Preview Post-Performance Discussions.
Each preview performance is followed by a discussion about the production. Led by members of the Court Theatre artistic staff, audience members are invited to engage in a dialogue with artists involved with the production.
David Bevington Series
Wednesday, November 20
University of Chicago Professor of English, noted Shakespeare scholar and Court Theatre Trustee David Bevington leads a discussion following a performance during the regular run of each production.
SCAPIN:
The Comedian’s Classic Role
Sunday, November 3 at 5pm
at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
Admission is free!
Join the renowned commedia dell’arte performer, teacher, and the director of SCAPIN, Christopher Bayes, along with LA-based actor Allen Gilmore (Argante in SCAPIN), University of Chicago Molière scholar Larry Norman, and Chicago-based Second City actor Keegan Michael Key, in a hilarious, up-on-their-feet lazzi exploring the comedian’s role in society – then and now – moderated by Kelly Leonard, Producer of Second City. Molière’s scathing and bawdy comedies of French society provoked controversy and censorship during his lifetime. He created a lasting legacy of comedy as a tool of social critique—a way to help a society to see itself honestly and a catalyst for change in the social order of the French upper classes. At times like the present, is laughter still the “best medicine”? Call the Court Box Office, (773) 753-4472, for reservations.
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