Articles tagged with: Victory Gardens
Theater 2014-15: Five premieres shape season as Victory Gardens observes 40th year
![Theater 2014-15: Five premieres shape season as Victory Gardens observes 40th year 'Rest,' by Samuel D. Hunter, received its world premiere in March 2014 at South Coast Repertory. Feature Image No. 2](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Rest-by-Samuel-D.-Hunter-received-its-world-premiere-in-March-2014-at-South-Coast-Repertory.-Feature-Image-No.-2-125x125.jpg)
Ninth in a series of season previews: Two world premieres anchor the 40th-anniversary season at Victory Gardens Theater, which opens with the Midwest premiere of “Rest,” company ensemble member Samuel D. Hunter’s story of senior citizens and their youthful attendants at a retirement home trapped by a blizzard and forced to confront the chasm between their generations. A second Midwest premiere follows with Colm Tóibín’s one-woman show “The Testament of Mary,” a re-imagined narrative by Mary on the last days of Jesus.
Eight hot Chicago plays you should have seen come round again in Theater on the Lake fest
![Eight hot Chicago plays you should have seen come round again in Theater on the Lake fest There Is a Happiness That Morning Is produced by Theater Oobleck courtesy Chicago Park District](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/There-Is-a-Happiness-That-Morning-Is-produced-by-Theater-Oobleck-courtesy-Chicago-Park-District-125x125.jpg)
Preview: Theater director Halena Kays is exaggerating only slightly when she refers to the million plays you’d have to see if you hoped to catch every show in a Chicago season. That’s the beauty of Theater on the Lake, the summer reprise of eight top productions that opens June 12 with original casts reassembled. It’s a bonus round for theater-goers who simply ran out of nights.
To beat of song and dance, ‘Ameriville’ sounds cautionary tales of life on the short end
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Stompin’ at Victory Gardens. 3 stars