscribe to Season Three, purchase tickets or for more information.

 



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