'Psalms of a Questionable Nature' Opens May 28th

Chicago Playwright Marisa Wegrzyn's Taut Tale of Two Sisters

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble is proud to present the Midwest premiere of Chicago playwright Marisa Wegrzyn's Psalms of a Questionable Nature running May 28 through June 29 at Live Bait Theater, 3914 North Clark St. Previews begin Wednesday, May 28.   There is a champagne reception immediately following the Press Night performance. Single tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at www.rivendelltheatre.net or at 773.334.7728.

Estranged stepsisters Greta and Moo meet to decide what to do with their dead parents' decrepit house; Greta, who needs the money, wants to sell the house, and Moo wants to use the opportunity to get to know her sibling. The one thing they can agree on is that neither of them want to face what's beyond the basement door.  In this twisted, psychological two-women thriller, the sisters not only have to deal with their parents passing and their own feelings towards each other but also confront long buried truths and lies, deeply suppressed emotions and ultimately the realization that they may not make it out of the basement alive.
 
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble has been working with local playwright Marisa Wegrzyn on this production for more than a year via their Fresh Produce series. Marisa Wegrzyn grew up in Wilmette and currently lives in Chicago. Steppenwolf Theatre Company's "First Look Series" presented her last play Butcher of Barraboo. Additional works include Killing Women, Ten Cent Night, and Hickorydickory and have been produced or read at Washington University in St. Louis, Eckerd College/WordBRIDGE, Geva Theatre Center, Chicago Dramatists, Lucid by Proxy, The Hourglass Group, The Women's Project, Centerstage, and The Magic Theatre. She has a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis where she studied playwriting with Carter W. Lewis. Marisa grew up in Wilmette, IL and lives in Chicago.
 
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble is a professional theatre company committed to cultivating the talents of women theatre artists and to seeking out innovative plays that explore the unique female experience in an intimate, salon environment. Over the past fourteen years, Rivendell has grown to fill an important role in the Chicago theatre community as the only Equity Theatre in Chicago committed to producing works about women.

Psalms of a Questionable Nature runs Thursdays through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Previews are Wednesday, May 28 – Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 for students and seniors. There will be one Sunday performance, June 1 at 3 p.m. There is no performance Friday, June 13 due to the Rivendell Annual Gala. There will be an industry performance Monday, June 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at www.rivendelltheatre.net or at 773.334.7728.

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