TimeLine Theatre
615 W Wellington Ave
773.281.8463
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Weekend
- When
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Aug 23, 2008 – Oct 12, 2008
Wednesdays–Thursdays (7:30pm)
Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (4 & 8pm)
Sundays (2pm)
- Where
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- Price
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Various prices
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Note:
Wednesday performances only take place on Sep 24 and Oct 1 and 8.
Gore Vidal's cutting political satire Weekend was written (and is set) during the fraught 1968 presidential campaign. Weekend follows a Republican senator as he prepares for a presidential bid, only to find that his carefully poll-tested plans fall apart with the return of his wayward son, who brings a shocking announcement. Vidal's depictions of politics and family life may be deeply cynical, fraught with opportunism, self-righteousness, and prejudice, but the play is laugh-out-loud funny at times, and carried by brisk, witty dialogue as the characters angle for the upper hand.
