BY Kōbō Abe DIRECTED BY Jaclynn Jutting
"A play about economics might not sound interesting, but the brilliant performance by Vann combined with the beautiful set design (care of Craig Choma) are enough to keep the audience's attention." -- Chicago Theater Beat
BY Helen Edmunson DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz PHOTO courtesy of Anthony Aicardi
"Plato's allegory of the cave has spawned many creative explorations, right up to Neo and his excellent adventures in The Matrix. But none are as poetic as Pedro Calderón de la Barca's 1635 drama" -- Chicago Tribune
BY E. M. Forster ADAPTED BY Martin Sherman DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz
"The Night Season is a delight! Seldom do you see a new drama ripe with uniquely alive characters. A refreshingly new and surprisingly smart play that moves from dark humor to passionate encounters to fantasy. Highly Recommended" -- ChicagoCritic.com
WRITTEN BY Robin Metz BASED ON THE NOVELLA BY Carl Nordgren DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz "A marvel. Quick witted and visually stunning. Brilliantly crafted in every way." -- ShotXShot, Chicago
BY E. M. Forster ADAPTED BY Martin Sherman DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz "Sumptuous artistry, starting with the set and costume designs, and—in one simple but glorious moment worthy of Julie Taymor—a thrilling evocation of an elephant ride." -- Chicago Free Press
BY Bertholt Brecht ADAPTED BY David Hare DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz "…a combustible mix… eclectic, stylized, and riveting… Seldom have eight actors created a world so full. Highly Recommended." - Larry Bommer, Chicago Reader
BY Tolstoy ADAPTED BY Helen Edmunson DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz "A play this good should be written in the sky—the greatest production of Anna Karenina I've ever seen." - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
BY William Shakespeare DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz Top Ten 2004 Chicago Plays "Then there are the shows that seem re-felt from start to finish, offered up as if there was no precedent for their discoveries. Such revelations are even more wonderful when the source is as deceptively familiar as King Lear, happily not so familiar when the Vitalist Theatre reinvent[s] the ultimate dysfunctional clan" - Performink
BY John Berger ADAPTED BY Simon McBurney & Mark Wheatly DEVISED BY the Theatre de Complicite DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz "Highly Recommended. The Vitalist ensemble works beautifully together. Like Lucie Cabrol herself, this production is marked by great emotional and physical vitality. Vitalist has crafted a work of great loveliness, power, and depth." - Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times
BY Eve Ensler DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz
BY George Eliot DIRECTED BY Elizabeth Carlin-Metz
BY Suzan-Lori Parks DIRECTED BY Jaclynn Jutting
BY David Hare DIRECTED BY Jaclynn Jutting
May 8 - July 17, 2012
All events are free and open to the public.
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City of Chicago Vitalist Theatre featured with The City of Chicago.
Premiere Theatre Vitalist Theatre is a proud Associate Company of Premiere Theatre and Performance of Chicago.
