5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE Extends At New Colony Theater Thru 8/13

The New Colony, 2011 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theater Award-recipient, is proud to announce their current production of the world premiere of 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, written by company members Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and directed by Sarah Gitenstein, has been extended through Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Dank Haus, 2nd floor, 4740 N. Western Ave.. Tickets are $20, with student discounts available. The production runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets for the additional performances go on sale July 20 at 10 a.m. and may be purchased at 773.413.0TNC (0862) or thenewcolony.org.

The award-winning hit of Sketchbook X (Best Devised Play and Best Female Performer - Mary Hollis Inboden), 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, has been remounted and expanded into a full evening-length piece with many of the original creative team members and performers assuming their previous roles. It's 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein is meeting for their annual quiche breakfast. However, this year there is an unexpected agenda item - the dropping of atom bombs on their fair city. This normally idyllic gathering is upended when the Society's matriarchs; Lulie Stanwyck (Mary Hollis Inboden), Wren Robin (Megan Johns), Ginny Cadbury (Thea Lux), Veronica "Vern" Schultz (Beth Stelling) and Dale Prist (Maari Suorsa) must confront some startling revelations made by the Sisterhood while meeting the fallout from the Red Menace head on.

Written by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder, 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche is directed by Sarah Gitenstein with Assistant Director Jaime Totti. The script supervisor is Joel Kim Booster.

THE NEW COLONY MISSION
The New Colony, the 2011 recipient of the Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theater Award, was named one of Chicago's "Essentials" by Time Out Chicago, and is currently concluding their second season. The New Colony recently closed a successful run of The Warriors. In 2010, after a Chicago extended run, The New Colony's "Hearts Full of Blood" was awarded "Best Playwright" at the New York International Fringe Festival and was one of 200 productions invited back for their encore series. In addition, NewCity named The New Colony Artistic Director Andrew Hobgood one of "The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago." The New Colony strives to contribute original material to the American artistic canon and develop a new kind of theater going audience. Through collaboration with emerging artists of all disciplines, The New Colony continually develops new work and fresh perspectives. With the goal of exploring enticing subject matter and The Common language of experience, The New Colony will cultivate the next generation of arts supporters.

5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, written by The New Colony Company Members Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and directed by Sarah Gitenstein, is extended through August 13 at the Dank Haus, 2nd floor, 4740 N. Western Ave. Tickets are $20, with student discounts available. The production runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets for the extension go on sale Wednesday, July 20 at 10 a.m. and may be purchased at 773.413.0TNC (0862) or thenewcolony.org.