SEA-WIFE Performance Held in Support of Season of Concern

First Flight presents a NEW play by Maxwell Anderson: Sea-Wife. Presented as a staged reading featuring 17 actors, Sea-Wife's one-time performance is a benefit for Chicago's Season of Concern, an organization that helps Chicago theatre professionals in times of need. Written by Anderson in 1924 Sea-Wife was never published and it has never been professionally performed. Set in the 1800s on an island off the coast of Maine and based on the poem The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), the play depicts 24 hours of turmoil for the inhabitants of an insulated fishing community and the myth of mermen many of them believe in. The benefit performance date is Sunday December 16, 2018 at 6 p.m. at the iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, in Chicago. Suggested donation is $20 and tickets are available at the door. Call (773) 307-4586 or email firstflight2018@gmail.com for reservations and more information. The iO Theater can be reached at:

https://www.ioimprov.com/event/1788232-sea-wife-staged-reading-chicago/

First Flight is devoted to presenting plays by Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959) in New York City, New Jersey and Chicago. Sea-Wife features Ronald Keaton as MacQuarrie, Diane Dorsey as Biddy Stewart, Richard Henzel as Peter the sexton, Frank Farrell as Dr. Fallon the minister, Rhiannon Koehler as Margaret, Colton Adams as Dan, Kevin Blair, Brandon Campbell, Leslee Crisman, Alexis Green, Ross Magyar, Mike McShane, Cody Pariset, Bob Romay, Jeanne Scurek, Lorel Ski, Darren Stephens and Timothe Stites.

Created over 30 years ago by Chicago theater artists to provide care for those in the theater community afflicted with AIDS-related illnesses, Season of Concern has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from generous artists and theater patrons to benefit hundreds of people in the entertainment industry-actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights-who are experiencing health-related emergencies and medical issues.