Midwest Premiere!

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Richard Perez
Tickets: General Admission $20, Students & Seniors $10

Fucking A is set in a post apocalyptic world and centers around ‘Hester’, an abortionist who must take life, in order to save the life of her imprisoned son, ‘Monster’. Inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, “Fucking A” explores societal corruption and the enduring, deep and profound love one mother has for her child.

Wicker Park Art Center
(at St. Paul’s Community Church)
Previews Feburary 27th-March 1st: $20 (2 for 1) or $15 for one ticket
Opens March 2nd
Closes March 31st

PRESS RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 10, 2012

URBANTHEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES CAST FOR MIDWEST PREMIERE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PLAY “FUCKING A” BY PULITZER PRIZE WINNER SUZAN-LORI PARKS

Led by Kelly Owens, Best Actress Nominee (Black Theatre Alliance Awards) and Madrid St. Angelo, Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Joseph Jefferson Awards), UrbanTheater Company’s production features an ethnically diverse combination of Chicago notables and newcomers.

Sixteen actors in all, the cast includes: Owens, St. Angelo, Lyndsay Kane, Kamal Hans, Amrita Dhaliwal, Lance Newton, Robert Hope, Greg Wenz, Michael Moran, David Guiden, Joan McGrath, Bert Matias, Courtney Berne, Brandon Holmes, Warren Levon and Brian Mason. At the directing helm is Riche Perez, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Fellow and former Associate Artistic Director for Chicago Dramatist. Prior to his Fellowship, Perez was the Producing Artistic Director for the Bloomington Playwrights Project in Bloomington, IN.

Bonnie Metzgar, Associate Producer for the Public Theatre’s 2003 production of “Fucking A”, and current Artistic Director for Chicago’s About Face Theatre Company has agreed to assist production as an Artistic Adviser.

Suzan Lori-Parks received The MacArthur Foundation Genius Award in 2001 and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her play, “Topdog/Underdog”.

“After the critically acclaimed Midwest Premiere of Nilo Cruz’s ‘Beauty of the Father’, UrbanTheater Company remains as Chicago’s Premiere multicultural non-equity theatre company, with a history of preserving, producing, promoting and performing the works of under represented minority actor’s and playwrights”, says Artistic Director, Madrid St. Angelo.

“Fucking A” will be performed at The Wicker Park Art Center from Friday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 31st, 2012 (Thursday through Saturday) at 7:30pm.

For questions, contact Ivan Vega at (708) 370-3138 or email ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org.