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The Year of Magical Thinking
January 14 – February 14
Mary Beth Fisher stars in the Chicago Premiere
Author Joan Didion adapts her own acclaimed memoir to the stage. A fiercely intelligent, courageous, and witty exploration of loss, this monumental one-woman journey will be performed by Mary Beth Fisher in its Chicago premiere.
Three and a half stars -Chicago Tribune Highly Recommended –Chicago Sun-Times
“Fisher ... is so technically perfect as to be DAZZLING... This production is true to the brilliant woman doing the thinking and, yes, the feeling.” –Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“... nothing short of hypnotic. Mary Beth Fisher ... gives one of those piercingly brilliant solo performances ... She is SUBLIME.” –Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
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The Illusion
March 11 – April 11
Tony Kushner brings his sophisticated style and breathtaking language to the French Baroque’s most powerful romance. A father’s attempt to find his estranged son raises the curtain on a world of theatrical magic, outrageous humor, and true, complicated love.
Photos from The Year of Magical Thinking
View photographs of Chicago’s own Mary Beth Fisher in The Year of Magical Thinking.
Podcast: Director Charles Newell
Hear about Charlie’s personal connection to The Year of Magical Thinking.
Celebrating Fugard
Court Theatre is thrilled to partner with TimeLine and Remy Bumppo in a celebration of the work of one of the most important dramatists of our generation, Athol Fugard.
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