Strawdog Theatre Company Presents the U.S. Premiere of Rob Drummond's QUIZ SHOW May 1 - June 13

CHICAGO -Strawdog Theatre Company and Artistic Director Hank Boland are proud to announce the final main stage production in its 2014 – 2015 season, Rob Drummond’s Quiz Show, May 1 – June 13,directed by Max Truax, at Strawdog Theatre Company, 3829 N. Broadway St. Preview performance tickets are $15 with performances Friday, May 1, Saturday, May 2, Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 3 and May 10 at 4 p.m. There is a Board Preview Event Saturday, May 9 at 7 p.m. with $50 tickets that include access to a post-performance reception. Opening Night performance is Monday, May 11, 2015 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. An industry performance is Monday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Single Tickets are $28 and on sale now. Subscriptions, group, rush, senior and student discounts are also available. Tickets may be ordered online at strawdog.org or by calling OvationTix toll-free: 866-811-4111.

Strawdog Theatre’s Quiz Show is the U.S. premiere from one of the U.K.’s most exciting new playwrights, Rob Drummond. Audiences join everyone’s favorite Quizmaster Daniel Caplin (Anderson Lawfer) on the set of FALSE!, the popular game show where gifted contestants must catch the lies to win the ultimate prize: the chance to find out what’s behind the “Door of Truth.” Sandra (Sarah Goeden) is ready to take down the defending champion, but as the questions become increasingly strange, those within the game start to sense the rules are changing. Oracle Theatre’s Artistic Director Max Truax, director of their smash hit The Mother, makes his Strawdog debut in this urgent response to the power of celebrity and the horrors it can disguise.

Additional cast includes Strawdog ensemble members Scott Danielson, Paul Fagen and Nikki Klix with guest artist, James Errico.

The production team also includes Strawdog Company Ensemble Members Mike Mroch, scenic designer; John Kelly, light designer; Heath Hays, sound designerwith guest artists Izumi Inaba, costume design; Jamie Karas, props designer; Evan Cope, production manager; Nicole Kutcher, stage manager; Amber Gensterblum, assistant director; Zev Valancy, dramaturg and Cypress Staelin, master electrician.

ABOUT ROB DRUMMOND, playwright
Rob Drummond is a playwright, performer and director. He has worked with the National Theatre of Scotland, the Traverse, the Arches, the Tron, the Citizens and the National Theatre amongst others. Drummond’s wide ranging work includes Rob Drummond: Wrestling, for which he trained as a professional wrestler, Bullet Catch, for which he trained as a magician and Quiz Show, which won a CATS award for best new play in 2013. Bullet Catch has enjoyed sell out runs in London, Brighton, Belfast, New York, Michigan, Spoleto, Brazil, Sydney, New Zealand and Hong Kong and won Total Theatre and Herald Angel awards in 2012. Drummond is currently working on a screenplay with Little Kong and Penny Dreadful Films.

ABOUT MAX TRUAX, director

Max Truax is the artistic director of Oracle Productions, where he recently directed The President, The Mother (Jeff Awards for Best Production and Best Ensemble), The Sandman and Woyzeck. Truax is also resident director at Trap Door, where he has directed productions of The Balcony, Hamletmachine, No Darkness Round My Stone and A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians. His production of A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians performed at the Fun Underground Festival in Arad, Romania and at the Bagatela Theatre in Krakow, Poland. He studied visual art, performance art, and choreography at Oberlin College and received his MFA in Theatre Directing from CalArts.

ABOUT STRAWDOG THEATRE COMPANY
Since its founding in 1988, Strawdog Theatre Company has offered Chicagoland the premiere storefront theatre experience and garnered numerous Non-Equity Jeff Awards with its commitment to ensemble acting and an immersive design approach. The celebrated Company develops new work, re-imagines the classics, melds music with theatre, asks provocative questions and delivers their audience the unexpected.

Strawdog Theatre Company and Artistic Director Hank Boland are proud to announce the final main stage production in its 2014 – 2015 season, Rob Drummond’s Quiz Show, May 1 – June 13, directed by Max Truax, at Strawdog Theatre Company, 3829 N. Broadway St. Preview performance tickets are $15 with performances Friday, May 1, Saturday, May 2, Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 3 and May 10 at 4 p.m. There is a Board Preview Event Saturday, May 9 at 7 p.m. with $50 tickets that include access to a post-performance reception. Opening Night performance is Monday, May 11, 2015 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. An industry performance is Monday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Single Tickets are $28 and on sale now. Subscriptions, group, rush, senior and student discounts are also available. Tickets may be ordered online at strawdog.org or by calling OvationTix toll-free: 866-811-4111.

RUSH TICKETS
Strawdog Theatre Company offers six tickets at a 50% discount one hour before every production. The rush ticket must be purchased in person, exclusively at the Strawdog Box Office. Limit of two tickets per person, not applicable with other discounts, offers or on previously purchased tickets, first come, first served.

The neighborhood has limited paid parking and is easily accessible by public transportation (via the Red Line Sheridan stop, plus 36-Broadway, 80-Irving Park, and 151-Sheridan buses).

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Strawdog Theatre Company is supported in part by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, The Saints, the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency) and the annual support of businesses and individuals.