Otherworld Theatre Aims To Make History Creating First Venue Dedicated To Sci-Fi and Fantasy Performance
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 9, 2018
Otherworld Theatre Company announced a tentative agreement to lease the theatre space at 3914 N Clark Street as their new artistic home and the world's first venue dedicated to Science Fiction and Fantasy performance, pending a successful capital fundraising campaign. The fundraising campaign, if successful, will fund the operational costs in this space for one year while programming is established and Otherworld's audience base and revenue streams are expanded to support the added cost of this venue.
Casting Announced for RETURNING TO HAIFA at Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 23, 2018
The world premiere of the first English-language adaptation of the classic novella by Ghassan Kanafani, Returning to Haifa, adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday 1 and Friday 2 March 2018 at 7.30pm).
Otherworld Theatre to Present Fantastical Adaptation of A PRINCESS OF MARS
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 19, 2017
Known for their imaginative and epic theatrical works of science fiction and fantasy, Chicago's Otherworld Theatre now presents a remount of the world premier of their adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars. A Confederate deserter, John Carter's world is turned upside-down when he finds himself mysteriously transported to the surface of Mars, where he is forced into a colossal conflicts between the planet's alien races. Poised on the edge of collapse, the planet's fate comes to rest on Carter's war-weary shoulders-and now he must choose sides. Filled with extra-terrestrial environments, epic battles, elaborate costuming and more, A Princess of Mars at Berger Park promises to whisk you away on an unforgettable theatrical adventure.
Runaways Lab and VOTC Present GODDAMN GENIUSES Original Play Debuts 2/10
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 7, 2017
The Runaways Lab and Voice of the City are proud to announce the second offering of their 2016-2017 season, Goddamn Geniuses. This original play, by company member Nathaniel Shane and Artistic Director Gannon Reedy, uses one of the Runaways' staples of reimagining an historic event in a fast and loose piece of theater. Explore the limitations of live entertainment as the heralds of quantum physics launch into a gender blurred reality where anything can happen to a docile scientist.
Max Lifchitz to Direct RUMBLES OF SPRING, 3/16
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Feb 27, 2015
On Monday evening March 16, the North/South Consonance Ensemble under the direction of Max Lifchitz celebrates the arrival of spring performing five nature-inspired works by composers from Israel, Hong Kong and the Americas.
Photo Flash: First Look at InFusion Theatre's FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- May 18, 2013
InFusion Theatre Company has announced its second collaboration with award-winning playwright Qui Nguyen with the Midwest premiere of Fight Girl Battle World, directed by InFusion Artistic Director Mitch Golob, now through June 16, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Opening night is tonight, May 17 at 8 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: Meet FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD's 'E-V' at InFusion Theatre
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 4, 2013
InFusion Theatre Company has announced its second collaboration with award-winning playwright Qui Nguyen with the Midwest premiere of Fight Girl Battle World, directed by InFusion Artistic Director Mitch Golob, May 14 - June 16, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Meet the show's lead Sheila O'Connor below!
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