"The good citizen is not the one who merely lives in
a Society: it is she or he who changes it to make it better.
Theatre can be
the means through which you become a citizen, a place where you imagine a
future world."
-Brazilian
Director
Augusto Boal, 2004
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 Our
2009-2010 Line-Up of Events
From staged readings to screenings to full-scale
productions of plays, here's what we've got in store for the subversive season
ahead!
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Click on
each highlighted title to read more about that particular project...
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September 3 - 26, 2009
for Curtain Up 2009
TWILIGHT:
Voices of the 1992 LA
Riots
by Anna Deavere Smith,
Directed by Virginia Brannon*, Starring Victoria Perez |
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October 15 - November 7, 2009
by Chile's world-renown Human Rights activist
WIDOWS
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*, Starring Arlene Clement, Victor
Morales, Diane Gaidry, and many others |
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SCREENING
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Saturday,
October 17, 2009 @ 4pm
THE
MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON |
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STAGED READING
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Monday,
October 19, 2009 @ 7pm
MONUMENT by
Colleen Wagner
Directed by Diane Cammarata*, Starring Joy Scime |
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STAGED READING
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Saturday,
December 12, 2009 @ 8pm
A
TOTALITARIAN CHRISTMAS by
Clinton Ours
Directed by Kurt Schneiderman |
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January 7 - 30, 2010
a totally original multi-media, physical theatre experience
84:
A Tribute to Orwell's Dystopia
Conceived of and Directed by Brian Zybala*
Starring Andrew Kottler, Rebecca Ward, & Natalie Mack |
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STAGED READING
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Monday,
January 25, 2010 @ 8pm
GUANTANAMO by
Gillian Slovo
Directed by Megan Callahan |
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February 26 - March 21, 2010
for our fourth annual "Workers' Power Play Series"
HARVEST
by Langston Hughes
Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* |
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April 8 - 30, 2010
featuring the acting troupe The Brazen Faced Varlets
NECESSARY TARGETS
by Eve Ensler
Directed by Susan Forbes*, Starring Kelly Beuth*, Lara
Haberberger*, Jane Cudmore, and many others |
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May 1, 2010
for our 9th annual "May Day Staged Reading Series"
THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES
by Maxine Klein
Directed by Susan Forbes* |
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May 20 - June 5, 2010
a subversive one-man version of a Shakespearean classic...
I AM HAMLET
Conceived and Directed by Joe Siracusa
Starring Brian Morey |
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SCREENING
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Tuesday,
June 1, 2010 @ 8pm
CHICAGO
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June 18 - July 11, 2010
the fourth installment of our new political play showcase
sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2010
by multiple playwrights with multiple directors |
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
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