Silent Theatre to Stage THE DUELING GENTLEMEN at Athenaeum Theatre, 8/9-9/20

Silent Theatre Company presents The Dueling Gentlemen, created by the Silent Theatre Company ensemble member Marvin Eduardo Quijada, August 9 through September 20, 2015.

Members of the press are invited to the opening performance on Sunday, August 9th at 5:00p. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 5 p.m. Tickets for The Dueling Gentlemen are $17-$27 with special senior/student discounts. All tickets are available in advance by visiting www.athenaeumtheatre.org or at 773.935.6875.

The Dueling Gentlemen is a love letter to old vaudeville. Performed entirely in silence á la pre-talkie era and accompanied by live original piano composition, the story follows two vaudeville performers whose friendship begins to deconstruct during their long time running successful act. Issues of insecurities and lack of communication, alcoholism and professionalism, betrayal and sinister plots all play factors on and off stage as their act "The Ugly Blonde" takes an even uglier turn.

Conceived and written by Marvin Eduardo Quijada. Starring Marcus D. Fittanto and Marvin Eduardo Quijada. Live musical accompaniment and composition by Ian Custer. Stage Managed by Shannon Evans. Light design by Chloe Honeyman-Bloede. Set Design by Simon Lashford. Prop, costume and make-up design by Stephanie Schultz. Graphic design by Rodolfo Polanco-Casasola.

Silent Theatre seeks to provide opportunities for aesthetically awake moments through performance, music and art. These moments will play an essential part in the evolution of human consciousness, the understanding, acceptance and celebration among people, and the self awareness needed to discover an individual's purpose. We strive to do so by presenting all-inclusive and all-accessible art and by creating a universal language one gesture at a time. The company's inaugural production in 2005 LULU: a black and white silent play toured coast to coast and since then we have devised and presented many original works: Noir: a shot and a chaser, A Charlie Chaplin Christmas, KANE, The Thin Line: based on the prints of Warrington Colescott, The Wild Party/The Set-Up, Carnival Nocturne, A Christmas Carol: the silent bah-humbug, NOIR: city of big shoulders, ACME a (live) Action Cartoon with Music and Entertainment, A Silent Christmas Carol, The Seven Secret Plays of Madam Caprice.

For more information on The Dueling Gentlemen or other Silent Theatre activities, visit www.silenttheatre.com.