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GROWTHday

Posted in Events, News/Events, Uncategorized
GROWTHday

UrbanTheater Company’s GROWTHday Celebration – Fifth Year Anniversary Blitz

On May 25th, 2010 UrbanTheater Company (UTC) celebrated its 5th year of operation as Chicago’s only ‘UrbanTheater’ with close friends, family and supporters. The celebration took place at Tumbao and included a champagne reception, an array of Latin Caribbean cuisine from Tumbao, raffle prizes, and live entertainment as well short scenes and monologues from previous UrbanTheater works.

Photos by Anthony Aicardi

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BRAINPEOPLE

Posted in Featured, Upcoming
BRAINPEOPLE
BRAINPEOPLE
By José Rivera
Directed by Marti Lyons
Featuring: Marilyn Camacho (co-artistic director), Amanda Powell & Kate Brown
Opens November 12!

A wealthy woman invites two strangers to join her in a strange feast commemorating the death of her parents.
Mayannah has done this every year but her dark purpose remains unclear. All that will change tonight when two
damaged souls find their way to her table. Taking place in a not-so-distant future, the sounds of a war-torn Los Angeles fill the air. Tensions rise, true colors are revealed and the main course is not the only thing with claws.

With BRAINPEOPLE, José Rivera returns to the mysticism and gritty emotional reality of REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT.
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LOVER’S

Posted in 2010, Events, News/Events, Past
LOVER’S

A Lover’s Dismantling: Fragments of a Scenic Discourse

(Desmontaje Amoroso)

This poignant, dream-like play by Mexican playwright Elena Guiochins explores the labyrinthine nature of memory as two couples find and lose love. The lines between reality and fantasy begin to blur as the romances jump forward and backward in time, and the couples learn that in memory, love doesn’t follow a straight path.

Presented by

Urban Theater Company/Teatro Urbano

By Elena Guiochins

Translated by Andy Bragen

Directed by Marti Lyons

July 25 at 5pm | Owen Theatre | In English

FREE – Call 312.443.3800 to reserve tickets.

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