King Lear theater production to take place at Patchwork Farms/read/write library with panel discussion looking for participants...

[angela.orourke]

Gardeners -

if you are interested please email Jessica Alldredge: jroseal...@gmail.com and cc the company eleusisco...@gmail.com .

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Angela

Hello! My name is Jessica Alldredge and I am reaching out to you on behalf of Eleusis Collective. We currently working on a production of King Lear to take place at Patchwork Farms in Humbolt Park. Our production is set during the 1980s farming crisis and will travel around the farm. More info is below! One of the things that we are interested in making happen is a discussion after the show one night seeking to explore questions such as, "How do we stay connected to the land in an urban setting and why is this important?", "What does it mean to own an area of land?", "How does this ownership affect our identity and community?" I have heard wonderful things about your organization and am wondering if someone from your organization would be interested in participating in this conversation as part of our discussion panel. We do not have a date set yet, but are trying to get a sense for the best date for our potential panel members. If you are interested, would you please let me know what your availability looks like the two weekends listed in the info below? Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you! Jessica Alldredge Forgot to send this! Eleusis Collective: is dedicated to creating "a space for the female imaginary." Eleusis is a Chicago-based company that explores issues of gender, identity, and representation through performance, literary, and multimedia arts. In summer 2012, we launched our first project in the community of Rutland, VT, implementing a theatre arts workshop for local high school girls. In fall 2012, we produced an original play called The Last Sleepover at the Chicago Fringe Festival. In spring 2013, we tackled the Chicago premiere of Sam Holcroft's Vanya, exploring Chekhov's characters (especially female) through a contemporary lens in a unique site-specific production in Logan Square. Eleusis and King Lear: Eleusis Collective’s production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear is a site-specific and promenade production where audience and actors travel together through a rural Iowa farm just after the 1980s farming crisis. Installed in an industrial Chicago farm and fueled by an original singer songwriter score, this political rendering of Lear looks at the play through the eyes of the daughters and asks: how can we free ourselves of our societal coding and simply connect? Performances: June 16th-19th, June 23rd-26th, Thursday-Sunday (7 PM shows)