A Red Orchid Theatre's 2016 Incubator Series to Present Facility Theatre's THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWS

A Red Orchid Incubator, a series dedicated to getting to know new and/or up-and-coming theatre artists in Chicago, hosts the Facility Theatre presentation of THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWS by Elliot Baker infused with original music by beyond this point. The production is directed by A Red Orchid Ensemble Member dado, with music direction by John Corkill and Alex Monroe, the same team who created last year's Harold Pinter's A Night Out and Celebration.

THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWS will run Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm from July 15 - July 30 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. The show marks the inaugural production for Facility Theatre and they will hold a special fundraiser show on Friday, July 29, where tickets will be $125. All proceeds will go towards creating a complete season for the theater.

THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWS

A love song to Harold Pinter. A married couple must come to terms with their broken door.

Featuring | Peter DeFaria, Shawna Franks, Maria Stephens, Stephen Walker, John Corkill, Alex Monroe

Stage Manager | Lauren Lassus

Assistant Stage Manager | Samantha Hurwitz

Director | dado gyure

Assistant Director | Laura Reitsma

Lighting | Mike Durst

Scenic | Tom Daniel

Costuming/Props | Kotrina Hilko

Props | Jay Van Ort

Producers | Facility Theatre

Marketing | Jaimelyn Gray

Graphic Designer | Paul Somers

About Facility Theatre

We want to be a cultural advocate for our community as well as emerging theatre artists. We are committed to providing platforms for artistic expression unhindered by commercial pressures.

Whether developing a new work or providing support and home for the extension of another, our wish is to become a diverse arts hub. We connect with our community through collaboration to expand and promote the important role of the performing arts in our everyday lives. And by connecting the mainstream community with the artistic, we build a place in which both will feel invested.

We wish to provide the most fertile ground possible to create.

To give to the bravest among the artist of our time and place.

About beyond this point

beyond this point is an exploratory collaboration seeking to investigate resonances and intersections across several practices including theater, movement, media/film, non-traditional musical forms, sculpture, text, and installations both static and performative. The collaboration aims to engage diverse audiences on multiple levels through its exploration of resonances between artistic mediums with a goal of developing a platform in which to create works that are intrinsically coalesced along these resonances from their point of inception. The priMary Collaborators are Chicago-based visual/theater artist dado and percussionists John Corkill and Alex Monroe.

About c a K e

c a K e is a conglomeration of art/performance situations.

The idea behind c a K e is to explore the matrix of complications that ensue when ideas and form imbricate empathic epistemologies. c a K e has employed various objects and humans to make work that questions corporeality and the human condition. Is human nature? Are aliens nature? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. Wake up.

About A Red Orchid

Since 1993 A Red Orchid Theatre has been an artistic mainstay of the Chicago theatre community; known and praised for its powerful ensemble, creative design and its gripping, intimate productions. It was named Best Theatre of 2010 by Chicago Magazine. The resident Ensemble maintains the conviction that Live Theatre is the greatest sustenance for the human spirit, and that passionately Committed Artists will draw passionately committed audiences.

"The Incubator at A Red Orchid was conceived quite selfishly, as a way for me to get to know new directors," says Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald, "but very quickly morphed into a way to get to know new artists across the whole creative team."

A Red Orchid Theatre is: Lance Baker, Kamal Angelo Bolden, dado, Mike Durst, Jennifer Engstrom, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Joseph Fosco, Steve Haggard, Mierka Girten, Larry Grimm, Karen Kawa, Karen Kessler, Danny McCarthy, Shade Murray, Brett Neveu, Michael Shannon, Guy Van Swearingen, Doug Vickers and Natalie West.

IF YOU GO:

THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWS

Written by: Elliot Baker

Music by: beyond this point

Directed by: Dado

Music Directed by: John Corkill and Alex Monroe

Featuring: Peter DeFaria*, Shawna Franks, Maria Stephens, Stephen Walker, John Corkill, Alex Monroe

Dates: July 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, and 30

Schedule: Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 8:00pm

Location: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.

Tickets: $20

Box Office: Located at 1531 N. Wells Ave, Chicago, (312) 943-8722; or online at www.aredorchidtheatre.org.

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