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by Nilo Cruz (Midwest Premiere)

Directed by Cecilie Keenan

Featuring: Executive Director Ivan Vega and Artistic Director Madrid St. Angelo

October 14 – November 19, 2011

(Thursday-Saturday at 8pm. No Sunday shows.)

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Nilo Cruz’s ‘Beauty of the Father’ follows a young American woman who travels to Andalusia, Spain, to meet her estranged father. While there, she becomes romantically involved with her father’s Moroccan companion. The lover’s triangle provides the setting for an exploration of the conflict between love and sacrifice.

Vega and St. Angelo recently worked together in UTC’s Sold Out production of Reinaldo Povod’s, Cuba and His Teddy Bear and in Vitalist Theatre’s U.S. Premiere adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s, Life is a Dream by Helen Edmunson’s directed by Liz Carlton Metz.

General Admission

$20

Location
Wicker Park Arts Center at Paul’s Community Church
2215 W. North Avenue/Levitt (map)
(3 blocks East of Western and 3 blocks West of Damen/Milwaukee)

Free street parking available. The theatre is 3 blocks from the Damen Blue Line stop.

Photo by Anthony Aicardi

UrbanTheater Company Announces 2011-2012 Season

CONTACT:  Ivan Vega at (708) 370-3138 or

email ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org

June 7, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

UrbanTheater Company Announces 2011-2012 Season with Two Pulitzer Prize Winners: Nilo Cruz and Suzan-Lori Parks

CHICAGO, IL – UrbanTheater Company, is proud to announce their 2011-2012 season at the Chicago’s Center for the Performing Arts, where UTC recently became a company in residence.

Following a critically acclaimed production of Obie Winner José Rivera’s Sonnets for an Old Century at the Steppenwolf Garage, UTC begins it’s 6th Season with the Midwest Premiere of Beauty of the Father by Nilo Cruz, directed by Cecile Keenan (Managing Director of Teatro Vista). Keenan was most recently hailed for her work as director of Tanya Saracho’s El Nogalar produced by Teatro Vista in partnership with The Goodman Theatre. Beauty of the Father will feature UTC Ensemble Members and Founders: Ivan Vega (After Dark Award Winner) and Madrid St. Angelo (After Dark Award Winner, Jeff Award Nominee).

UrbanTheater 2011-2012 Season:

Beauty of the Father by Nilo Cruz (Midwest Premiere)
Directed by Cecilie Keenan
October 14 – November 20, 2011
Featuring: Executive Director Ivan Vega and Artistic Director Madrid St. Angelo

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Nilo Cruz’s ‘Beauty of the Father’ follows a young American woman who travels to Andalusia, Spain, to meet her estranged father. While there, she becomes romantically involved with her father’s Moroccan companion. The lover’s triangle provides the setting for an exploration of the conflict between love and sacrifice.

Vega and St. Angelo recently worked together in UTC’s Sold Out production of Reinaldo Povod’s, Cuba and His Teddy Bear and in Vitalist Theatre’s U.S. Premiere adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s, Life is a Dream by Helen Edmunson’s directed by Liz Carlton Metz.

In Spring 2012, Madrid St. Angelo’s will return to the directing helm for UTC with the Chicago Premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks powerful and controversial play, Fucking A. The premiere will feature Kelly Owens, last seen in UTC’s critically acclaimed Midwest Premiere of Miguel Piñero’s, The Sun Always Shines for the Cool.

¡Be a part of UTC’s journey!

Now in our 5th season, we are overjoyed to be a part of the Garage Rep at Steppenwolf Theater Company where we will be performing “Sonnets for an Old Century” by José Rivera!

This work by Obie-winning, Academy Award-nominated playwright José Rivera asks the question, “What would you say about the life you’ve lived?”. In a waiting room for the afterlife, a crowd of ordinary souls are en route to their final resting place and are given one last chance to share with the universe their parting thoughts. Part poetry, part magical realism, this dreamscape play offers profound insights and revelations.

We have stellar cast and an amazing production team. But we need your help to get us through the final stages of production. Every penny you donate will go directly to the costs necessary to making this production successful. Every little bit counts, and we would love your help to make this amazing production come to life.