Full Cast Set for World Premiere of PILGRIM'S PROGRESS at A Red Orchid Theatre

A Red Orchid Theatre announces full cast, creative team and new run dates for the World Premiere of Pilgrim's Progress by Ensemble Member Bret Neveu (The Opponent), directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray (Mud Blue Sky, Accidentally like a Martyr). Pilgrim's Progress will now run November 4-December 13, 2015 and feature Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald and Michael Shannon with Ryan Bourque (The Hypocrite's All Our Tragic) and Charlotte Mae Ellison (Writers Theatre's The Diary of Anne Frank).

The creative team includes Chelsea Warren (Set Designer), Myron Elliot (Costume Designer), Ensemble Member Mike Durst (Light Designer), Brando Triantafillou (Sound Designer), Jenny Pinson (Props Designer), Tanya Palmer (Dramaturg), Ryan Bourque (Fight Choreographer), Jim Moore (Tech Director), Ellen Willet (Production Manager) and Christa van Baale (Stage Manager).

It's Thanksgiving Day and the McKee family is up to its eyeballs in hilarious drama. Between stirring the cranberries and debating pumpkin pie, parents Jim and Melissa relive their glory days. Meanwhile, their earth-poet son and pregnant-teen daughter navigate family contracts, holiday power grabs, and decades of thinly veiled deceit. For a family with such a strong appetite for tales, are their stories more important than the truth? With homages to Albee, O'Neal, Williams and Shepard, the tension rides high and the carving knife does more than just cut the turkey.

A Red Orchid continues the FLASHPASS, giving subscribers a significant ticket discount, reserved seats, ticket and date flexibility and invitations to special events, readings and more. Three-show Flashpasses are $80 and include a ticket to each of the season's three productions, excluding Press Openings and Red Nights. Three-show Red Night Flashpasses are $130 and include a ticket to each Red Night Opening and post-show reception with the cast and creative team. Guarantee your seat with a FLASHPASS today. Single tickets for Pilgrim's Progress will go on sale September 30.

Flashpasses may be purchased from the Box Office at 1531 N. Wells Street, Monday through Friday from 12 pm to 5:00 pm. Subscriptions may also be purchased by telephone during office hours by dialing (312) 943-8722, or online at www.aredorchidtheatre.org. Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date.