Artistic Director Eric Rosen and Managing Director Gregory Copeland announce About Face Theatre's 2005-2006 season including three World Premieres. During their first 10 years, About Face presented the premieres of some of the country's most talked-about shows, including the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning I Am My Own Wife; the Jeff Award-winning musical Winesburg, Ohio; the World Premiere of Tennessee Williams' One Arm, with Steppenwolf Theatre and Tectonic Theatre Project; and one of this season's most exciting theatrical events, the Chicago premiere of Richard Greenberg's Tony Award-winning Take Me Out.
'This tenth anniversary is a huge milestone for About Face and we are delighted to offer our most ambitious season yet,' said Artistic Director Eric Rosen.
'I am particularly proud to offer two beautiful world premieres by some of our country's foremost theatrical imaginations, Frank Galati, Stephen Flaherty and Mary Zimmerman. Presenting their work alongside the deeply moving and challenging true-life stories of our remarkable Youth Theatre is a dream come true, and promises a tremendously exciting season for our audiences.'
The season begins in February with the World Premiere of Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein, adapted and directed from Gertrude Stein's text by Frank Galati with music by Stephen Flaherty, co-produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art ( MCA ) , Chicago. Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein will be staged at the MCA Theater Feb. 15-March 12, 2006.
The season continues June 8—July 9, 2006 with the World Premiere of Monsieur Proust, a new play by Mary Zimmerman based on the writings of Celeste Albaret and Marcel Proust, at the Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre. About Face Artistic Director Eric Rosen will direct.
The season concludes with the culmination of the About Face Youth Theatre's two-year investigation into home and homelessness in Chicago's youth community, The Home Project. Dates and location for The Home Project will be announced soon.
In addition to these mainstage productions, About Face will announce artists, projects, and dates for the continuation of its ambitious New Work program in the coming months. Artists who have collaborated in About Face's past new works programs include Moises Kaufman, Doug Wright, Sarah Ruhl, Jessica Thebus, Patricia Kane, Kyle Hall, Eric Rosen, Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman, cin salach, among many others.
About Face has premiered nearly 30 original works over the past 10 years, and is known nationally for its record of success in providing meaningful development and production opportunities for playwrights and directors.
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