Chicago's Halcyon Theatre Announces 2017-2018 Season

Chicago's Halcyon Theatre announces that its 2017-18 season will feature Bekah Brunstetter's Midwest Premiere of The Oregon Trail (Sept. 14 - Nov. 4) and Caridad Svich's Midwest Premiere of De Troya (May 10 - Jun. 20). Halcyon Theatre, located in residence at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3253 W. Wilson Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood, strives to present new voices from inadequately represented communities and works to recast classic works in order to showcase contemporary relevance.

Additionally, Halcyon is the recipient of a $50k grant from Art Works Fund's Idea Lab through The Chicago Community Trust. The grant will allow Halcyon to explore how aesthetic and venue choices affect performance and audience engagement. Over the next two years, Halcyon will produce additional developmental productions and programming in alternate locations around the city. Idea Lab grants support the development and testing of promising ideas, new approaches to solving chronic challenges, or pursuit of emergent opportunities. Additional details to be announced.

"Both of the plays this season rumble with what happens when you realize the world before you is not the place you dreamed it would be," says artistic director Tony Adams. "When grief strikes and they feel enveloped in loneliness, the women at the center of the stories are given a gift of seeing a different way forward, as if seeing the world through a magic mirror showing that more is possible. We get to watch what they do with that gift, how their journey makes them feel less lost and lonely. And hopefully we can feel a little less lonely too."

"With funding as part of an Idea Lab grant from the Arts Work Fund, we will finally be able to experiment with taking performances outside of our theatre, to alternate locations across our area," continues Adams. "While we will be doing fewer mainstage productions, we will be able to take them to more places, and conducting scholarly research on how the same works connect with audience members in traditional vs. non-traditional settings. It's a very exciting prospect."

Season Memberships go on sale February 1, 2017 and include all productions in addition to various events throughout the season. Single ticket sales begin May 15, 2017. Visit https://halcyontheatre.org or call 773-413-0454.

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