PRESS
RELEASE
Equity Production
Contact: Michael Colucci
773-728-7529 (PLAY)
Actors Workshop
Theatre announces the opening on Friday, January 20, of the Midwest
premiere of ABANDONMENT, the
first play by award-winning British novelist, Kate Atkinson
ABANDONMENT is a vibrant, humorous,
and passionate ghost story for the 21st century.
About the
Schedule
Previews:
Wed, Jan 18, and Thu, Jan 19th, 8pm
Opens:
Friday, Jan 20, 8pm
Runs:
Thu, Fri, Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm
Closes:
Sun, Feb 19.
Running time is approximately 2:15
Preview
tickets: $15
Regular
Tickets: $25; Seniors and Students, $20
Industry Night every Thu, $10 w/ hs and/or resume
AWT is located at 1044 W Bryn Mawr,
Chicago. 2 blks W of LSD, 2 blks E of Red Line El Stop. Street parking
(metered until 9pm) is available on Bryn Mawr, side streets, and
Broadway. Space is limited. Reserve 48 hours in advance. Credit cards
accepted by phone and email to guarantee seating.
Call:
773-728-7529 (PLAY)
Email:
reserve@actorsworkshop.org
Reservation
link & info: www.actorsworkshop.org
About
the Play
Two intelligent and deeply troubled women—a Victorian governess and a
modern historian—inhabit the same house, 140 years apart. Struggling to
find happiness in their respective worlds, the lives of these women
mysteriously converge across the centuries.
Part modern drama, part Gothic romance, Abandonment takes us on a wild
ride through love and loss, grief and joy, even time and space as
parallel characters and plot lines interweave, and eventually,
brilliantly, collide.
Along the way, Abandonment wryly addresses an array of modern subjects
including Chaos Theory, Genetic Design, Karma, and Animal Spiritualism.
Crackling with wit, compelling in design, electric in feel, and darkly
funny, Abandonment premiered at the Traverse Theatre Company,
Edinburgh. AWT is pleased to present the first non-New York staging in
the U.S.
About the
Author
Kate Atkinson is the highly-acclaimed author of "Behind the Scenes at
the Museum," for which she was awarded Britain's hugely prestigious
Whitbread Book of the Year prize in 1995. She is also author of the
best-selling novels "Emotionally Weird" and "Human Croquet,” and
various scripts for British radio and television.
About the
Production
Cast: James Farruggio; Kathy Holahan; Rebekka James; Laura Jones
Macknin; Marssie Mencotti; Marisa Sanders; William J. Watt
Crew: David Kropp (Director); Meg Raminiak (SM/Rehearsals); Tim
Amorella (SM/Run); Michael Smallwood (Tech Director/Lighting Design);
Christopher Scholl (Set Design); Miles Polaski (Sound Design); Camilla
Haith (Costume Design)
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