Court Theatre is a Tony Award-winning professional theatre company located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois , where it was established in 1955. Court Theatre is affiliated with the University of Chicago , receiving in-kind support from the University and operating within the larger University umbrella. Court Theatre puts on five plays per season, which are attended by over 35,000 people each year, in addition to various smaller performance events such as play readings.
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22-705: A Signature Theatre Company production, from March 11, 2007, through April 22, 2007, in a season that featured Wilson's work. King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson’s ten-play cycle that, decade by decade, examines African American life in the United States during the twentieth century. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985, it tells the story of an ex-con in Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his life. The play has been described as one of Wilson's darkest, telling
33-418: A 1936 Austrian drama film See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Court Theatre All pages with titles beginning with Royal Court Theatre Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Court Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
44-545: Is a play by American playwright August Wilson , the ninth in his ten-part series, The Pittsburgh Cycle . The play ran on Broadway in 2001 and was revived Off-Broadway in 2007. King Hedley II premiered at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on December 11, 1999, and played a number of other regional theaters, including Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington before its Broadway engagement. The play opened on Broadway at
55-526: The Virginia Theatre on May 1, 2001 and closed on July 1, 2001, after 72 performances and 24 previews. Directed by Marion McClinton , the cast featured Brian Stokes Mitchell (King), Leslie Uggams (Ruby), Charles Brown (Elmore), Viola Davis (Tonya), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Stool Pigeon), and Monté Russell (Mister). The play ran off-Broadway at the Peter Norton Space, New York City, in
66-527: The supply-side economics theories of the day, examining whether their stated aim of providing trickle-down benefits to all Americans truly improved the lot of urban African Americans. King Hedley II draws "on characters established in Seven Guitars , King Hedley II shows the shadows of the past reaching into the present." Some of the characters presented earlier include King Hedley II, "the spiritual son of King Hedley from Seven Guitars and Stool Pigeon,
77-856: The 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award on behalf of Court Theatre at Radio City Music Hall . Court has won over 70 Jeff Awards , including 8 awards for Best Production for the following shows: The Tempest (1978), directed by Robert Falls The Triumph of Love (1994), directed by Charles Newell Putting It Together (1998), directed by Gary Griffin Man of La Mancha (2006), directed by Charles Newell Fences (2006), directed by Ron OJ Parson Caroline, or Change (2009), directed by Charles Newell Blues for an Alabama Sky (2017), directed by Ron OJ Parson King Hedley II (2020), directed by Ron OJ Parson 41°47′38″N 87°36′03″W / 41.7940°N 87.6009°W / 41.7940; -87.6009 King Hedley II King Hedley II
88-621: The Center for Classic Theatre at the University of Chicago . As explained on the theatre's website, through this position, Court Theatre is "dedicated to the curation of large-scale, interdisciplinary theatrical experiences". Court Theatre has used the University as a resource in many ways, including through the development of new translations and adaptations of classic texts, receiving dramaturgical assistance from expert faculty, and hosting events related to
99-530: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Court_Theatre&oldid=895265704 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Court Theatre (Chicago) Charles Newell has been Artistic Director since 1994. In 2018, Angel Ysaguirre joined Court Theatre's leadership as executive director. In 2010, Court Theatre established itself as
110-526: The tale of a man trying to save $ 10,000 by selling stolen refrigerators so that he can buy a video store, as well as revisiting stories of other characters initially presented in Seven Guitars . Hedley’s wish, now that he has returned to Pittsburgh from prison, is to support himself by selling refrigerators and to start a family. Set during the Reagan Administration , the play comments critically on
121-454: The theatre's programming throughout the University's campus and the greater Hyde Park area. Court Theatre also provides resources for the University as well, including by exclusively providing numerous internships to University of Chicago students as well as maintaining a number of University affiliates on their board of trustees. On June 12, 2022 Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, and Executive Director Angel Ysaguirre accepted
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