History Meets Hilarity in Crown Point
By: A.A. Cristi May. 15, 2017
In the last couple of years, a renewed interest in original theatre occurred. A historically-based show debuted in New York off-Broadway and was an immediate hit. 6 months later the show graduated to a run on Broadway and was nominated for 16 Tony Awards, winning 11 - including Best Musical - along with winning awards in music and literature. That musical then made a Chicago residency debut last year along with launching a national tour. That show was callEd Hamilton. Now that energy and passion for this kind of theatre is being brought to Crown Point Community Theatre with their new one-off show titled Hysterical Figures - an event where a large group of artists write, rehearse and perform a series of original historically-based plays in one day - on Saturday June 3rd @ 7:30 PM .
Producer Kate Wiersema is leading the effort in this unique event by providing a creative space where these works can be produced in a quick, collaborative manner. Teams of writers, actors, and directors are pooled together the morning of the show, given their historical figure assignments, and set loose on their own to create a new work to be presented mere hours later. Kate says, "Hamilton was a game changer in the theater world. I want to create something so that people could be a part of that magic and see how combing unlikely genres of theatre and historically-based stories can create something new people would never expect." Co-producers of the showcase include Kerry Fitch, a veteran of the Northwest Indiana community theatre scene and a member of CPCT's The Tony Stanzas, and Nelson Velazquez, head of the improvisation program at CPCT.
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