Duplicity Ensemble's WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LIVES Comes to Chicago Fringe, 9/5-13
William Shakespeare is alive and well and living in Edgewater. At least that's what Duplicity Ensemble wants you to believe with their latest offering opening at the Chicago Fringe Festival in September.
The title of the play is a bit unwieldy, but it gets the point across nicely: William Shakespeare Lives or William Shakespeare, a 30 year-old playwright who lives in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, has just opened his new play, Titus Andronicus, and it was not well-reviewed; a comedy in three acts Duplicity Ensemble's Artistic Director Nathan Wonder will take the stage in this original production that dives head-first into the young artist's struggle to find success in Chicago's storefront theatre scene.
This contemporary - and unapologetically vulgar - William Shakespeare has recently lost his job, his girlfriend, and he has just opened a wildly unsuccessful production of his violent new play. This confluence of unfortunate events prompts him to call an audience together so he can air out his troubles. Still youthful, undiscovered, and unappreciated, William shows sparks of his brilliance yet to come while he works out his craft in Chicago's humblest venues, but can he overcome this series of disheartening setbacks?
Saturday, September 5th at 7:00PM
Sunday, September 6th at 7:00PM
Sunday, September 13th at 8:30PM
All performances are at the Congregational Church of Jefferson Park Meeting Hall at 5320 W. Giddings Street in Chicago. Tickets are $10 plus a $5 festival button. For tickets, showtimes, and more information, visit duplicityensemble.org.
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