The Gift Theatre Opens MINE Tonight

New mother Mari has a devoted husband, a reassuring midwife and a mom who can't wait to babysit. But she can't shake the feeling that there's something strange about her newborn daughter. Chicago's The Gift Theatre Company births a world of new motherhood, where doubt and certainty blur, in the Chicago premiere of Laura Marks' thrilling, haunting and terrifying Mine, directed byMarti Lyons. Mine makes its Chicago Premiere tonight, June 13 - August 11 at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave (at Lawrence) in Chicago. Press opening is Monday, June 17.

New York-based, Kentucky-born playwright Laura Marks (Bethany; Gather at the River) is a recent Juilliard grad, winner of the 2012 Leah Ryan Prize for Emerging Women Writers and mother of two. Her husband, Broadway actor Ken Marks (Spiderman: Turn off the Dark; Hairspray), is a Chicagoland native. Mine director Marti Lyons (Maria/Stuart) previously worked at The Gift, as assistant-director on Will Eno's Oh, the Humanity (and other exclamations) for Michael Patrick Thornton in 2012 and twice directing short plays for TEN. She is the Literary Manager and Company Dramaturg for Lookingglass Theatre.

Mine stars The Gift Ensemble members Hillary Clemens (Vigils, Dirty) as Mari, Gabriel Franken (Northwest Highway) as her husband and Alexandra Main (Wit, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) as the midwife. Returning to The Gift are SiNNERMAN Ensemble and Pavement Group's Cyd Blakewell (TEN) as a mysterious stranger and Rendition Theatre's Deborah Ann Smith(The Last Days of Judas Iscariot) as Mari's mom.

Tickets and Performance Schedule

Mine runs June 13 - August 11 at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave (at Lawrence) in Chicago.

Previews: June 13 - June 16
Opening Night: June 20

Showtimes are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, with Sunday matinees at 2:30pm

Single tickets, $25-$30, are available at 773-283-7071 or online at www.thegifttheatre.org. Season subscriptions start at $65.