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IRONMISTRESS,
a
nightmare written in verse by UK playwright April De Angelis, is set in
1840s England and follows Martha Darby, a widow who has inherited her
husband’s iron foundry. Both richly comic and darkly
unsettling,
Darby’s journey with her daughter and a mysterious peasant
woman
highlights the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England and its
everyday barbarism toward women. Director Karen Yates returns for her
second project at Oracle. IRONMISTRESS
opens
January 7 and runs through February 11. Performances are
Friday,
Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 7PM. Admission is
free in Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by
the forty4. -------
2012 Season has been announced!
IRONMISTRESS by
April De Angelis Directed
by Karen Yates January
7 - February 11, 2012 THE
MAIDS by
Jean Genet Directed
by Ben Fuchsen March
10 - April 21, 2012 THE
SANDMAN by
E.T.A Hoffmann Adapted
by Bob Fisher Directed
by Max Truax May
19 - June 30, 2012 THE
RETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES by
the Oracle collective in
association with Oracle Outreach July
14 - August 4, 2012
IRONMISTRESS IRONMISTRESS,
a
nightmare written in verse by UK playwright April De Angelis, is set in
1840s England and follows Martha Darby, a widow who has inherited her
husband’s iron foundry. Both richly comic and darkly
unsettling,
Darby’s journey with her daughter and a mysterious peasant
woman
highlights the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England and its
everyday barbarism toward women. Director Karen Yates returns for her
second project at Oracle. IRONMISTRESS
opens
January 7 and runs through February 11. Performances are
Friday,
Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 7PM. Admission is
free in Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by
the forty4. THE
MAIDS In
March, Oracle's
Executive Producer Ben Fuchsen directs Jean Genet's absurd masterpiece
THE MAIDS, translated by Bernard Frechtman. Loosely inspired by a
notorious 1933 murder when two maids brutally killed their employer,
Genet's famous depiction of bourgeois society and its abject servants
is a portrait of the struggle for power - what it means to possess it
and what it means to lack it. Taking a cue from Genet, Fuchsen will
work with an all-male cast to explore the paradigm of power expressed
in THE MAIDS, and attempt to discover a language for love that is born
out of the emptiness of complete servitude. THE
MAIDS opens
March 10 and runs through April 21. Performances are Friday, Saturday
and Monday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 7PM. Admission is free in
Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by the
forty4. THE
SANDMAN Max
Truax directs
a world premiere adaptation of THE SANDMAN by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Bob
Fisher (founder and Artistic Director of The Mammals) is commissioned
to adapt. Truax’s vision will use cinematic staging to
explore
the themes of sight and seeing woven into Hoffmann’s complex
narrative. Oracle’s production will investigate the inherent
narcissism of the voyeur, and will reveal the awful truth that the
monster we fear the most is buried deep within our own souls. THE
SANDMAN opens
May 19 and runs through June 30. Performances are Friday, Saturday and
Monday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 7PM. Admission is free in Oracle's
Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored by the forty4 and Oracle's
Season Sponsor Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
THE
RETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES Following
the
incredible success of THE ORIGINAL RADIO GOGGLES in 2011, the Oracle
collective presents a 2nd installment in the RADIO GOGGLES series - THE
RETURN OF RADIO GOGGLES. Come to Oracle and gather around the old RCA
tube set for an evening of entertainment unlike any other
“one-act play cycle” going on in Chicago. Strap on
a pair
of genuine RADIO GOGGLES, and watch three vintage radio shows come to
life.
During
the the
first and second quarter of 2012, Oracle Outreach will produce 2
episodes of old-time radio programs that will tour local senior
communities. In the third quarter of 2012, Oracle will produce a 3rd
episode for touring, but it will also remount the year’s
previous
2 outreach shows at Oracle's storefront theatre for the general public. THE
RETURN OF
RADIO 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 is
free
in Oracle's Public Access Theatre. Seats are sponsored in part by the
forty4.
Tonight It's Live with Tom Bambara
Saturday Nights 11pm
This season is 100% FREE in Oracle's Public Access Theatre!
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