Ithaka

"Breathtaking design enhances this raw, heartbreaking tale"!
-Kat Hey, Chicago Theater Beat

"ITHAKA is a thought-provoking redemption play meets war movie"!
-Katy Walsh, The Fourth Walsh

"A powerful performance"!
"The audience was riveted"!
-Gloria Henllan-Jones, Chicago Splash Magazine

Meredith Lyons has a "brittle, scarred intensity"!
AnJi White is "terrific"!
-Hugh Iglarsh, New City

"(Video designer Liviu Pasare's) work is technically excellent and artistically thrilling"!
-David Zak, Chicago Stage Standard

4.7 out of 5 stars!
-Goldstar Events (Average Member Review)

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march 9 - april 13, 2014

Lanie has just returned from her latest tour in Afghanistan but this time things are different; home doesn’t feel right and nothing makes sense. After a blow up fight with her husband propels her to skip town, she undertakes an Odyssean journey through the American landscape battling her monsters, trying to find her way home.

We infuse video projection and a roller coaster ride (!) in this powerful Midwest premiere.

Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622

Preview Performances:

Sunday, March 9 at 7:30 pm
Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm (performance followed by a discussion with playwright Andrea Stolowitz)

Opening Night:

Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 pm

Regular Run (March 14 - April 13):

Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 3:00 pm

Special Events:

Sunday March 23rd - Discussion following the 3:00 pm performance with Meosha Thomas, Veteran’s Services Specialist at Kennedy King College
Sunday March 30th & Sunday April 6th - Discussion following the 3:00 pm performances with Nicole Mandeville, Associate Director of Entrepreneurial Programs at the Women’s Vetrepreneurship Program

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