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Beggars In The House Of Plenty makes its Chicago premiere!

By:
MARY-ARRCHIE THEATRE CO. PRESENTS
THE CHICAGO PREMIERE OF
BEGGARS IN THE HOUSE OF PLENTY BY John Patrick Shanley
AT ANGEL ISLAND
735 W. SHERIDAN RD. IN CHICAGO
MAY 25, 2008 AT 8 P.M.

Beggars In The House Of Plenty makes its  Chicago premiere at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan by the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

In this deeply autobiographical work, Tony and Pulitzer Prize Winner John Patrick Shanley tackles his past. Beggars is a surreal comedy, packed with the wit, insight, confusion, laughter and the pain that only family can bring. At once vulgar, poetic and brutally honest, Beggars leads us on a journey through Johnny's childhood in the Bronx of the mid-1950's to the turbulent late 60's and finally the perspective of his adulthood.

Beggars in the House of Plenty is directed by Kevin Christopher Fox (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot for The Gift Theatre Company and Widowers' Houses for TimeLine Theatre). It features Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Buried Child, MOJO), Shannon Clausen, Daniel Behrendt, Laura Shatkus, Karl Potthoff (A Prayer for My Daughter, Buried Child), and Mary Jo Bolduc. Designers include John Wilson (set), Stephin Sterberl (costumes), Erin Leigh Lapham (lights), Joe Court (sound). Stage Management is by Mary Patchell.


Beggars In The House Of Plenty will open Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8 p.m. and run Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 on Thursday and Sunday, $20 on Friday, and $22 on Saturday.  There will be previews on Tuesday and Wednesday May 20,21 and Friday and Saturday May 23, & 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets for previews are $10.  

No Performance on Sunday, June 29, 2008. 

There is parking available in the Mobil Gas Station across from the theater at a fee determined by Mobil Gas. For more information and reservations call (773) 871-0442 or visit www.maryarrchie.com.







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