Victory Gardens Theater Presents EQUIVOCATION, 9/14-10/14

Victory Gardens opens its 2012-13 season with the Chicago Premiere of Equivocation, written by Bill Cane and directed by Sean Graney. The production runs September 14 – October 14, 2012 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, September 24, 2012.

In London in the year 1605, a down-and-out playwright called Shagspeare (yes, it's him) receives a royal commission to write a play promoting the government's version of Guy Fawkes' treasonous Gunpowder Plot. As Shag navigates the dangerous course between writing a lie and losing his soul, or writing the truth and losing his head, his devoted theatre troupe helps him negotiate each step along the way. At once an explosive comedy of ideas and a high-stakes political thriller, Bill Cain's award-winning Equivocation deftly reveals the cat-and-mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of learning how to speak the truth in difficult times.

Title:                     Equivocation

Written by:           Bill Cain

Directed by:         Sean Graney

Previews:             September 14 – September 23, 2012

Press opening:     Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Regular run:         September 25 – October 14, 2012

Schedule:            

                             Tuesdays:         7:30 pm

                             Wednesdays:    7:30 pm

                             Thursdays:       7:30 pm

                             Fridays:            7:30 pm

                             Saturdays:        4:00 pm

                             Sundays:           3:00 pm

            Special 10:30am matinees are available for school groups and youth organizations on select weekdays. Contact Group Sales Manager Megan Campbell, 773-634-9874.

Location:              Victory Gardens Biograph Theater is located at 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue,

                             in the heart of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood

Tickets:                Previews:           $20 - $40

                             Regular run:     $20 - $50

Box Office:           The Box Office is located at 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.

                             773.871.3000; victorygardens.org