Writers Theatre Presents THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR

Writers Theatre continues its 2016/17 season with The Hunter and The Bear, written by PigPen Theatre Co. and directed byStuart Carden and PigPen Theatre Co. The production runs December 7, 2016 - January 22, 2017 in the Alexandra C. and John D. Nichol Theatre at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.

The Hunter and The Bear features PigPen Theatre Co. members Alex Falberg, Ben Ferguson, Curtis Gillen, Ryan Melia, Matt Nuernberger, Arya Shahi and Dan Weschler.

The critically-acclaimed PigPen Theatre Co., creators of Writers Theatre's 2013 smash-hit production of The Old Man and The Old Moon, brings their considerable talents to this original tale. The Hunter and The Bear tells the haunting story of an imaginative young boy and his father, the pragmatic hunter tasked with protecting their isolated town. When his son disappears in the woods, the search to recover him will lead the hunter, and eventually the entire community, through a landscape teeming with dark secrets and supernatural threats. Cast in flickering campfire light, this combination frontier ghost-story and modern-day parable unfolds in PigPen Theatre Co.'s signature style: using resourceful staging, captivating storytelling, ingenious shadow puppetry and award-winning folk music to fuel a headlong plunge into the darkest part of the woods.

In addition to The Hunter and The Bear at Writers Theatre, PigPen will also be performing at The Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln Ave at Szold Hall, for a four concert residency on October 31, November 14, November 28 and December 19, 2016 at 8:00pm. For information and tickets for the concerts: https://www.oldtownschool.org.