Directed by Romeo Castellucci
Music by Scott Gibbons

Fri-Sat, Jan 18-19, 7:30 pm
Tickets $24, MCA members $19

PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT

Hey Girl! is a powerful symbolic work that transforms the stage and stuns the audience with grippingly intense imagery. Marked by the cruelty and inexorable nakedness common to Sanzio's productions, this, the most recent project by the radical Italian theater company, solidifies Societas Raffaello Sanzio at the forefront of experimental theater in Europe. The work of director Romeo Castellucci, a visionary artist who is known for his ardent approach, was first seen in the Midwest in 2002 at the MCA.

Running time: 70 minutes, no intermission.
Recommended for mature audiences.

Special thanks to the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago for its collaboration.

Limousine service provided by Citi Limousine Service. Backstage hospitality generously provided by Whole Foods Market.

Artists Up Close

First Night Post-show Talk
Friday, January 18
Join Peter Taub, Director of MCA Performance Programs, for an insightful post-show talk with Romeo Castellucci and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio company members.

RELATED PROGRAMS
Exhibition: Spoors
Instituto Italiano Cultura (Italian Cultural Institute), 500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450
January 15 through March 11, 2008
This first exhibition of its kind illuminates the shocking world of one of the most controversial and esteemed contemporary theater companies, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. The exhibit features a selection of 25 photographs by Luca dal Pià from 1996 to 1999 involving several Sanzio productions, including Genesis, Giulio Cesare, and Amleth. The centerpiece of this exhibition is a site-specific sound installation by Scott Gibbons, a Chicago-based composer and long-time collaborator with the company, and Chiara Guidi, co-founder of the company.

Screening: Tragedia Endogonidia (Endogonida Tragedy episodes #1, #2, #4, #5, #9)
Instituto Italiano Cultura (Italian Cultural Institute), 500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450
February 5, 2008, 6pm
Five episodes of the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio production, which toured in Europe for the past four years, expand this retrospective tribute organized in collaboration with the MCA presentation.

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