KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, BURY THE DEAD Lead Promethean Theatre Ensemble's 5th Season

Promethean Theatre Ensemble is pleased to announce their fifth season: the engrossing Robert Patrick play Kennedy's Children, and the searing drama Bury the Dead by Irwin Shaw.

Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick
Directed by Terry McCabe
November 5-December 5, 2010
Thursdays-Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
Official opening on Saturday, November 6 at 8 p.m.
Please note that there is no performance on Thursday, November 25.
Venue: City Lit Theater, 1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago
About the Show: Where were you when it happened? One rainy day several years after a tragedy that paralyzed the nation and shocked the world, a group of individuals are drawn to an urban bar. While they are deeply isolated from each other due to their rich inner lives and personal histories, each of them has been sculpted by a time of great turmoil into one of Kennedy's Children. The piece will feature ensemble members Devon Candura, Anne Korajczyk, Nick Lake, and Tom Weber. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Bury the Dead by Irwin Shaw
Directed by PTE Artistic Director Beth Wolf
Spring 2011 (dates TBA)
Venue: TBA
About the Show: On a battlefield two years into the war that will begin tomorrow night, six dead soldiers stand up and refuse to be buried in their graves. Irwin Shaw's searing indictment of the waste of life brought about by war remains as relevant today as when it was originally produced in 1936.

Since their inaugural production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy in 2006, Promethean Theatre Ensemble has striven to bring audiences and artists together to collaborate in storytelling. Employing simplicity of design and performance to engage the imagination, the company produces plays rooted in creativity, language and ideas. With the support of its dedicated ensemble, Promethean has gone on to produce Our Country's Good, The Light of Love, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Illusion (Jeff Recommended), The Last Unicorn, The Fantasticks, Spring Awakening and their popular Evening of Shakespeare series. The company has also collaborated with the Chicago and Evanston Public Libraries to offer theatre education to teens. For more information, please visit www.prometheantheatre.org.