Victory Gardens Announces Fresh Squeezed Series

Oct 3, 2009
Victory Gardens

Victory Gardens Theater is proud to announce an exciting line-up for its new 2009/2010 Fresh Squeezed Series. Now in its second season, Fresh Squeezed is a series of late-night, low priced offbeat performance-based events targeting younger and diverse audiences while celebrating alternative voices and approaches to creating new work. This season’s line-up will explore the art of storytelling from every direction, boasting an eclectic mélange of talents with an emphasis on the works of women and queer artists. With the popularization of creative non-fiction and political humor as mainstream entertainment, Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed is sounding off to this new era of storytelling by rolling out the carpet for national paragons Mike Daisey, Charles Busch, Julie Halston, Michael Kearns, Terry Galloway, Tim Miller, and Holly Hughes, and showcasing local favorites like The Neo-Futurists, 2nd Story, Blair Thomas, Rohina and The New Colony.

"Hard Headed Heart: A Chicago Neighborhood Tour" is a trio of solo shows performed in one magical evening by puppet master, Blair Thomas. The New Colony takes us on three late-night evenings with "Walk of Shame". Terry Galloway’s "Out All Night and Lost My Shoes" is one hour of pure, energetic theater. Hollywood’s first openly gay actor Michael Kearns’ performs his celebrated solo show "intimacies". "An Evening with Charles Busch & Julie Halston" reunites the original "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" together again. Tim Miller’s "Lay of the Land" runs with Holly Hughes’ "The Dog and Pony Show". Rohina’s "Unveiled" takes a rare and intimate glimpse at Muslim life in a reprise of last year’s hit from Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater.

The Neo-Futurists’ "Too Much LADY Makes the Baby Go Blind" sends you on a brazen date with some of the most prolific female writers this side of the Kennedy Expressway. Monologist Mike Daisey returns to the city for two consecutive Chicago premieres, "How Theater Failed America" and "The Last Cargo Cult". Collectively, Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed will celebrate bold and honest works that combine for a cultural melting pot where no ingredients are omitted. All Fresh Squeezed performances are at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. Tickets are on sale now.