The 55th Season
September 17 – June 13
Featuring works by Tony Kushner, Joan Didion, August Wilson, Charles Ludlam and Athol Fugard
2009/10 opens with August Wilson’s Chicago jazz-era classic Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The Season continues with Charles Ludlam’s camp classic The Mystery of Irma Vep directed by Sean Graney; and the Chicago Premieres of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and Tony Kushner’s adaptation of The Illusion, both directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The Season will close with Athol Fugard’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. All five plays will be performed at our home in Hyde Park.
“As an artist and an artistic leader, I am constantly inspired by where should we go next, how can we challenge ourselves and our audience to new, inspiring experiences in the theatre,” says Artistic Director Charles Newell. “Court Theatre’s 2009/10 productions aspire to take all of us on that next journey. If we are successful, we will fulfill our mission to discover the power of classic theatre.”
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
September 17 – October 18
Court Theatre returns to August Wilson’s Century Cycle, with the 1920s entry—his only play to be set on the South Side of Chicago. A recording session for blues legend Ma Rainey and her band becomes a battle of wills in the first major Chicago production in over 10 years.
Announcing a new Chairman of the Board
Long-time Chicago resident and supporter of the arts, Virginia Gerst, elected as Chairman of Court Theatre’s Board.
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The 2009/10 Season
Court Theatre’s 55th Season features works by Tony Kushner, Joan Didion, August Wilson, Charles Ludlam
and Athol Fugard.
