| "It
is barely mid-January and already I have seen what might
just turn out to be one of the finest productions
of the winter season. It’s called The Beats, and it
is a rousing, thought-provoking, verbally
brilliant, jazz-infused, tragicomic reinvention of a
time in American history... Highly Recommended!
- Hedy
Weiss Chicago Sun-Times |
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Our highly-recommended, critically acclaimed
show of the original hipster returns! 5 Stars from Time
Out!
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THE BEATS
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell
Directed by Ann Filmer
September 15 - October 15, 2011
Thursdays & Fridays @ 7:30 PM
Saturdays @ 5:00 & 8:30 PM
Press Opening: Thursday Sept 15 7:30 PM
VIP Opening: Friday Sept 16 7:30 PM
no show Sat Sept 17 at 5:00 PM
Tickets: $18
Group Tickets: $13 for 8(+)
Kerouac, Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, Ferlinghetti, DiPrima.
Beat poets took on 1950’s mainstream America and dragged
change kicking and screaming into the '60s. With Grant Stromeck
and Doug Lofstrom bringing the jazz.
Marilyn Campbell is the author of Crime
and Punishment w/Curt Columbus (2003 Jeff Award for
Best New Adaptation). Her play Mixing It Up was
written and performed at 16th Street with Marilyn’s daughter
Maria Merrin in 2009.
Thursday & Friday performances are followed by post-show
dialogues.
Running time is under 2 hours with one intermission.
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