Eclipse's World Premiere of Kia Corthron's MEGASTASIS Opens Next Month

Eclipse Theatre Company, the only Midwest ensemble to feature one playwright in one season, continues its 25th anniversary, 2017 Kia Corthron season with the world premiere of Megastasis, directed by Aaron Todd Douglas, which was workshopped by New Works Brooklyn at Brooklyn College and New York Theatre Workshop.

Nineteen-year-old Tray loves his grandfather and loves caring for his infant daughter, hoping one day to marry the baby's mother. But, in the war on drugs, a joint at a party becomes a major military provocation, and Tray unwittingly falls into a black hole, forced to rearrange his plans and his life.

Megastasis runs approximately two hours and fifteen minutes, with one ten-minute intermission. Post-show discussions with the cast and crew will be held following all Sunday matinees except opening and closing weekends (free with paid ticket).

Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 60657

Some street parking; Wellington El stop (Brown). Pay and Display parking at Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church lots on Southport and on Oakdale.

Disability accessible.

Opening: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Previews Thursday-Saturday, July 13-15, at 7:30 p.m.

Runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Closes Sunday, August 20, 2017

TICKETS: Publish this number: 773-935-6875, Athenaeum Box Office (open noon to last curtain, Wednesday-Sunday)

Online tickets at www.eclipsetheatre.com

$30 for all regular performances (half-price rush tickets available)

$20 for previews; $10 for industry members at previews with headshot/card

$20 for each ticket in groups of ten or more, and for seniors (with ID)

$20 for students (with ID)

CAST: Eclipse ensemble members Anthony Conway and Ashley Hicks, with guest artists Christian Castro, Gregory Fenner, Darren Jones and Martasia Jones.

Eclipse ensemble members Zachery Alexander (Costume Design), Zachary Bloomfield (Casting Associate), Ashley Bowman (Stage Manager), Celeste M. Cooper (Casting Associate), Kathleen Dickinson (Production Manager), JP Pierson (Casting Director), Kevin Scott (Co-Producer / Set Design), Nathaniel Swift (Co-Producer), TayLar (Assistant Director) and Vanessa Thomas (Props Design). Guest artists Taylor Barfield (Dramaturg), Aaron Todd Douglas (Director),

Sarah Espinoza (Sound Design), Caroline Foulk (Assistant Stage Manager), Sammi Grant (Dialect Coach), and Mike
Winkelman (Lighting Design).

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and Eclipse Theatre's many individual donors.

Eclipse Theatre Company presents the work of one playwright each season. Eclipse offers the audience an opportunity, unique in the Midwest, to journey through the playwright's works. Join Eclipse in exploring the breadth and depth of a playwright's artistic worlds.

One playwright, one season, one illuminating journey.

www.eclipsetheatre.com

Need more Chicago Theatre News in your life?
Sign up for all the news on the Summer season, discounts & more...