Chopin Theatre Studio (Chicago, IL)
BackStage Theatre Company presents a dark and disturbing play by writer and actor Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Andre). In Aunt Dan and Lemon, a reclusive young woman named Lemon recounts her seemingly ordinary life story, which becomes increasingly dominated by an eccentric family friend known as Aunt Dan. The play serves as a complex meditation on compassion and morality.
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This is how Wallace Shawn is meant to be done. A beautifully directed and designed production with excellent acting across the board. Rebekah Ward-Hays, as Lemon, carries the show with a commanding and nuanced performance. Thoughtful and moving... theatre at its best.
This was my first Wallace Shawn play, and I loved it. The space in which the show was presented was fantastic, and the cast brought real zest to the characters. This was the type of theatre I like to see.
an excellent performance particularly by the actress who played Lemon. She was riveting. If you are of the male of the species, some pretty hot scenes particularly when another female character seduces a man.
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Wicker Park's beautiful white terra-cotta Chopin Theatre was built in 1918, and served as an anchor of Chicago's Polish community for years. Now owned by Zygmunt Dyrkacz, the off-Loop venue hosts a whopping 500 presentations per year on the main stage which seats up to 226 and the intimate black box studio which has room for 100.
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by Wallace Shawn
Directed by Matthew Reeder
BackStage Theatre Company begins its 10th Anniversary Season by asking you to step inside the home of a woman called Lemon. Lemon has a story to tell. What begins as a deceptively simple coming-of-age yarn about her seemingly ordinary family soon becomes a complex meditation on the persuasive power of intimacy.
Written by one of the more controversial playwrights of the contemporary American theatre, Aunt Dan and Lemon is a both a mordant comedy and a chilling cautionary tale about the subversive nature of influence.