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The GreyZelda Theatre Group presents Desire Under the Elms
Wednesday May 10, 2006 - Saturday June 3, 2006 from 8:00pm - 10:30pm
Oracle Theatre
3809 N. Broadway
Chicago, Illinois 60613 Get Directions
The GreyZelda Theatre Group
Contact: Rebecca Zellar ? 773-267-6293
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2006

GreyZelda Does Desire

CHICAGO - The GreyZelda Theatre Group presents Eugene O?Neill?s Desire Under the Elms, directed by co-artistic director, Chris Riter. The production is the first show in GreyZelda?s third season. A preview will be held on May 10th. Performances will be May 11th ? June 3rd, Wednesdays ? Saturdays at the Oracle Theatre, located at 3809 N. Broadway in Chicago. Tickets are $20.00. Performances are at 8:00 pm.

Desire Under the Elms, a play Eugene O?Neill wrote after dreaming the story in its
entirety in 1924, is an epic drama of blue collar proportions involving a Scripture quoting father, his volatile son, a seducing stepmother, and two sons, swept away by the Gold Rush in California.

?O'Neill understands, perhaps better than anyone, the destructive brutality of love,? reveals director Chris Riter. ?Desire Under the Elms seems to epitomize tragedy with one foot rooted in the Greek Oedipal dilemma and the other in a very American revolt against puritanical morality. The masterful strokes of the play evoke the paradoxical relationships between strength and weakness, beauty and wickedness, love and disintegration. Yet for all his wisdom into the human condition, it is O'Neill?s pen which inspires us 80 years later. The tools he has given us to embody this American classic are the words of his characters, and simply getting to portray them is a privilege in itself.?

The actors include GreyZelda veterans, Melissa Kuhlmann (Abbie) and Tom Gordon (Eben), joined by Aris Tompoulis as Ephraim, Ben Veatch (Peter), and Robert Oakes (Simeon). The designers of Desire Under the Elms are Heath Hays (set and lights) and Robert Filippo (original music and sound). Derek Jarvis is the assistant director and Rebecca Zellar will be helping out with costumes, advertising, and box office. Sarah Stec is the graphic designer.

Tickets are $20.00. For tickets, professional comps, and additional information, visit www.greyzelda.com or call 773-267-6293. Seating is limited, so reservations are recommended.

The GreyZelda Theatre Group resolves to create and perform honest, quality driven theatre that serves to strengthen the city of Chicago's reputation as a vital hub of the American and international artistic experience. The focus of the Group is to create work that is explorative socially, personally, emotionally, and artistically while emphasizing unconventional methods of staging, casting, and storytelling. The Group hopes to reach audiences who are looking to be inspired and challenged by intuitive risk-taking. A core belief of the group is that to conceive the future, one must understand the past. We want our audiences to feel that by sharing the experience with us they have something everlasting to hold on to.
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