BoHo's STRIKING 12 Returns For Another Season

BoHo Theatre's hit holiday musical Striking 12 returns to the Heartland Studio in Rogers Park for another year of toe-tapping cheer. From the funk-rock trio GrooveLily and Rachel Sheinkin, the Tony-awarding winning writer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Striking 12 is an inventive concert/musical that is the perfect way to spend a cold winter night in Chicago this holiday season. Intimately staged by director Lara Filip at the Heartland Studio at 7016 N Glenwood Avenue from December 1st through January 1st, the production features performers Matt Deitchman, Jed Feder, Mallory Nees, and Amy Steele.

Striking 12 is "a cross between a rock concert and a holiday show for people who don't like holiday shows." Featuring four talented actor/musicians, Striking 12 is the story of a grumpy, recently-single guy who stays at home on New Year's Eve, until a chance encounter with a door-to-door light bulb salesgirl inspires him to read Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Match Girl." This story and his chance encounter with the modern match girl changes his life and view of the holidays. Frank Sheck of The New York Post described Striking 12 as "a holiday show that has more heart and fun than most of the manufactured entertainments competing for your consumer dollars." Charles Isherwood of The New York Times praised the show as "touching and poignant while at the same time lighthearted and funny."

This musical experience is an uplifting combination of art, performance, and celebration that embodies the four BoHo pillars of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Love in equal parts. Thanks to overwhelming response from our audiences at last year's production of Striking 12, BoHo is bringing the show back as an annual non-mainstage holiday production. Last year Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones called BoHo's Striking 12 "a match for those who hate holiday musicals... this is a score with tunes that float around the room and lyrics that are able to get inside your head."

Striking 12

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
Directed by Lara Filip
Produced by Peter Blair
Scenic and Lighting Design by Sally Weiss
Performers:
Matt Deitchman (keyboard), Jed Feder (percussion), Mallory Nees (guitar, bass, squeezebox), Amy Steele (violin)

December 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 5:00 pm
Note: there are no performances on December 24th or 25th

Heartland Studio
7016 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago
For tickets, call Ovation Tix at 866-811-4111 or visit www.bohotheatre.com
Tickets on sale now!
Ticket price: $15
SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE EVENT

Ring in the new year with BoHo Theatre! On New Year's Eve, BoHo will present a special holiday performance of Striking 12 featuring a post-show party. Join the performers and crew of Striking 12 onstage along with BoHo company members for a complimentary champagne toast to kick off 2012 in style.

This special performance is at 8:00pm on December 31st. Tickets are $30.