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Definition Theatre Company presents DUTCHMAN
Definition Theatre Company
A Season of Identity
"This above all; to thine own self be true"
Definition Theatre Company is Chicago's newest ensemble based theatre company. The aim of Definition Theatre Company is to create art that reflects the ever-changing face of America through educating urban communities and performing contemporary and classical theatrical works featuring a multiethnic core company of actors. Definition Theatre is in the search of language driven, diverse ensemble based pieces that aim to expand the boundaries of conventional theatre. Tyrone Phillips is the Founding Artistic Director and Julian Parker is the Founding Executive Director. Neel McNeill is the companies new Managing Director. Founding Ensemble members include Aurora Adachi-Winter, Kelson Michael McAuliffe, Jessica Dean Turner, and Mercedes White.
Definition Theatre Company is a company on the rise. This fall the company added new Advisory Board members; May Adrales, Alana Arenas, Shannon Cochran, Erica Daniels, Jason Dirden, and this years Tony Award winner for best director, Pam Mackinnon. These new members join Brandon Dirden, Michael Halberstam, JW Morrissette, Ron OJ Parson, and Kathy Perkins. For additional information, visit definitiontheatre.org,facebook.com/definitiontheatrecompany
About the Play
Clay and Lula are two people with agendas. Clay is a college-educated, aspiring poet who is targeted by Lula not for whom he says he is, but for whom she perceives him to be. Lula, or Lula the Hyena as she calls herself, seeks to prey on Clay and eat away at his gilded façade until his true nature is exposed. Dutchman is a play about beliefs and how the malevolent lens of perceptions can empower and destroy a personal sense of progress.
Dutchman asks the dubious question "Who do you think you are?" as two strangers on a train go back and forth in a heightened allegory about identity. Although Dutchman is set on a subway train in the 1960s and is named after the infamous phantom ghost ship of the same name, its examination of how intolerance of ambition and progress of folks who are not supposed to have it is on track with the ongoing struggles in our so-called post-racial society.
Cast
Clay Julian Parker*
Lula Carley Cornelius
Young Man Will Burton
Djembe Musician Ayinde Cartman
Ensemble:
Danielle Banks
Ryan Czerwonko
Megan Gotz
Cami Rene Philgreen
Mercedes White*
Artistic Personnel
Artistic Consultants Ron OJ Parson and Alana Arenas
Director Tyrone Phillips*
Stage Manager Ari Wartell
Scenic Designer Moon Jung Kim
Lighting Designer Kevin Pelz
Costume Designer Samantha C. Jones
Sound Designer Joshua Willcox
Dramaturg Anthony Mangini
Fight Choreographer Samuel Ashdown
Movement Choreographer Leila Henry
Properties Amanda Williams
Vocal Coach Jessica Dean Turner*
Film Executive Producer Rick Calk
Promotional Trailer Director Brian Christopher
*Denotes Definition Theatre Ensemble member
**Sunday performances start at 3:30pm**
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LocationCollaboraction's Pentagon Theater in the Flat Iron Arts Building (View)
1579 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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