Remy Bumppo set for Blues for an Alabama Sky & Love Song
Artistic Director Marti Lyons and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company announced its 2023 - 2024 season. The new season includes Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, September 14 - October 15, directed by Mikael Burke and Love Song by John Kolvenbach, March 21 - April 21, 2024, directed by Artistic Director Marti Lyons. All performances will be at Theater Wit, 1229 West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Artistic Director Marti Lyons reflected on the new Remy Bumppo season, "This coming season, we will present two productions that showcase the boldness of vision, caliber of design, and excellence in performance for which Remy Bumppo is known. These plays, one dramatic and one comedic, both have language that spills off the page and stories that grip the heart. Throughout our new season, Remy Bumppo will take audiences on a journey across places and time, all the while speaking directly to the here and now. I am proud to present Blues for an Alabama Sky and Love Song for our 2023-2024 season."
"Remy Bumppo, like theaters and cultural institutions around the world, continues to feel the repercussions of the pandemic. Due to these lasting effects and our desire to continue Remy Bumppo's long standing commitment to breathe new life into the seminal works of established playwrights and to unearth modern and next-wave classics, we are presenting a two-show 2023-2024 season,' added Executive Director Margaret McCloskey. "The new season, selected by Marti and the company, stays true to our mission as it includes a cherished work by one of the most important playwrights of the last 50 years, Pearl Cleage, and a revival of a lovely early 21st-century work by a true American talent, John Kolvenbach."