The Other Theatre Company (TOTC) announces the Chicago premiere of THREESOME. The show opens in a couple's bedroom. Demetrios Troy (Rashid) and Suzan Faycurry (Leila) are preparing to invite a stranger into their bed. Instead of sexy and playful, the conversation is awkward and tense. The swingers' vibe is hugely absent. It's obvious that Troy is a reluctant ...
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Theatre with a side of life
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Review “The Realm” (The Other Theatre): Quirky Underground World
The Other Theatre Company presents THE REALM. Before the lights go up, the whispering starts. Voices repeat hushed phrases about believing. Throughout the show Esme Ayvar-Perez (Kansas) will be haunted by these voices. I’m never sure if these are voices in her head or voices of lost souls from within the Realm. It’s one of many ...
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Review “Other Letters” (The Other Theatre): Romantic Sonnet of Love’s Complications Over The Years
The Other Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of OTHER LETTERS. In an age of texting and emailing, sentiment is abbreviated to essential words, acronyms and emoticons. Letter writing has become a lost art. And along with that loss is the missing written expression of the human connection. Inspired by A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters, Other Letters, ...
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Review “Daughters of Ire” (The Other Theatre Company): Vivid and Brutal Irish Herstory
The Other Theater Company presents the world premiere of DAUGHTERS OF IRE. This is not your da’s yarn about the wee people that built the great country of Ireland. It’s not the celtic stories romanticized by Yeats and other Irish writers over history either. Instead, writer and performer Savanna Rae researched four women of ancient Ireland; ...
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Review “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” (The Other Theatre): Provocative Montage
The Other Theatre Company makes its Chicago debut by presenting TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 to launch its inaugural season. In 1992, four police officers were acquitted from brutally beating Rodney King. Los Angeles responded by inciting 6 days of rioting. Playwright Anna Deavere Smith captures the history and the humanity of the catastrophe. Smith interviewed various ...