Photo Flash: First Look at Theater Unspeakable's THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Parents, teachers, students and theatergoers alike are embracing Theater Unspeakable's hilariously energetic take on the birth of our nation, "The American Revolution". Presented by Adventure Stage Chicago, a program of Northwestern University Settlement Association, the almost hour-long play opened last Saturday, November 8 to a sold-out crowd at the Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble St. in Chicago, after three equally successful student matinees. Only five public performances and five student matinees are left of "The American Revolution," which ends its limited engagement on November 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

Seven actors-suspended on a platform two feet off the ground-share 21 square feet of space to recreate the entire heroic fight for American independence from Lexington to Yorktown. Using only the actors' bodies, voices and (pantomimed) cannons, the show evokes an epic time period in American history. Combining tongue-in-cheek humor with a dash of derring-do, The American Revolution displays Theater Unspeakable's company's rowdy brand of bare-boned and imaginative physical theater in the play's first ever extended run in Chicago.

Public Performances will take place November 15 and 29 at 4 p.m., and November 14, 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m.; Student Matinees will take place November 13, 18, 19, 20 and 25 at 10:30 a.m. All performances include Spanish-language subtitles projected on a screen.

Tickets for all shows are $17 for adults, $12 youth aged 14 and under and groups of ten or more. Student groups begin at $7. A special $10 ticket is available to neighbors in the 60622 and 60642 zip codes. "The American Revolution" is performed at Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble St., in the heart of Chicago's West Town neighborhood. Street parking is available, and the theater is close to the Noble St. stop on the #56 Milwaukee bus line and the Division stop on the CTA Blue Line. The theater is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call (773) 342-4141 or visit www.adventurestage.org.