Extra, Extra! Saint Sebastian Players Conclude 37th Season With Chicago Classic THE FRONT PAGE

The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) conclude the company's 37th season with the gritty Chicago comedy The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Performances run April 27-May 20, 2018 at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey (enter on Marshfield), Chicago.

The Front Page is a madcap comedy with thrills and derring-do set in a 1920s Chicago newsroom. Star reporter Hildy wants to break away from journalism by getting married and finding a respectable job. After a jailbreak, the escapee falls into Hildy's hands as a hostage. Hildy finds a unique way to conceal his prize and phones his managing editor. Their job then becomes to prevent other reporters and the sheriff from discovering the hiding place and scooping their story. It's a whirlwind wrap-up with Hildy finally making his breakaway-or so he thinks!

Performances of The Front Page take place April 27-May 20, 2018, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, at Marshfield just west of Ashland, in Chicago.
There will be post-show conversations with members of the cast and production team after the Sunday matinees April 29 and May 6.
Full-priced tickets are $20; tickets for seniors, students with valid IDs at the door and children younger than 12 are $12. Group rates also are available.
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Directing The Front Page is SSP co-founder Jim Masini, who has directed SSP productions of The Tempest, Arms and the Man, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and many others. The cast includes SSP company members Melinda Deamon, Robert Dean, David R. Feiler, Marshall Jacobson, George J. Manisco, Ed McGuire and Todd Parkhurst, along with John Austin, Julian Colletta, Ryan Finn, Russ Gager, Lawrence Garner, Michael D. Graham, Christopher Graul, Hilary Hensler, Valerie King, Tom Lally, Julie Mitre, BethAnn Smukowski, Scott Spector and Vito Vittore. Company members on the production team include Emil Zbella as set designer, Robert-Eric West as costume designer, Aaron Harris Woodstein as sound designer and assistant director, Brittany Eude as properties manager, Beth Bruins as stage manager, George J. Manisco as producer and Nancy Pollock as associate producer. Becs Bartle is lighting designer.

Graphic design by Eryn Walanka.

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