Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar today announced that About Face Theatre will present the groundbreaking LARAMIE PROJECT Epilogue in a historic event that joins over 100 theaters around the country. Mayor Richard M. Daley will serve as the Honorary Chair of this one-night only benefit for About Face Youth Theatre that will take place at the Owen Theater at the Goodman, on October 12, 2009. The About Face reading will be directed by Metzgar and feature Mary Beth Fisher along with an outstanding ensemble of actors. The Chicago performance begins precisely at 6:45pm Central Time, with a VIP reception beginning at 5:30pm.
"About Face is proud to continue our long relationship with Tectonic Theater Project and Moisés Kaufman with our benefit performance of the next step of their powerful tribute to Matthew Shepard," says Metzgar. "We are honored that Mayor Daley and Mary Beth Fisher are supporting us in what we expect to be an unforgettable night at the Goodman theater."Tickets go on sale today. All proceeds from the one-night only event will benefit About Face's Youth Theatre, which was created in response to Matthew Shepard's murder eleven years ago to provide a safe space for LGBTQ youth and their allies to become artists and advocates. About Face Youth Theatre is currently collecting stories about violence from youth all over Chicago, while also actively ushering in a new world filled with peace. Contributions from the Epilogue reading will support the creation of this new show on peace and violence called QUEERTOPIA which will perform in July, 2010.About Face Theatre is one of Chicago's most acclaimed theatre companies, and is a national leader in the development of new work exploring gender and sexual identity. Since its founding by Kyle Hall and Eric Rosen in 1995, the company has premiered more than 30 new plays by writers and directors who have been recognized with several Tony Awards, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The MacArthur Fellowship and dozens of Joseph Jefferson Awards.
Landmark world premieres include Doug Wright's Pulitzer and Tony-winning "I Am My Own Wife"; Moisés Kaufman's production of Tennessee Williams' "One Arm" (a co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Tectonic Theatre Project); Mary Zimmerman's "M. Proust", and, with Lookingglass Theatre, the famed "Eleven Rooms of Proust"; Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty's "Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein" (a co-production with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Original Cast Album recorded by Jay Records); the multi-award winning musical "Winesburg, Ohio" by Eric Rosen, Andre Pluess, Ben Sussman and Jessica Thebus; and the cult hit "Pulp" by Patricia Kane. In addition to its award-winning mainstage performances, About Face is known nationally for its ground- breaking Youth Theatre, which creates critically acclaimed new work by and about LGBTQ youth and their allies. The Youth Theatre has performed on major stages across the country, and, through its outreach tour, changes the lives of thousands of young people each year. Building on the success of The Youth Theatre model, About Face recently launched its corporate outreach program to provide diversity training and onsite workshops to the corporate community. About Face Theatre creates exceptional, innovative and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago, across the country and around the world.For ticket information, please visit www.aboutfacetheatre.com or call (773)784-8565.
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