Sideshow Theatre Presents "truth and reconciliation" - U.S. Premiere!

Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 10th anniversary season with the U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green’s powerful and epic journey truth and reconciliation, directed by artistic director Jonathan L. Green* and featuring a 22-member cast. truth and reconciliation will play March 12 – April 16, 2017 at Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are currently available at www.victorygardens.org, by calling (773) 871-3000 or in person at the Victory Gardens Box Office.

truth and reconciliation will feature Latrel Crawford, Ashley Crowe, Travis Delgado, Almedia Exum, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, David Lawrence Hamilton*, Kayla Raelle Holder, Michael Holding, Ann James*, Tiffany Renee Johnson, Ian Martin, Jennifer Mathews, Eamonn McDonagh, Monette McLin, Carolyn Nelson, Tiffany Oglesby, Jeremy Pfaff, Bradford Stevens, Keith Surney, Isabel Thompson, Netta Walker and Sean Wiberg.

South Africa, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Bosnia and Zimbabwe. Five devastating conflicts, thirty years, one room and one burning question: can reconciliation be found when the reluctant truth is finally spoken? Twenty-two actors bring debbie tucker green's sixty-minute unblinking exploration of loss to life. Stories from across the world weave together in a search for justice, as victims and perpetrators alike struggle for meaning in the aftermath of crime.

The production team for truth and reconciliation includes: Yu Shibagaki (scenic design), Noël Huntzinger* (costume design), Jared Gooding (lighting design), Michael Huey (sound design), Eva Breneman (dialect design), Gabrielle Randle (dramaturg), Colleen Layton (stage manager) and Ben Jones (production manager).

PRODUCTION DETAILS:

Title: truth and reconciliation

Playwright: debbie tucker green

Director: artistic director Jonathan L. Green

Cast: Latrel Crawford (South African Son), Ashley Crowe (Zimbabwean Woman), Travis Delgado (Rwandan Man), Almedia Exum (South African Daughter), Sam Guinan-Nyhart (South African Officer), David Lawrence Hamilton* (Rwandan Husband), Kayla Raelle Holder (Bosnian Woman's Friend), Michael Holding (Serbian Man 2), Ann James* (Northern Irish Woman), Tiffany Renee Johnson (Rwandan Widow), Ian Martin (Zimbabwean Husband), Jennifer Mathews (Northern Irish Woman A), Eamonn McDonagh (Northern Irish Man B), Monette McLin (South African Mama), Carolyn Nelson (South African Nana), Tiffany Oglesby (Zimbabwean Wife), Jeremy Pfaff (Northern Irish Man A), Bradford Stevens (Rwandan Grandfather), Keith Surney (Rwandan Brother), Isabel Thompson (Bosnian Woman), Netta Walker (South African Sister) and Sean Wiberg (Serbian Man 1).

Location: Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago

Dates: Previews: Sunday, March 12 at 3 pm, Wednesday, March 15 at 7:30 pm and Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 pm

Regular run: Friday, March 17 – Sunday, April 16, 2017

Curtain Times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 3 pm.

Tickets: Previews: Pay-what-you-can (online or at the door). Regular run: $20 – $30. Students/seniors/industry: $15 for all performances (excluding opening). Tickets are currently available at www.victorygardens.org, by calling (773) 871-3000 or in person at the Victory Gardens Box Office.

*Denotes Sideshow Company Member.

About the Creative Team:

debbie tucker green (Playwright) won a 2011 Obie award for the U.S. premiere of born bad at Soho Rep, NYC. UK writing/directing credits include nut (Royal National Theatre – Shed) and truth and reconciliation (Royal Court Theatre). Select UK playwriting credits include: random (Royal Court Theatre), generations (Young Vic,; trade (RSC New Work Festival – Stratford), stoning mary (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs), born bad (Hampstead Theatre) and dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre). TV/film: second coming (writer/director); random (writer/director), which won a 2012 Bafta Award for Best Single Drama; heat (writer/director) and spoil (writer). Radio credits include: gone, random, handprint and freefall (BBC Radio 3); to swallow (BBC Radio 4).

Jonathan L. Green (Director) has been the artistic director of Sideshow Theatre since its founding in 2007. He has directed and assisted for Sideshow, Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Chicago Dramatists, Theatre Seven of Chicago, Pavement Group, Live Arts and the Earl Hamner, Jr. Theatre. Recent projects include The Happiest Place on Earth, Antigonick, Stupid F##king Bird, The Golden Dragon (co-direction with Marti Lyons), Idomeneus (Jeff Award for Ensemble), The Gacy Play, Midway Liquors, Heddatron, and others. Recent dramaturgy credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn, Feathers and Teeth (New Stages), Disgraced, Mother Road (New Stages), The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, War Paint and Gloria, all at Goodman Theatre. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Virginia, currently serves on the board of directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, and is the associate literary manager for Goodman Theatre. jonathanlgreen.com

About Sideshow Theatre Company:

It is the mission of Sideshow Theatre Company to mine the collective unconscious of the world we live in with limitless curiosity, drawing inspiration from the familiar stories, memories and images we all share to spark new conversation and bring our audiences together as adventurers in a communal experience of exploration.

From its first production, 2008’s Dante Dies!! (and then things get weird) to its Jeff Award-winning productions of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s Idomeneus (named one of the best plays of 2012 by Time Out Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times) and Elizabeth Meriwether's runaway robotic hit Heddatron at Steppenwolf Theatre, to the recent re-mount of its smash hit Stupid F##king Bird, Sideshow has consistently produced engaging, transcendent works across Chicago. Sideshow continues its multi-year residency at Victory Gardens in the historic Biograph Theater in the 2016/17 season.

Sideshow also produces the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW), a wildly popular interactive fundraising event that benefits Sideshow Theatre Company and other local charities. CLLAW has been featured in local and national press, including The Washington Post, Reuters, Penthouse Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times and on WGN Morning News, ABC 7’s Windy City Live and CBS 2. For more information about CLLAW, visit cllaw.org.

For additional information on Sideshow Theatre Company, visit sideshowtheatre.org.

PHOTO CREDIT: Jonathan L. Green.