16th Street Presents DENTAL SOCIETY, 2/26

16th Street tells the stories of ALL in our community.  Even the dentists!   16th Street Theater, a part of the North Berwyn Park District, brings playwright-in-residence Laura Jacqmin's DENTAL SOCIETY MIDWINTER MEETING directed by Megan Shuchman to the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street, Berwyn, February 24 - March 26, 2011 with a press opening of Saturday, February 26 at 5:00 PM.  This is the third play in 16th Street's Season Four 2011: Season of Change.  We started in the 50s with The Beats, will delve into 80s Chicago politics with Hillel Levin's WAKE and jump to the present with Laura Jacqmin's super-smart social satire about dentists trying to make a difference, perfectly coinciding with the ACTUAL Chicago Dental Society 146th Midwinter Meeting, of which we have nothing to do with, except our love of dentistry.

Following a scandal of molar-sized proportions, the North Shore Regional Dental Society has gathered to debate the future of Midwestern dentistry as they know it. After NSRDS president Morris J. Morris, Jr. is caught with his pants down - and his dental drill up - the dentists can't help but question: in a field obsessed with profit over health, where morality has taken a backseat to the latest fads in composite fillings, how can a group of upright dental professionals (looking for something more... filling) actually make a difference?  

Loved by dentists and patients alike and inspiring all to floss like there's no tomorrow, DENTAL SOCIETY was a sold-out hit when it premiered at Chicago Dramatists last summer. It now comes to Berwyn midwinter with more karaoke and novocain for the soul.  

Contact ann@16thstreettheater.org or (773) 307-1563 to set up an interview with playwright Laura Jacqmin and director Megan Shuchman (the creative team behind the just-opening-this-week Dead Pile )

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