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by Tom Stoppard
ITC PRESENTS AWARD WINNING DRAMA
"THE
REAL THING"
The Illinois Theatre Center of
Park Forest will present THE REAL THING, Tom Stoppard's exciting
"play-within-a-play" about love, truth and illusion, for a three week
run, starting Friday, October 29.
THE REAL THING revolves around
Henry, a playwright, who is married to Charlotte, an actor.
Their friends Annie and Max are also actors, and when his new
play about marriage and infidelity is staged, Henry’s life begins to
imitate his art. As the
characters move between the fictional world of Henry’s play and the
reality of their lives, both couples are ultimately compelled to
re-examine their relationships and question whether the love they have
is the love they want.
Frank Rich of the New York Times
called THE REAL THING "…not only
Mr. Stoppard's most moving play, but also the most bracing play that
anybody has written about love and marriage in years", while
Legendary London theatre critic Sheridan Morley described it as
"...a play which reminds you why you go to the theatre and why you fall in
love. And why, just
sometimes, it is all worth the effort."
Playwright Tom Stoppard was born
in Czechoslovakia
in 1937. His family
emigrated to England when he
was a child to escape Nazi occupation. Stoppard has earned four Tony
Awards for Best Play - for ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (1966),
TRAVESTIES (1974), THE REAL THING (1982), and THE COAST OF UTOPIA
(2002). His other most
popular works include JUMPERS (1972), HAPGOOD (1998),
ARCADIA
(1993) and INVENTION OF LOVE (1997).
He also won an Oscar for his screenplay for "Shakespeare in
Love"(1998). He was knighted
in 1997.
The cast for THE REAL THING
includes Melissa Carlson, Michael Joseph Mitchell, Regina Leslie, Eric
Leonard, Luke Daigle, Katherine Banks, and Jude Willis.
The production is directed by David Perkovich.
THE REAL THING runs Friday,
October 29 through Sunday, November 14.
Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8
PM, and Sundays at 2:30 & 7:30 PM.
Tickets are priced at $22 on Fri. & Sat., $20 at all other times,
with a $1 discount for students & seniors.
The Illinois
Theatre
Center
is located in Downtown Park Forest at 371 Artists' Walk (off Indianwood Blvd., adjacent to Village
Hall). For tickets, call
(708) 481-3510.
Oct. 29 to Nov. 14, 2010 |
