'NO Darkness round my Stone' @ Trap Door Theatre

                  The TRAP DOOR THEATRE presents:                       

From French sensation Fabrice Melquiot, the English language world premiere of NO Darkness round my Stone

Written by: Fabrice Melquiot

Translated by: David Bradby

Directed by: Max Truax

         

Cast:  Casey Chapman, Cassandra Kaluza, Kevin Lucero Less, Tiffany Ross, David Steiger, Bob Wilson

Trap Door Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of the English translation of No Darkness Round My Stone by French Playwright Fabrice Melquiot. A poet in spirit and practice, Melquiot’s work is marked by noted lyricism and unpretentious accessibility. In No Darkness Round my Stone, Melquiot gives us a comedic and empathetic look at the everyday life of grave robbers. Mixing hyper-realism with surrealism, and banality with complexity, No Darkness Round My Stone examines the human desire to be different from what we are and the remarkable buoyancy of hope.

Playwright Fabrice Melquiot started his theatrical career as an actor but began to sway towards writing as early as 1998 when he published two children’s texts, Les Petits Melancoliques and Les Jardins deBeamon, at the School of Leisure.  Both pieces were broadcast across French airways on the popular radio program, "French Culture".  Over the past decade, Melquiot has written over 25 plays, including a dozen aimed at young audiences. His work has won various awards throughout the world, including the grand prize Paul Gilson for The Commonwealth in Montreal in 1998, and the European prize for the best radio work for adolescents in Bratislava in 2000 for his work, How Perlino.  The year 2003 was especially remarkable for Melquiot; he won the award for Best New Talent by the SACD, the Jean-Jacques of Figaro Prize and two awards of the Syndicat National de la Critique for the Devil Sharing.

 Director Max Truax founded and was Artistic Director of Filament Theatre Company in Los Angeles.  Previous directing credits include Termen Vox Machina at Chicago’s Oracle Theatre, and Cassandra, Farewell Juliet, Gadfly, Blood Wedding, Salome, and When We Dead Awaken in Los Angeles.  Max is also the creator and director of two experimental operas, Being Not Nothing, and Furniture.

Assistant Director Laura Smith / Lighting Designer Richard Norwood / Costume Designers Beata Pilch & Iris Bainum-Houle

Sound Designers Sam Lewis & Jesse McCabe / Graphic Designer Michal Janicki

 Opens:             Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8 PM.           

Closes:             Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 8 PM.

Runs:               Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM.

Admission:      $20 (2-for-1 on Thursdays)

What:             * Mixing hyper-realism with surrealism, and banality with complexity, No Darkness Round My Stone, is a comedic and empathetic look at the everyday life of grave robbers.

*No Darkness Round My Stone is an allegory for life's tragic failures and celebrated new beginnings as told by a comedic pair of grave robbing brothers.

*No Darkness Round My Stone, illuminates the everyday life of grave robbers.

 Where:              TRAP DOOR THEATRE, 1655 W. Cortland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622

 Info/Reservations:             773-384-0494

To purchase tickets online: www.trapdoortheatre.com

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