Lookingglass Theatre's MOBY DICK Begins Tonight

Continuing its 27th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Moby Dick, adapted and directed by ensemble member David Catlin from the book by Herman Melville, produced in association with The Actors Gymnasium. Moby Dick runs today, June 10 - August 9, 2015 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson. The Press Opening is Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Moby Dick go on sale April 15.

The cast of Moby Dick includes Jamie Abelson (Ishmael), Kareem Bandealy (Starbuck), Emma Cadd (Fate #3), Raphael Cruz (Pip), Christopher Donahue (Ahab), Anthony Fleming III (Queequeg), Kasey Foster (Fate #2), Raymond Fox (Stubb), Javen Ulambayar (Tashtego), and Monica West (Fate #1). The creative team for Moby Dick will be announced soon.

Madness rages like the angry sea when man pits himself against leviathan in Melville's epic and poetic tale furiously reimagined on the Lookingglass stage by director David Catlin (Lookingglass Alice). Set sail with Captain Ahab and the intrepid crew of the Pequod in this harrowing and intoxicating exploration of fate vs. free will.

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