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2012 Public Access Theatre Season

IRONMISTRESS
byApril De Angelis
Directedby Karen Yates
January7 - February 11, 2012

THEMAIDS
byJean Genet
Directedby Ben Fuchsen
March10 - April 21, 2012

THESANDMAN
byE.T.A Hoffmann
Adaptedby Bob Fisher
Directedby Max Truax
June 1 - June 30, 2012

THERETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES
bythe Oracle collective
inassociation with Oracle Outreach
July14 - August 4, 2012

IRONMISTRESS
IRONMISTRESS,anightmare written in verse by UK playwright April De Angelis, is set in1840s England and follows Martha Darby, a widow who has inherited herhusband’s iron foundry. Both richly comic and darklyunsettling,Darby’s journey with her daughter and a mysterious peasantwomanhighlights the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England and itseveryday barbarism toward women. Director Karen Yates returns for hersecond project at Oracle.

IRONMISTRESSopensJanuary 7 and runs through February 11. Performances areFriday,Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 7PM. Admission isfree in Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part bythe forty4.

THEMAIDS
In March, Oracle's Executive Producer Ben Fuchsen directs Jean Genet's absurd masterpiece THE MAIDS, translated by Bernard Frechtman. Loosely inspired by anotorious 1933 murder when two maids brutally killed their employer,Genet's famous depiction of bourgeois society and its abject servantsis a portrait of the struggle for power - what it means to possess itand what it means to lack it. Taking a cue from Genet, Fuchsen willwork with an all-male cast to explore the paradigm of power expressedin THE MAIDS, and attempt to discover a language for love that is bornout of the emptiness of complete servitude.

THEMAIDS opensMarch 10 and runs through April 21. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM. Admission is free inOracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by theforty4.

THESANDMAN
MaxTruax directsa world premiere adaptation of THE SANDMAN by E.T.A. Hoffmann. BobFisher (founder and Artistic Director of The Mammals) is commissionedto adapt. Truax’s vision will use cinematic staging toexplorethe themes of sight and seeing woven into Hoffmann’s complexnarrative. Oracle’s production will investigate the inherentnarcissism of the voyeur, and will reveal the awful truth that themonster we fear the most is buried deep within our own souls.

THESANDMAN opens June 1st and runs through June 30. Performances are Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM; Sunday Afternoon at 4:30pm. Admission is free in Oracle'sPublic Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored by the forty4 and Oracle'sSeason Sponsor Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.

THERETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES
Followingtheincredible success of THE ORIGINAL RADIO GOGGLES in 2011, the Oraclecollective presents a 2nd installment in the RADIO GOGGLES series - THERETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES. Come to Oracle and gather around the old RCAtube set for an evening of entertainment unlike any other“one-act play cycle” going on in Chicago. Strap ona pairof genuine RADIO GOGGLES, and watch three vintage radio shows come tolife.

Duringthe thefirst and second quarter of 2012, Oracle Outreach will produce 2episodes of old-time radio programs that will tour local seniorcommunities. In the third quarter of 2012, Oracle will produce a 3rdepisode for touring, but it will also remount the year’sprevious2 outreach shows at Oracle's storefront theatre for the general public.

THERETURN OFRADIO GOGGLES opens July 14th and runs through August 4th. Performances are Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM; on Sundays,the show will tour to local senior communities. Admission isfreein Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by theforty4.

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This season is 100% FREE in Oracle's Public Access Theatre!