BEING HAROLD PINTER Comes To The Goodman Theater 1/27-2/30

Goodman Theatre announces the performance schedule for Belarus Free Theatre's Being Harold Pinter, adapted and directed by Vladimir Shcherban, produced by Nikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada, at three Chicago venues, January 27 ? February 30, 2011. This Chicago premiere is presented by Goodman Theatre in association with Northwestern University, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the League of Chicago Theatres. Opening Night is Thursday, January 27 at Goodman Theatre. Being Harold Pinter runs 1 hour, 15 minutes and is presented in Belarusian and Russian with English supertitles. Tickets are $20 (some discounts apply); to purchase, contact the box office or visit the website of the respective venue.

January 27-29 at Goodman Theatre (170 N. Dearborn)
312.443.3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org

January 27 at 7:30pm (opening night ? sold-out)
January 28 at 8pm
January 29 at 8pm
February 4-6 and 11-13 at the Theatre and Interpretation Center
at Northwestern University's Mussetter-Struble Theater (1949 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL)
847.491.7282 or www.tic.northwestern.edu

February 4 at 8pm
February 5 at 8pm
February 6 at 2pm
February 11 at 8pm
February 12 at 8pm
February 13 at 2pm
February 18-20 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (800 E. Grand on Navy Pier)
312.595.5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com

February 18 at 8pm
February 19 at 8pm
February 20 at 2pm (closing)
For an unprecedented artistic event with potential far-reaching international impact, Goodman Theatre invites Eastern Europe's Belarus Free Theatre to Chicago for a limited engagement of Being Harold Pinter, January 27 ? February 20, 2011. Presented in partnership with Northwestern University, the League of Chicago Theatres and Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Being Harold Pinter arrives in Chicago on the heels of its sold-out engagement at New York's Under the Radar Festival?for which the Belarus Free Theatre, facing persecution in their homeland, escaped imprisonment in December 2010. Hailed as "truly passionate, truly political theater (that) isn't just admirable, it has virtues beyond its relevance and bravery" (The New York Times), Being Harold Pinter incorporates transcripts from Belarusian political prisoners with excerpts from Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter's lifetime of writings. Belarus Free Theatre creates visually striking images with simple means and underscores the fierceness of Pinter's words with the intense physicality of the actors. Being Harold Pinter blurs the boundaries between art and reality, delivering a poignant contemporary commentary on violence, oppression, freedom and human dignity.