The Theatre School at DePaul University will present a Workshop Production of "Antebellum," written and directed by Robert O'Hara, Theatre School visiting diversity faculty member, Oct. 17 - 22, at Athenaeum Studio Three, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Shows are Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.
In 1939, Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was published; Great Britain and France declared war on Germany when Poland was invaded; the films "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" premiered; and Billie Holiday sang, "Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swingin' in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees." In the new drama "Antebellum," the similarities of the American South and Germany in the 1930s are explored when a woman shows up on a farm outside Atlanta while a world away, a man shows up in a detention center outside Berlin, and a romance unfolds. "Antebellum" explodes the sexual, racial and politically vicious "extravagances" of the late 1930s in America and Germany. This workshop production runs about two hours with one intermission.
The staff is: Robert O'Hara (Playwright/Director), John Holt (Set Design), Chris Prezas (Light Design), Coral Gable (Costume Design) and Stephanie Whaley (Stage Manager). The cast is: Kaki Burns, Keith Gallagher, Amber McCollum, Adam Poss and Ben Rovner. For more information, call (312) 922-1999. |
