A Red Orchid Opens 2011-12 Season With BECKY SHAW 9/22-11/6

A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2011-2012 Season with Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, directed by Damon Kiely. The production will run September 22 - November 6, 2011 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.

Sharp wit and shifting moral ground play out with the taut suspense of a psychological thriller. This Pulitzer-prize finalist and comedy of bad manners, tangled love and sex had its debut at the Humana Festival. When Suzanna decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events forever transforming each of their lives.

Becky Shaw features A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Lance Baker, Jennifer Engstrom, and Mierka Girten. Further casting TBA.

Title: Becky Shaw
Written by: Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by: Damon Kiely
Dates: Previews: September 22 - September 24, 2011 at 8pm
Press opening: Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7PM
Regular Run: Thursday, September 29 - November 6, 2011
Schedule: Thurs: 8:00 p.m.
Fri: 8:00 p.m.
Sat: 8:00 p.m.
Sun: 3:00 p.m.
Location: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells Ave.
Tickets: $15 previews, $25-$30 regular run. ($25 Thurs, $30 Fri-Sun)
Box Office: Located at 1531 N. Wells Ave, Chicago, (312) 943-8722; or online www.aredorchidtheatre.org

About A Red Orchid
Since 1993 A Red Orchid Theatre has been an artistic mainstay of the Chicago theatre community. Named Chicago's Best Theatre in 2010 by Chicago Magazine, AROT is known and praised for its fearless ensemble, creative design and its gripping, intimate productions. The resident Ensemble maintains the conviction that passionately committed theatre will draw passionately committed audiences, and that live theatre is potentially the greatest sustenance for the human spirit. The 2011-2012 subscription season promises to bring Ensemble and audience even closer together with three deliciously dark comedies.

A Red Orchid Theatre is: Lance Baker, Dado, Jennifer Engstrom, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Joseph Fosco, Steve Haggard, Mierka Girten, Larry Grimm, Karen Kawa, Karen Kessler, Danny McCarthy, Brett Neveu, Michael Shannon, Guy Van Swearingen, Doug Vickers, Tiffany Wilson, Natalie West and Craig Wright.

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