Shattered Globe to Stage THE GROWN-UP as Final Show of 2014-15 Season

Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to announce the final production of its 2014-15 season: the Chicago premiere of Jordan Harrison's magical coming-of-age tale THE GROWN-UP, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker, playing April 9 - May 23, 2014 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago.

Shattered Globe will stage the second ever production of Harrison's new play, which debuted last year at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival. Casting will be announced shortly. Tickets for THE GROWN-UP go on-sale Monday, February 2 at www.theaterwit.org, in person at the Theater Wit Box Office or by calling (773) 975-8150. The press performance is Sunday, April 12 at 3 pm.

Kai is a ten-year-old boy at his grandfather's knee listening to a story of a magic doorknob. Jump 25 years into the future to his doomed book "pitch" in LA. Jump in time again as he watches the caterer streak through his wedding reception. Has Kai run into powerful magic or has he just realized the breakneck speed of an ordinary life and what he might have missed? The Grown-Up is a magical, sad and funny adventure about how to survive growing up.

"Shattered Globe is especially proud to produce the second production of Jordan's play, The Grown-Up, which premiered last spring at the Humana Festival," comments Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. "I have admired Jordan's work since I read his early script, The Museum Play, which he developed during his Jerome Fellowship. This season, Shattered Globe is looking at themes of re-discovering love, re-inventing oneself, and re-emerging from loss, and The Grown-Up continues to explore the possibility of such new beginnings. SGT also welcomes Krissy Vanderwarker to direct this funny and touching Ensemble production."

"The Grown-Up is such a beautiful, funny and heartfelt reminder that we only get one spin at life" adds director Krissy Vanderwarker. "As one of the play's characters says, 'Every day, someone crumples your sheet of paper, and every night you try to get it smooth again. We'll never be done, but that's the balance we strike between innocence and experience. That's the effort that will make us human.'"

The production team for THE GROWN-UP includes Grant Sabin (set design), Sarah Jo White (costume designer), Christopher Kriz (sound designer), Amanda Rozmiarek (technical director) and Judy Anderson (production manager).

DETAILS:

Location: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago

Dates: Previews: Thursday, April 9 at 8 pm, Friday, April 10 at 8 pm and Saturday, April 11 at 8 pm

Press performances: Sunday, April 12 at 3 pm

Regular run: Thursday, April 16 - Saturday, May 23, 2015

Curtain Times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets: Previews: $20. Regular Run: $33. Discounts: "Under 30" $20, students $15, seniors $25 and industry $15 on Thursdays. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 2 at www.theaterwit.org, in person at the Theater Wit Box Office or by calling (773) 975-8150.

About the Playwright: Jordan Harrison's plays include Marjorie Prime, Maple and Vine, The Grown- Up, Doris to Darlene, Futura, Amazons and Their Men, Act a Lady, Finn in the Underworld, Kid-Simple, The Museum Play, Standing on Ceremony (written with Doug Wright, Paul Rudnick and many others), and a musical, Suprema (written with Daniel Zaitchik). His work has been produced at American Conservatory Theatre, the Arden Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, City Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Mark Taper Theater, Minetta Lane, NAATCO, Next Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Portland Center Stage and SPF, among others. Five of Jordan's plays have premiered at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Harrison is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hodder Fellowship, the Kesselring Prize, a Theater Masters' Innovative Playwright Award, the Roe Green Award from the Cleveland Playhouse, the Heideman Award, the Lowe Award for Musical Theater, Jerome and McKnight Fellowships, an NYSCA grant and a NEA/TCG Playwright-In-Residence grant with The Empty Space Theater. His children's musical, The Flea and the Professor, won the 2011 Barrymore Award for Best Production. A graduate of Stanford University and the Brown MFA Program, Jordan is an alumnus of New Dramatists. He is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb, the Civilians and the Playwrights' Center. He currently writes for the hit Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black.

About the Director: Krissy Vanderwarker is a freelance director and the Co-Artistic Director of Dog & Pony Theatre Co. where her directing credits include: Breach, Counterfeiters, The Dinner Party Project, God's Ear, As Told by the Vivian Girls, Mr. Marmalade, Ape, Osama the Hero, Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) and As Much As You Can. For Pavement Group, Vanderwarker directed Harry & The Thief, named one of the 'Top 10 Shows of 2013' by Time Out Chicago. Other professional directing credits include: Bethany (First Look Festival/Steppenwolf), As Fat As You Can (Next Theatre), CLEAR and What Once We Felt (About Face Theatre) and As Much As You Can (Hendel Productions West). She is developing a new performance experience called Ghost Army with support from residencies with The Orchard Project, In the Works and High Concept Labs. Vanderwarker graduated with her MFA in Directing from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Shattered Globe Theatre (Sandy Shinner, Producing Artistic Director; Doug McDade, Managing Director) was born in a storefront space on Halsted Street in 1991. Since then, SGT has produced more than 60 plays, including nine American and world premieres, and garnered an impressive 42 Jeff Awards and 97 Jeff Award nominations, as well as the acclaim of critics and audiences alike. Shattered Globe is an ensemble driven theater whose mission is to create an intimate, visceral theater experience that challenges the perspective of audience and artist alike through passionate storytelling. Shattered Globe is inspired by the diversity of our city and committed to making the theater available to all audiences. Through initiatives such as the Protégé Program, Shattered Globe creates a space which allows emerging artists to grow and share in the ensemble experience.

For more information on Shattered Globe Theatre, visit www.shatteredglobe.org.

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