Creature

by Heidi Schreck

 

Performing at The Side Project Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago IL

 

Runs October 23 through November 7

Opening night is Saturday, October 24

 

Preview: Friday, 10/23 

Saturday 10/24, Sunday 10/25,

Wednesday 10/28, Friday 10/30, Sunday 11/1,

Wednesday 11/4, Thursday 11/5, and Saturday 11/7

All shows at 7:30pm

 

Tickets $20

Preview ticket $15

 

             Set in England in 1401 but told in a modern style, Creature is loosely based on the life of Margery Kempe. Margery has been tormented by visions of the Devil for the better part of a year but now, after seeing a vision of Jesus, she has decided to become a saint. Her husband is unconvinced by her new found asceticism, the village priests have all given up on her, and her own housemaid thinks she's possessed. Can Margery’s saintly ambitions be trusted? Creature explores the nature of faith and identity with “simplicity, contemporary zing and lyrical flights of startling loveliness” (Time Out New York).

 

Directed by Bec Willett

 

Starring Liz Davis, Addison Heimann, Leslie Hull, Brian Hurwitz,

Neal Javenkoski, Katherine Lamb, and Eric Leonard

 

Stage Manager - Jacob Manos

Production Manager - Morgan Crouch

Lighting Desinger - Bailey Rosa 

Costume Designer - Delia Ridenoour

Sound Designer and Composer - Joe Palermo

Production Assistant - Elisabeth Heying

Marketing Assistant -  Stephanie Litchfield