Eclipse Theatre Company is proud to announce that
Legendary writer Arthur Miller will be our featured
playright for the 2010 season.
Arthur Miller was one of the leading American playwrights of the twentieth century.
Living through young adulthood during the Great Depression, Miller was shaped by
the poverty that surrounded him, which demonstrated to him the fragility and vulnerability
of human existence in the modern era. He was a prominent figure in American theatre,
writing dramas that include awards-winning plays such as All My Sons, Death of a Salesman,
and The Crucible. Miller won a Tony Award for Death of a Salesman as well as a Pulitzer Prize.
Miller was often in the public eye from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, a period during which he testified
before the House Un-American Activities Committee. About his work, Miller once said, "Well, all the plays
that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them,
rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from." Arthur Miller
passed away in 2005 at the age of 89, leaving a legacy that has forever shaped the American
character and literary landscape.
Subscribe today to our 2010 Season for as little as $36!
- $36 per subscription for an Economy Pass (3 shows on any preview or Thursday)
- $60 per subscription for a 3 Show Flex Pass (Your choice of 3 shows in 2010 season)
- $75 per subscription for an Opening Night Pass (3 shows on opening nights in the 2010 season)
Your subscription includes:
- Complete flexibility - Use your pass on any date of your choosing
- Savings - a savings of 20% off regular priced admission to our entire season
- Priority Seating - you'll get the seat of your choice just by reserving in advance
- Ticket/Parking Discounts - want to bring friends or family? They'll receive discounts when they accompany you to an Eclipse production! Enjoy parking discounts at Children's Memorial Hospital just steps away from the theatre!
- A Peek into the Process - You'll be invited to the playwright scholar series and post-show discussions to get the full Eclipse Experience!
Subscribe one of two ways:
- Download and print the Subscription Form (PDF). Fill in your information and mail it along with your check payable to Eclipse Theatre Company to our address:
4001 N. Ravenswood
Suite 402
Chicago, IL 60613
- Call us at 773-325-9655 and leave your name and telephone number where we can contact you and one of our staff members will be in touch to place your order. Or fax your subscription form to us at 773-929-4460.
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Directed by Artistic Director Nathaniel Swift
March 25-May 9, 2010 (Opening Night March 28, 2010)
The Greenhouse Theater 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL
High in the mountains of an unnamed dictatorship, a revolution is brewing.
When the rebels' messiah-like leader is captured, an American production company
purchases the rights to televise his sentence: death by crucifixion. Published in 2002,
Miller's penultimate play brilliantly satirizes modern politics and faith in a media-obsessed society.
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Directed by Ensemble Member Steve Scott
July 8-August 22, 2010 (Opening Night July 11, 2010)
The Greenhouse Theater 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL
Miller's ambitious and personal 1964 masterpiece explores a new sense of non-linear theatricality
in its powerful study of one man's search for meaning through his memories and relationships.
Images and scenes intertwine, illuminating his humanity and probing into the revealing, often
painful events of his past.
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Directed by Ensemble Member Steven Fedoruk
September 2-October 17, 2010 (Opening Night September 5, 2010)
The Greenhouse Theater 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL
Set in a 1930s Brooklyn automobile parts warehouse with a strong cast of richly detailed characters,
Miller draws on his own personal experience to explore the monotonous struggle to make a living and
the dreams of a young man yearning for a college education in the midst of people stumbling through
life in a haze of hopelessness and despondency.
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TBA at the Greenhouse Theater 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL
As a subscriber, you'll also get to learn more about the life and works of Arhur Miller, with free readings
and events throughout the season, including full-length and one act plays, prose and adaptations.
Details regarding our scholar series events will be announced in 2010.
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