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“The Dew Day”
A NEW SHORT
PLAY BY TERRY BOYLE
Tuesday, November 19, 5:30-8:30pm
The
Lounge at Iwan Ries
19 South Wabash
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Cocktails at 5:30, performance 6:00-6:20,
followed by discussion and more cocktails. $40 covers
the cost of drinks, two cigars, and sandwiches.
Reservations
are required.
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Terry Boyle,
who spoke to the Cigar Society a couple of years ago about
Growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland,
returns to direct his version of a 14th-century "mystery
play" about the Biblical story of the Slaughter of the
Innocents, updated to a bar scene on the second floor
of an old Louis Sullivan building. From Wikipedia: "Mystery
plays (from the Latin "misterium" meaning "occupation")
are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval
Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation
of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying
antiphonal song. They developed from the 10th to the 16th
century, reaching the height of their popularity in the 15th
century before being rendered obsolete by the rise of
professional theatre. The name derives from mystery used in
its sense of miracle, but an occasionally quoted derivation
is from ministerium, meaning craft, and so the 'mysteries'
or plays performed by the craft guilds."
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Terry Boyle
(author, director) teaches
English at Loyola University and
writes plays and books. His
plays include: Nothing is Going
to Stop this Train (2013),
Downhill Backward (2012),
oh, what a bloody good Friday
(2011), Hope (2009),
Mourn those Angel Faces (2008),
and Borderland (2008).
He is also an expert on the irish
writer and playwright Denis
Johnston. At Loyola, Dr. Boyle
teaches Modern Irish Literature,
20th Century British Literature,
Introduction to Fiction, Literature
and Society, Exploring Drama,
Introduction to Literature, and
Composition. He also holds a
fellowship at the Hank Center for
Catholic Intellectual Heritage
(Loyola). Terry Boyle has a BA, MA,
and DPhil from Ulster University in
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Meg Elliott (Medea)
is originally from Schoharie, New
York. Recent Chicago credits include
"Sarah/Sonja" in Speaking in
Tongues (Interrobang Theatre
Project), "Mafawnwy Price" in
The Sea (Theatre Mir), "the
Woman in Green" in Peer Gynt
(Polarity Ensemble Theater), "the
Host of the Garter" in The Merry
Wives of Windsor (Arc Theatre),
"Gertrude" in Hamlet (Dreamlogic
Theatreworks), and "Beatrice" in
Much Ado About Nothing (Chicago
D’ell Arte). She is represented by
Paonessa Talent Agency, LLC. You can
see her next in Request Concert
at The Side Project. |
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Jason Kellerman
(Herod) is pleased to be
performing for the first time at the
Cigar Society in the third of
Terry's wonderful plays. Other
regional credits include "Hortensio"
in Taming of the Shrew
(Muse of Fire), "Don Jon" in
Much Ado about Northing, "Damis"
in Tartuffe (Michigan
Shakespeare Festival), and "Macduff"
in Macbeth (Candid
Theater). A graduate of Northwestern
University's theater performance
program, Jason also co-manages a
small film-production company,
Skyfire Productions, which is why he
currently sports a crazy hippie
beard. For information about their
current project, visit
www.ihuntvampires.com. |
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About
the Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city clubs of Chicago is the discussion of
intellectual, social, legal, artistic, historical, scientific,
musical, theatrical, and philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately provocative individuals, all
under the beneficent influence of substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal Smokers,
University Series lectures, and Cigar Society Dinners,
in which cigars, and from time to time pipes and cigarettes,
appear as an important component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the Cigar Society's
mailing list, write to the Secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org.
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