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Redtwist Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization
May 2, 2013
Contact: Michael Colucci 773-728-7529,
PRESS RELEASE - CHICAGO
Dates from Hell
By Scott Woldman
Directed by Nate Silver
Opens Friday, May 31, 10:30pm
Dates from Hell is the inaugural play of Redtwist’s new late-night comedy series called Dark Red. New resident playwright, Scott Woldman, has written a “Luv Cycle” starting with the moment a couple meet, and following them all the way through their courtship, engagement, break-up, make-up, marriage, family, divorce, dating, and remarriage.
There have been loads of love stories and reams of romantic comedies BUT there has never been anything quite like Scott’s “Luv Cycle”
Dates from Hell features some of the finest young actors is Chicago, and it is directed by Nate Silver, fresh from his success with Jackalope Theatre’s Rich and Famous.
PLAY
The first installment, Dates from Hell, of playwright Scott Woldman’s “Luv Cycle” features a rollercoaster ride through the rocky realm of relationships. This first phase of the cycle examines the many ways a simple date can turn into a complicated mess.
PLAYWRIGHT
Scott Woldman is a Senior Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. His world-premiere drama, Beaten, will open this summer at the Artistic Home. As Resident Playwright for Redtwist, Scott is writing a series of plays documenting the quirky, comedic, and complicated sequence of a romantic human relationship. We are calling this sequence the “Luv Cycle” starting with Dates from Hell and progressing throughout the upcoming 2013-2014 season.
Scott is also the Resident Playwright at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights where he wrote the plays for the Metropolis’s incredibly popular After Dark series (more than 30,000 people have seen Scott’s Metropolis shows!), including Men Exposed, Dinner for Sex, Dates from Hell and Speed Dating The Musical. Scott’s work has also appeared at Stage Left Theatre, The Artistic Home, The Second City, Chicago Dramatists, Strangeloop Theatre, Third Eye Theatre, and Ourobos Theatre Company. Scott has also optioned two screenplays--The Mine, a horror film, which will be in movie theaters in limited release the summer of 2013, and Drunk And Ready, which begins production in 2013.
CAST (all actors play various roles in several vignettes)
Matt Babbs, Sarah C. Davis, Jenna Ebersberger, Carley Moseley, Giuseppe A. Ribaudo, Charlie Wright
STAFF
Nate Silver (Director & Designer), Allison Queen (Stage Manager), Olivia Baker (Costume Designer), Garvin Jellison (Lighting Designer), Daniel Carlyon (Sound Designer), Jan Ellen Graves (Graphics/Marketing), Charles Bonilla (Box Office Manager), E. Malcolm Martinez (Box Office Associate), Johnny Garcia (Associate Producer), Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves (Producers)
SCHEDULE
Opens: Fri, May 31, 10:30pm
Runs: Friday & Saturday, 10:30pm
Closes: Sat, July 6
Running Time: Approximately 85 minutes, no intermission
Tickets: $15
RESERVATIONS
Call: 773-728-7529
Online: www.redtwist.org
Redtwist is located at 1044 W Bryn Mawr, 2 blks W of LSD, 2 blks E of the Red Line EL station
Street parking (paybox until 9pm) is available on Bryn Mawr, side streets, and Broadway
Please reserve 48 hours in advance. Credit cards accepted by phone and online to guarantee seating.
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