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Press Performance: Thursday, June 28 at 8 pm in Chicagoĭates: Previews: Friday, June 22 at 8 pm, Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm, Sunday, June 24 at 2:30 pm and Wednesday, June 27 at 8 pm

Location: Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Dawson* and Ellen Willett* (production managers). The production team for TILIKUM includes: William Boles* (scenic design), Izumi Inaba (costume design), Jared Gooding (lighting design), Victoria Deiorio (sound design), Amy Peters (properties design), Coco Elysses (composer, music director), Melissa DuPrey (composer, musician), Noelle Simone (choreographer), Isaac Gomez (dramaturg), Chad Hain (technical director), Benjamin W. Kristiana Rae Colón is one of the most essential voices in playwriting right now, and we consider ourselves lucky to be presenting this world premiere." When we commissioned this play through our Freshness Initiative program, we knew that the work would be fiercely political with a wicked sense of humor, and still we were blown away when the first draft came in. Green, "Tilikum will be a spectacular, heart-pounding experience.

Poetic and lyrical, Tilikum calls out the power structures – both corporate and human – that ensure continued oppression, and the complicity of those willing to stand by and do nothing.Ĭomments Sideshow Artistic Director Jonathan L. Ripped from the headlines, Kristiana Rae Colón’s Tilikum explores captivity, violence and rebellion in a vital and visceral blend of theatre, drumming and dance. Alone behind bars he forgets the feel of freedom, but when fellow prisoners ignite the fires of his memory, he starts down a path that threatens to consume everything. Now, he is a captive in a marine amusement park, doomed to live as an opportunity for profit. Tilikum was a king, and the oceans of the world were his. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Jat by calling (773) 871-3000 or in person at the Victory Gardens Box Office. TILIKUM will play June 22 – Jat Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. TILIKUM will feature Sideshow ensemble member Matt Fletcher* with Gregory Geffrard and Sigrid Sutter.