10th Annual SKETCHBOOK Mutlimedia Festival: x = exponential
Chopin Theatre Mainstage (1543 W. Division Ave. Chicago, IL 60642)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50*
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The last date listed for 10th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival: x = exponential was Friday June 25, 2010 / 8:00pm.
Currently at Chopin Theatre Mainstage:
Jamaica, Farewell, a Powerful One-Woman Show, at Chopin Theatre
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50
Debra Ehrhardt's acclaimed solo show Jamaica, Farewell is based on a mostly true story about the playwright's journey to the USA from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s of the Manley Era. As an 18-year-old secretary in Kingston, Jamaica, Ehrhardt and her passion for America bump into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of oxtail soup. She decides to squeeze through the pinhole of opportunity with the help of this love-struck American. Her way out of Jamaica is blocked by many obstacles: an alcoholic father, a Bible-spouting mother, the price of an air ticket and U.S. government suspicions. The boundary between bravery and foolishness becomes blurred as she becomes more desperate. When she agrees to smuggle a million dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami, the agent becomes her unwitting accomplice. NAACP Award-winner Ehrhardt plays every part. Jamaica, Farewell is directed by Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and has been optioned for film by a major Hollywood producer. Learn More
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The Chopin theater was a great venue for the ten or more short plays we saw that night. The performers explored the space of the theater, even clambering over members of the audience in one hilarious sketch called "Sacre Bleu." The quality of the plays was a little uneven, but there were some really funny ones. I would definitely go again.Written on Jun 28 2010
As for food and things... an extensive selection of Polish beers were on offer at reasonable prices at the concession stand in the lobby. A couple of my friends got dinner at Podhalanka, the polish restaurant next door. They said that, sketchy storefront notwithstanding, it is very good.
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For its landmark 10th anniversary, Collaboraction returns to the Chopin Theatre, where the inaugural SKETCHBOOK Festival debuted in January 2000, to present SKETCHBOOK X. From June 10 – 27, one of the most provocative mixed-media theater festivals in the United States brings together hundreds of multi-disciplinary artists to create an immersive, celebratory and infinitely creative world where audiences can be both spectator and artist.
The sky is the limit this year as Collaboraction explores the theme of "exponential." The festival features 19 never-before-seen original works, all seven minutes or less, including works by Sean Graney, Brett C. Leonard, The New Colony Ensemble, Anthony Moseley, A Red Orchid's Youth Ensemble, and more, intermingled with a different live musical performance each night.
About the Ticket Supplier: Collaboraction
Collaboraction is an award winning theater-based artist collective dedicated to a paradigm of evolved and evolving entertainment. Our core creative values are defined by a robust collection of artists emphasizing the creation of inspired and energizing theatrical experiences in league with audiences seeking surprising and challenging work. Collaboraction cultivates the influence of new ideas and a creative symbiosis from several disciplines in addition to theatre: film & video, literature, music, visual art and the inchoate creative possibilities of the Internet.
In its 9-year history Collaboraction has produced 33 productions and countless events and theatrical experiences.