ST NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson to Open at Black Button Eyes Productions
Kevin Webb stars as a Dublin theatre critic in the vampire tale, directed by Ed Rutherford at City Lit Theater.
Black Button Eyes Productions has announced it will follow up its hit co-production (with City Lit Theater) of STRANGE CARGO: THE DOOM OF THE DEMETER with Conor McPherson's fantasy drama ST NICHOLAS, in June and July.
Storefront theatre stalwart Kevin Webb will perform the one-actor, darkly comic drama of an unnamed Dublin theatre critic whose figurative penchant for drawing blood with his reviews takes a turn when he becomes involved with a group of real-life vampires in suburban London. One of McPherson's earliest produced plays, ST NICHOLAS premiered in London in 1997 and was staged in New York off-Broadway in 1998. THE NEW YORK TIMES' Ben Brantley called it “a delectably droll celebration of storytelling as striptease…Mr. McPherson combines old-fashioned yarn-spinning skills with a canny grasp of the frayed contemporary psyche.”
Press opening will be Saturday, June 27 at 7:30 pm, following a preview on June 26, and will play through July 26 at City Lit Theater, in the historic Edgewater Presbyterian Church at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue.
Kevin Webb has been one of the most prolific actors of the Chicago storefront theater scene, with over 50 credits – eight of them with Black Button Eyes - since arriving in Chicago from Mississippi in 2009. He is an ensemble member of Trap Door Theatre and a Jeff Award winner for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd with Kokandy Productions.
The production team for ST. NICHOLAS includes Liz Cooper (Lighting Design), Rachel Sypniewski (Costume Design), Jeremiah Barr (Set/Props design and Technical Direction), Joe Griffin (Sound Design), and Carrie Hardin (Dialect Coach).
Tickets
Tickets for ST NICHOLAS are $30,00 plus fess for all performances and are on sale now at https://stnicholaschicago.eventbrite.com.
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