Next Theatre Company Announces Midwest Premiere of MADAGASCAR, 2/12-27

Next Theatre Company is proud to announce their current production of the Midwest premiere of J.T. Rogers' MADAGASCAR, directed by Kimberly Senior, is extended one week. The added performances are Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., at Next Theatre, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. The regular performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 and 19 have an added 4 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $25 - $40 with subscriber and student discounts available. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.

MADAGASCAR is the haunting story of a mysterious disappearance that changes three lives forever. At three different periods in time, three Americans find themselves alone, in the same hotel room overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome: June (Cora Vander Broek), a young woman who works as a tour guide of the city's ancient ruins; Lillian (Carmen Roman through February 19, Franette Liebow February 20 -27), her wealthy and elegant jet-setting mother; and Nathan (Mick Webber), a rumpled university economist and the best friend of Lilian's famous deceased husband. Their individual stories slowly unfold, weaving between time and space, resulting in a truly gripping and disquieting mystery.

MADAGASCAR, directed by Kimberly Senior, runs through February 27, at 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Added weekend performances are Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 and 19 have an added 4 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $25 - $40 with subscriber and student discounts available. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.

Next Theatre Company is also proud to announce the debut of a new series: WHAT'S NEXT LAB, March 10 - 20 at Evanston's Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street. WHAT'S NEXT LAB presents the introduction of Chicago area writers' new, and often provocative work, in a staged format. The 2011 slate of performances includes AS FAT AS YOU CAN by Justin D.M. Palmer, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker; IN LOCO PARENTIS by Sarah Gubbins; directed by Joanie Schultz, QUITA MITOS by Tanya Saracho, directed by Ricardo Gutierrez and? START FAIR IN The Common RACE by Aaron Carter, directed by Brant Russell. Tickets to each performance are $20 with subscriber and student discounts available. A pass for the entire series is available at a discounted price of $65. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.

This year's participants in the "What's Next Lab Series" are AS FAT AS YOU CAN by Justin D.M. Palmer; directed by Krissy Vanderwarker? March 10 at 7:30 p.m.,?March 18 at 8 p.m.?and March 19 at 4 p.m.

When George loses his job to outsourcing and is forced to feed himself on a budget, he gains weight at an alarming rate. What will he do when his new girlfriend Martha learns that it's no accident he's getting so fat?

IN LOCO PARENTIS by Sarah Gubbins directed by Joanie Schultz ?March 11 at 8 p.m.,?March 19 at 8 p.m.? and March 20 at 2 p.m.

College friends in a small town deal with the sudden loss of a friend from an accidental drug overdose. Things get tough when certain friends start questioning whether it was an accident after all.

QUITA MITOS by Tanya Saracho directed by Ricardo Gutierrez ?March 12 at 4 p.m., March 15 at 7:30 p.m. and ? March 16 at 7:30 p.m.

An intimate portrait of three very different Mexican women who find themselves culturally and geographically adrift, each in a cheap motel room.

START FAIR IN The Common RACE by Aaron Carter directed by Brant Russell ?March 12 at 8 p.m.?, March 13 at 2 p.m. and ?March 17 at 7:30 p.m.?

As a wounded nation attempts to heal itself immediately following the Civil War, former slaves Tiberius and Marcus steal, con and philosophize their way across America in the name of freedom in their strange new world.

Tickets to each performance are $20 with subscriber and student discounts available. A pass for the entire series is available at a discounted price of $65. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.

Next Theatre Box Office hours are from 12 - 6 p.m. weekdays and 2 hours prior to curtain. The box office is closed on Monday unless a show is scheduled. All tickets are held at will-call until pick-up on the day of performance, unless the tickets have been purchased in person.

The Next Theatre is located inside the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, right next to the Noyes street stop on the Evanston "el." Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the theatre and the Evanston Civic Center.

 

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