The Cupid Players Moves to Stage 773, Beginning Previews for CUPID HAS A HEART ON 8/11

Brian Posen, artistic director of Stage 773 and The Cupid Players, is proud to announce The Cupid Players and their production Cupid Has A Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships are moving from the iO Theater to Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. The witty and irreverent musical sketch comedy troupe, which is now in its 10^th year of an open run, comes home to Stage 773, performing every Saturday beginning August 11at 10:30 p.m. The press opening for the production in its new home is Saturday, August 25 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 (student discounts available) and may be purchased at www.Stage773.com or by calling 773.327.5252. 

“We are grateful to everyone at iO Theatre who made the last decade of Cupid Players a success, especially Charna Halpern (executive director of iO). Now that the construction is done and Stage 773 is up and running, it makes sense, as producers of The Cupid Players, to have them be a part of our Stage 733 family.  We look forward to opening night and a long successful run in their new home,” said Brian Posen 

Backed by a lively pianist, the comic musical performers of The Cupid Players perform songs and scenes developed by the cast under the direction of Posen. The production’s sketches combine sharp writing and catchy songs with a witty take on relationships, love and life.  The result is a musical sketch show that is raunchy, sweet, cynical, touching, smart, inane and – above all – very, very funny. 

Named “Best Sketch Comedy Group” by the Chicago Reader, The Cupid Players have been the longest running revue in iO history and have been making audiences laugh until it hurts for more than ten years.  Cupid Has A Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships has been playing every Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at iO Theater and has been named a “must-see” by Time Out Chicago and feted as “full of wit and zest” by the Chicago Tribune.