About Face Theatre and The Hypocrites Present THE WOYZECK PROJECT
About Face Theatre and The Hypocrites are proud to present THE WOYZECK PROJECT-a festival headlined by productions of WOYZECK by Georg Büchner, adapted and directed by Sean Graney and the world premiere of PONY by Sylvan Oswald, directed by Bonnie Metzgar. PONY/WOYZECK will run in repertory April 10 through May 22, 2011 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St. THE WOYZECK PROJECT will also feature a number of exciting art and humanities events curated from open submissions. Tickets for PONY/WOYZECK are currently available at www.aboutfacetheatre.com or (866) 811-4111.
WOYZECK doesn't really exist-the work was left unfinished by Georg Büchner upon his death in 1837. The original manuscript is fragmented, crossed out and chemically altered. For decades, the incomplete work has fascinated avant-garde arts and scholars who have studied and adapted it. THE WOYZECK PROJECT seeks to encourage today's Chicago arts community to respond to what has been famously called the first working-class tragedy. For an updated calendar of other events featured during THE WOYZECK PROJECT please visit www.aboutfacetheatre.com.PONYA world premiere by Sylvan Oswald
Directed by About Face Artistic Director Bonnie MetzgarOn the other side of the woods from Woyzeck, in a poor, remote town haunted by crime and a military past, we find Pony. He's the new guy in town, and his mysterious air attracts the attention of an obsessive waitress named Marie and a youngtrans man namEd Heath. Marie seduces Pony into a dangerous and complicated romance, and Heath goes to great lengths to track him down. Desperate to evade their questions, Pony wades through a world of violence, shifting gender roles and obsessive love, and reveals more about himself than he ever intended.
By Georg Büchner
Adapted and directed by Hypocrites Artistic Director Sean GraneyWoyzeck is an impoverished soldier struggling to provide for his family. Subject to constant bullying, bizarre medical experiments and suspecting that his wife has betrayed him, Woyzeck's increasing distrust and despair drives him to destroy the only thing he has ever loved. After 13 years, The Hypocrites' Artistic Director Sean Graney revisits Buchner's examination of suffering with a new adaptation.The cast of WOYZECK includes Erin Barlow, Ryan Bollettino*, Ryan Bourque, Walter Briggs, Geoff Button*, Sean Patrick Fawcett, Lindsey Gavel and Zeke Sulkes.
*denotes Hypocrites company memberTickets for PONY/WOYZECK cost $28 per play, or $48 for both plays, and are available at www.aboutfacetheatre.com or (866) 811-4111. The full performance schedule for PONY/WOYZECK is as follows:
Sun., April 10 at 7:30 pm Fri., April 15 at 7:30 pm
Sat., April 16 at 7:30 pm Wed., April 20 at 7:30 pm
Sun., April 17 at 4 pm Thurs., April 21 at 7:30 pm
Fri., April 22 at 7:30 pm
Sat., April 23 at 4 pm** Sat., April 23 at 8 pm**
Sun., April 24 at 4 pm** Sun., April 24 at 8 pm**
Wed. April 27 at 7:30 pm
Thurs., April 28 at 7:30 pm Fri., April 29 at 7:30 pm
Sat., April 30 at 7 pm Sat., April 30 at 10:30 pm
Sun., May 1 at 4 pm Sun., May 1 at 7:30 pm
Wed., May 4 at 7:30
Thurs., May 5 at 7:30 pm Fri., May 6 at 7:30 pm
Sat., May 7 at 7 pm Sat., May 7 at 10:30 pm
Sun., May 8 at 4 pm Sun., May 8 at 7:30 pm
Wed., May 11 at 7:30 pm
Thurs., May 12 at 7:30 pm Fri., May 13 at 7:30 pm
Sat., May 14 at 7 pm Sat., May 14 at 10:30 pm
Sun., May 15 at 4 pm Sun., May 15 at 7:30 pm
Wed., May 18 at 7:30 pm
Thurs., May 19 at 7:30 pm Fri., May 20 at 7:30 pm
Sat., May 21 at 7:30 pm Sat., May 21 at 10:30 pm
Sun., May 22 at 4 pm Sun., May 22 at 7:30 pm
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