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WHEN:
April 21-May 13th, 2023
Th-Sat at 7:30
Sat at 2:00
and Sun at 3:00
WHERE:
Edge Theatre
5451 N Broadway
Chicago
CAST:
Starring Jill Thiel as Anne Roff, Timothy Sullivan as Asa Roff, Tina-Kim Nguyen as Mary Roff, Idalia Limon as Lurinda Vennum, and Isabella Valdez as Lurancy Vennum. With Maiko Ter azawa* (Anne u/s), Ronen Kohn (Asa u/s),Electra Tremulis (Mary u/s), Beaumondo Malone (Lurinda u/s), and Thomas Russell (Lurancy u/s)
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: Gaby Labotka
Stage Manager: Zach Osterman*
Production Manager/Set Design: Daniel Houle*
Lighting Design: Lena Aubrey
Sound Design: Andrew Pond*
Assistant SM/Assistant Sound design: Sallie Ann Young
Costume Design: Emily Bloomer
Props: Jessica Lauren Fisher
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...No feeling is more powerless than parenting a child with an untreatable illness. Or more painful than the eventuality of saying goodbye. So if an allegedly supernatural occurrence could ease the grief and offer hope, would you accept it? Inspired by the first reported case of spirit possession in America, this 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference honoree explores the emotions faced by two Illinois families, and the enigmatic events that would keep their daughters' memories alive..."