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Courtesy of Lookingglass Theatre Company. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
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Adapted and directed by Ensemble member John Musial
Films by John Musial
Featuring Ensemble member Thomas J. Cox as Algren
Presented by Lookingglass Theatre in association with the MCA.
June 4-29
Tickets $25-55
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This intimate multimedia portrait sets Nelson Algren's backstreet poetry to the pulse of a live, onstage jazz combo. Performed against a backdrop of the city of Chicago as shown through indelible film imagery by ensemble member and director John Musial, Jeff-nominated ensemble member Thomas J. Cox reprises his role as one of Chicago's most enduring literary figures.
Wednesday, June 4, 7:30 pm
Preview performance
Thursday, June 5, 7:30 pm
Preview performance
Saturday, June 7, 7:30 pm
Preview performance
Tuesday, June 10, 7:30 pm
Closed Captioning is available for this performance.
Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 pm
Friday, June 13, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 14, 3 pm
Saturday, June 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 15, 3 pm
Sunday, June 15, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, June 17, 7:30 pm
Closed Captioning is available for this performance.
Wednesday, June 18, 7:30 pm
Thursday, June 19, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 21, 3 pm
Saturday, June 21, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 22, 3 pm
Sunday, June 22, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, June 25, 7:30 pm
Thursday, June 26, 7:30 pm
Friday, June 27, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 28, 3 pm
Saturday June 28, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 29, 3 pm
Sunday, June 29, 7:30 pm
Exhibition: Art Shay: Chicago Accent
May 15 - June 29
Art Shay: Chicago Accent is a collection of photographs by Art Shay of Chicago between 1949 and 1968, hand-picked by the artist and revealing a deep friendship and collaboration with his subject, the author Nelson Algren. Together they captured the culture of the post-war underclass. Also a staff reporter for Life and Time magazines before devoting himself to journalism through the lens of his Leica, Shay never abandoned his proclivity to write, and the captions accompanying the photographs on view are his words alone. Shay still lives in the Chicagoland area and is working on several photographic and literary projects. This exhibition has been organized in conjunction with the Lookingglass Theatre Company's presentation in association with the MCA of Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (June 4-29).
Book signing: Art Shay: Nelson Algren's Chicago
Saturday, June 14, at 6:30 pm
Famed photographer Art Shay signs his book Chicago's Nelson Algren (available at the MCA Store). One of Chicago's most prolific photographers, Art Shay has published more than 25,000 photographs during his career, which spans more than half a century and covers such subjects as John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, the fights of Muhammad Ali, Hugh Hefner's infamous bedroom office, the last man alive to have seen Abraham Lincoln's corpse, Chicago police clubbing demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, and a swan snubbing a pig as they swim.
Post-show talks
Join Heidi Stillman, artistic director of new work at Lookingglass Theatre, and Bill Savage, Algren scholar, us for an insightful post-show talk about Nelson Alren's For Keeps and a Single Day.
Sunday, June 15, following the 3 pm matinee
Sunday, June 22, following the 3 pm matinee
Sunday, June 29, following the 3 pm matinee
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