 Bryan Breau and Richard Engling in Peer Gynt |
There's still time to make a difference. |
Bryan Breau and Richard Engling in Peer Gynt |
There's still time to make a difference. |
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We’ve taken giant leaps this season. We’re doing five huge projects, including the important and timely world premiere of Kabulitis followed by the epic Peer Gynt in the heart of the downtown theatre district. We’ve been in negotiations with the City of Evanston for a new venue. Next up will be our student production at the Josephinum, followed by the wildly entertaining romp, Tom Jones, and finally our annual Dionysos Cup Festival of New Plays. This is all a huge stretch for a little company like ours. But we believe in the work we do. Please join us in our passion for theatre as we work with local playwrights in our new play festival and create dynamic world premieres. Help us encourage the next generation by supporting our theatre training program for students at the Josephinum Academy. We now have a Polarity member on the full-time faculty teaching literature, speech and drama. If you believe there is value in this work, join us and make a donation. It’s a great end-of-year tax deduction. Help us do our part to keep Chicago the greatest theatre town in the world. You’ll be glad you did. Thanks from all of us. 
Richard Engling, Artistic DirectorBoard of Directors Mark K. Mathyer, Richard Engling, Irv Gorman, Ann Keen, Charles C. Palia Staff Richard Engling, Artistic Director; Maggie Speer, Managing Director; Charley Jordan and Ann Keen, Development; Charles C. Palia, Resident Tech Director; Aoife Carolan, Box Office Manager; Elayne LeTraunik, Grant Writer; Hilary Holbrook, Inventory Manager; Irv Gorman, Publisher Ensemble Kim Boler, David Chrzanowski, Richard Engling, Irv Gorman, Hilary Holbrook, Charley Jordan, Ann Keen, Devorah Eizikovic Richards, Eric Damon Smith Associates Bryan Breau, Darren Callahan, Jason Epperson, David Fehr, Travis Gauchay, Nicole Smith, Laura Sturm, Michael Welles  
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We just completed the Chicago premiere of Robert Bly’s translation of Peer Gynt at the prestigious DCA Storefront Theater in Chicago’s downtown theatre district. Critics said: "...beautiful...first-rate...really had me dazzled." –Chicago Theatre Review "Bryson Engelen and Richard Engling—playing, respectively, the young and old Gynt—deliver marathon performances" –Windy City Times  Devorah Richards and Bryson Engelen in Peer Gynt We started the season with Keith Anwar's Kabulitis, which won the 2010 Dionysos Cup and stands as one of our most important productions. Critics called it: "heartbreakingly convincing" —Chicago Theater Beat "fascinating...past and present weave together fluidly..." —Time Out Chicago  Plamen Pencheff and Kamal Hans in Kabulitis. In the Spring we will produce the Midwest premiere of Tom Jones, an adaptation of the 1749 Henry Fielding novel by David Hammond. This is a big, sexy, funny romp of a play to be directed by our own Maggie Speer, a veteran of the Chicago theatre scene. And we end the season with our annual Dionysos Cup Festival of New Plays, the public presentation of our signature new play development process. Kabulitis by Keith Anwar A World Premiere Drama September 20 - October 30, 2011 Peer Gynt Translated by Robert Bly A Chicago Premiere November 15 - December 18, 2011 Wind in the Willows A Josephinum Student Production January 13 - 21, 2012 Tom Jones by David Hammond Adapted from Henry Fielding's novel A Midwest Premiere Comedy March 20 - April 29, 2012 The Dionysos Cup Our Annual Festival of New Plays May 10 - May 20, 2011 About Polarity Ensemble Theatre Polarity brings new life to the classics and new work to life. In order to create new, uniquely Chicago-style theatre art, we bring the full range of theatre artists into the ensemble circle. Pictured left: Ann Keen* as Lady Macbeth. Mason Hill* as Hamlet. Britni Tozzi and Alex Reimers* in The White Airplane. Pictured right: Asia Rapier in The Society of Adventurous Women. Caroline Latta in Long Day’s Journey into Night. *Polarity company member. Whose Work Will Your Contribution Suppport? See Who's Who at Polarity Ensemble Theatre. See the cast and staff of Keith Anwar's Kabulitis. See the company of Peer Gynt.  |
Polarity Ensemble Theatre 135 Asbury Avenue Evanston, 60202 Your donations are tax-deductible. We will send you a tax receipt. With a donation of $500 or more, you get one of our gorgeous 30"x77" Peer Gynt banners that hung on Randolph Street!  Join the Gods! Become a Patron! Patron — Only $50 Thank you! We list you among our generous patrons. Athena and Apollo Patron — $100 Your grace, your wisdom, your artistry astound us! We list you among our generous patrons and send you invitations to free special events! Aphrodite and Dionysos Patron — $500 All fall down before you, goddess of love, god of wine and theatre! We invite you to special events—and you get one of our gorgeous 30"x77" Peer Gynt banners that hung on Randolph Street! Gaia and Chronos Patron — $1,000 Oh, source of us all! Oh Mother Earth, Father Time, yikes how we adore you! We thank you with a Peer Gynt street banner, a complimentary subscription to our 2012-13 season, invitations to special events, and cocktails with the Polarity leadership team. Just look at the kind of work your donations have supported: 
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