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Photo Flash: First Look at About Face's ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A F*GG*T

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About Face Theatre continues its 2014-15 season with the Chicago premiere of ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A F*GG*T by Bixby Elliot, directed by Artistic Director Andrew Volkoff, playing June 5 - July 5, 2015 at the Greenhouse Theater Center (Upstairs Studio), 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are currently on sale at www.aboutfacetheatre.org, by calling (773) 404-7336 or in person at the Greenhouse Theater Center Box Office. The press opening is Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 pm.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A F*GG*T will feature Dana Black, Matt Farabee, Jessie Fisher, Lane Flores, Nathan Hosner and Derrick Trumbly.

17-year-old Cal thinks his favorite president was gay, just like him. In his quest for proof, he takes a road trip to the nation''s capital and encounters budding high-school romance, Ellen DeGeneres, party girl Mary Todd and sex in a 19th century mattress store. Discover the truth lurking just beneath the stovepipe hat in this time-jumping, pop music-infused play about history, family and the importance of heroes... then and now.

"I''m thrilled to share Bixby Elliot''s irreverent and insightful comedy with Chicago audiences," comments AFT Artistic Director Andrew Volkoff. "His unique voice and theatrical sensibility brings just the right touch of humanity to understanding what it means to be a hero and what it means to need one."

The production team for ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A F*GG*T includes Brian Prather (scenic design), Michael Stanfill (projection design), John Kelly (lighting design), Bob Kuhn (costume design), Jeffrey Levin (sound design), Wayne Smith (props design), Rich Ashworth (choreography) and Helen Lattyak (stage manager).

Photos by Michael Brosilow






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