White Elephant presents Pink Milk at the Chicago Fringe Festival August 31 — September 9. Americana Stage, 600 W Cermak. Tickets: $15 without button, $10 with button. For tickets visit www.pinkmilk2012.com
A drama infused with dance, PINK MILK is inspired by the true story of Alan Turing — the man basically responsible for ending WWII in Britain and later criminally charged for being gay, who chose chemical castration over prison and died a mysterious death. Complete with movement, nosebleeds, electronica, and a talking daisy, PINK MILK explodes themes of creation, destruction and eternal love.
Alan is a lonely, gay, Snow White obsessed boy genius who meets Christopher, a gentle boy with a passion for piano as deep as Alan's passion for pi. Their intellects clash in a symphony of science and art.
And as soon as he is there, Christopher is gone. Alan grows older building technology to replace his lost love. Until the fateful day Alan meets Arnold, a reckless boy seemingly with a passion for Alan. But Arnold's sensual and supposed princely promise leads to the poisoned apple that causes Alan's life to spiral out of control. Through movement, poetry and music PINK MILK is an experience that explores a rich fantasy world while navigating complex topics from our present reality. Reimagined after a sold out New York run, White Elephant is proud to bring PINK MILK to the 4th Annual Chicago Fringe Festival.
2012 is internationally known as Alan Turing Year as it is the centennial anniversary of his birth(6/23/1912) and while most of the world-wide celebrations will focus on Turing's technological and mathematic contributions, PINK MILK explores the uncelebrated side of his genius which ultimately led to his untimely death. White Elephant is proud to bring the hauntingly exquisite PINK MILK to the attention of Chicago as it creatively examines the disrupted life of the famous British mathematician and cryptologist behind The Turing Machine — the precursor to the modern computer.
PINK MILK is a new play written by Alex Paul Young, a Latino playwright based in Chicago, IL. Executive Produced by Erin Murray, director of the Irish Premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and current MFA Theatre Directing Fellow at Northwestern University mentored by Anna D. Shapiro. Featuring a new musical score by VISAGER, a multi-instrumentalist weaving together music styles from across the spectrum of electronic indie, hip-hop, funk, and Latin worlds with a liberal dose of found sound and sampling. www.visager.bandcamp.com . Directed by Brandon Powers, PINK MILK is brought to life by the acting ensemble of Ben Barker, Erin Cutler, Casey Hartley, Natalie C. Houchins, John MacGaffey, Joe McManus and Matt Moynihan. It is the debut production of new Chicago-based company White Elephant.
www.pinkmilk2012.com
WARNING: ADULT CONTENT AND BRIEF NUDITY
