Profiles Theatre Announces The Fourth Extension Of GRACELAND

Profiles Theatre announces the fourth extension of its hit production Graceland, the World Premiere play written by Ellen Fairey.  To make way for Profiles’ upcoming Midwest premiere of Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat, Graceland will move to the theatre space three doors down from Profiles (National Pastime Theater) beginning September 17.

Graceland received its World Premiere at Profiles in May 2009 and has quickly become one of the theatre’s most successful runs ever, playing to consistently sold-out houses and critical acclaim.  Directed by Matthew Miller, Profiles’ record-breaking production has been extended for an additional nine weeks, through November 15, 2009.

Original cast members Eric Burgher and Jackson Challinor will be joined by Sarah Wellington, David Vogel and Emily Vajda.  

The designers are William Anderson (set), Jessica Harpenau (lights), Ricky Lurie (costumes), Mikhail Fiksel (sound and original music) and the stage manager is Maryann Carlson.

Tickets, $30-$35, are available at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway, www.profilestheatre.org or (773) 549-1815.  Graceland patrons should purchase and/or pick-up tickets at Profiles before proceeding to the venue three doors down.

Chicago's oldest cemetery is the backdrop for Gracelan, the story of four lonely Chicagoans whose lives collide one August weekend while the Blue Angels airshow is in town. As fighter jets buzz the skies from dusk till dawn, estranged brother and sister Sam and Sara try to make sense of their father's recent suicide. Sara's one night stand with Joe, an aging lothario, brings further trouble in the form of Joe's mercurial teenage son, Miles. Graceland is a World Premiere comedic drama about the loneliness of family, the tenderness of strangers and the unexpected benefits of bad decisions.

The current schedule (through September 13) is Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.  Starting September 17, evening performances begin at a new start time of 7:30 pm. and both the Saturday and Sunday matinees will begin at 3:00 p.m.  (The Saturday afternoon performances were recently added due to popular demand.)

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