Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave.
(773) 975-8150
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David Parkes and Janet Ulrich Brooks in A Walk in the Woods. Photo: Lara Goetsch
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Aug 21, 2011 – Nov 20, 2011
Wednesdays–Thursdays (7:30pm)
Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (4 & 8pm)
Sundays (2pm)
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- Price
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$24 - 44
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“With nuclear weaponers concocting increasingly potent bombs at a breakneck pace, the balky, politically fraught arms reduction talks between Russia and the U.S. can look nearly pointless. Yet there's a certain nobility in striving against that futility, a dynamic that playwright Lee Blessing explores in this shrewdly drawn thumbnail sketch of the human side of atomic brinksmanship. TimeLine Theatre, named the Wall Street Journal's 2010 national theater "Company of the Year" and Chicago magazine's Best Theatre in its 2011 "Best of Chicago" issue, continues its mission to deliver grist for intelligent conversation about our real world.”
Ben Bass, Flavorpill
Two superpower arms negotiators — one a witty but cynical Russian veteran and the other an idealistic American newcomer — meet informally in the woods after long, frustrating hours at the bargaining table. This compelling and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play is presented by TimeLine with a twist, with the two characters (originally written as two men) portrayed by TimeLine Company Members Janet Ulrich Brooks and David Parkes. Their absorbing, revealing and humorous conversations are a brilliant meditation on both the eternal hope and relentless futility of high stakes politics.
