Organic Theater Company Announces Season

The Organic Theater Company presents their spring 2008 season (details following), running in repertory from April 18 through May 11, 2008 (no previews):

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, adapted by Alexander Gelman, world premiere adaptation runs April 18 and May 3 at 8 p.m., and April 26 and May 11 at 2 p.m.

The Dressing Room by Kunio Shimizu, runs April 19 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, runs April 20 and May 3 at 2 p.m., and April 25 and May 10 at 8 p.m.

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, adapted by Alexander Gelman and company, runs April 26 at 8 p.m., and April 27 at 2 p.m.

The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain, adapted by Alexander Gelman, runs May 2 at 8 p.m., and May 4 at 2 p.m.

Man with Bags by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Marie-France Ionesco, adapted by Israel Horovitz, runs May 9 at 8 p.m., and May 10 at 2 p.m.

The staff includes Alexander Gelman (Adaptor/Director), Terrence McClellan (Scenic Design), Ryan Breneisen (Lighting Design), Melanie Baumgartner and David Galbreath (Costume Designers), M. Anthony Reimer (Sound Design), Caitlin R. Hutchison (Properties Design), Deborah Robertson (Choreographer), Dorian Hadley (Dramaturg) and Jason Shivers (Stage Manager).

Tickets are available by calling 800-595-4849 or online at www.Tix.com.

Founded in 1970, Organic Theater Company is committed to a vision of creating productions with a permanent group of artists over a sustained period of time and presenting them in rotating repertory. This approach, while relatively unusual in the United States, is widely accepted in much of the Western world as the ideal way to make a body of theatrical work. Rotating repertory creates the opportunity for a unique relationship between the company and its audience, one in which the same actor can be seen in a variety of roles over a short period of time. It also allows the actors to work as a single instrument, much like the world's great orchestras and dance companies.  Production timeline at www.organictheater.org/news/history/index.php. The La Costa Theatre is located at 3931 N. Elston Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL  60618. 

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