Piven Theatre Workshop Presents NUMBER OF PEOPLE, Previews 3/6/2010

Piven Theatre Workshop continues its 2009-10 season with the world premiere of Number of People, written and directed by Emilie Beck. The production will run March 6 - April 11, 2010 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street.

Diagnosed with Alzheimer's and grappling with the challenges of aging, a Holocaust survivor bears witness to his past in this beautiful exploration on the elusive nature of memory. This moving one-man show is written and directed by Emilie Beck, who returns to Piven after her 2008 award-winning production, Because They Have No Words. The piece was written specifically for the playwright's father, Piven Ensemble Member Bernard Beck.

Title: Number of People
Written &
directed by: Emilie Beck
Featuring: Bernard Beck
Dates: Previews: March 6 & March 7, 2010
Press opening: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Regular run: March 11 - April 11, 2010
Schedule: Thurs, Fri & Sat: 7:30 p.m.
Sundays: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street.
Tickets: $15 preview performances; $25 regular run performances
Box Office: Located at 927 Noyes Street, Evanston; (773) 753-4472 or online www.piventheatre.org

About The Piven Theatre
For over 35 years, the Piven Theatre Workshop has remained a nationally respected acting school and professional Equity theatre. Within recent history, Piven Theatre has received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Sound Design, and an After Dark Award for Outstanding Ensemble. The theatre has also received several Joseph Jefferson Recommendations, a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Adaptation, and Jeff nominations for Best Original Score, and Best Ensemble. Co-Founders Byrne & Joyce Piven have trained countless theatre artists such as John and Joan Cusack, Kate Walsh, Aidan Quinn, Lili Taylor and Jeremy Piven, to name only a few. Stagebill honored the Pivens with the designation "Chicago's first family of acting." The Pivens have been awarded the Evanston Mayors Award for the Arts, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Chicago Improv Festival, and the University of Chicago's Glorious Gargoyle Award for lifetime contribution to the theatre. They were named 1996 Artists of the Year by the Chicago Tribune and were recipients of the Chicago Drama League's 1998 Crystal Award. In 2000, they were awarded a Joseph Jefferson Lifetime Achievement Award. For more information, please visit www.piventheatre.org.

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