Friday, February 4, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
WHY SHOULD ANYONE DIG UP HAMLET'S DEAD OLD BONES?
That's what you're thinking. I know—I thought the same thing. Sure, it's a “classic,” but what does that mean? A classic should be timeless, not just old. It should be completely relevant to your pain, your lust, your struggles and your joy—your life right now. A classic should electrify you, terrify you, break your heart, turn you on. It's about something huge and real and true.
That's what DreamLogic productions are all about.
So why HAMLET? Because it's got too good a reputation. Everyone teaches it, only the “best” theatre companies produce it, and everyone thinks they understand it.
Most of them don't. So they make HAMLET safe, polite and remote...like a marble bust in a museum. But that's an insult to the play and an insult to you. HAMLET is too great a story to be shot, stuffed and stuck up on a mantle. You deserve to feel the terrifying, exhilarating power of a true classic, told the way it should be told: as if for the first time. You deserve to be a part of the action, not sitting politely at a distance in a velvet seat. You deserve a life-changing experience when you enter this production of HAMLET. The moment you walk through those doors, that's exactly what you'll get.
I'll see you there.
Scott McKinsey
Artistic Director
DreamLogic Theatreworks
Saturday, January 8, 2011
DreamLogic Theatreworks Presents HAMLET in Historic Lakefront Mansion
“HAMLET isn't a mountain—you don't climb it just because it's there,” stated Scott McKinsey, Artistic Director of DreamLogic Theatreworks, “and it can't be a classic just because everyone says it is. This great work endures because it touches what is universal in our lives. It should be able to play in any place, any time, and any context and still resonate. The strength of this piece isn't in the petty squabbling of Danish royals, the strength lives in the place where you can see something of yourself in a character written more than 400 years ago: Then you have something worth talking about.”
“This is our Chicago HAMLET,” continues McKinsey. “It is set in a mansion designed by Myron H. Church, a celebrated architect closely connected with The Chicago World's Fair and Daniel Burnham, the father of modern
HAMLET will continue DreamLogic's exploration of the promenade style of theatrical staging which allows for a full integration of the audience into the performance space. In a recent review, K. D. Hopkins of Chicagotheatreblog.com described Dreamlogic's use of promenade staging as “a wise choice that gives an almost enchanted value to the drama.” Hopkins went on to say that “The audience is more witness than mere voyeur being entertained for a few hours.”
HAMLET features Paul Chakrin, Meg Elliott, Rob Glidden, Nick Goodman, Sara Katherine Hammond, Brady Greer Huffman,
For ticketing and additional information, visit dreamlogictheatreworks.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Review on ChicagoTheaterBlog.com
Chicago Theater Blog posted a review of Titus Andronicus. You can read it here:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Interview with the Stonecipher Report
Michael Sweeney of the Stonecipher report on WHPK FM interviews Scott McKinsey and Curtis Powell of DreamLogic Theatreworks about their production of Titus Andronicus. The Stonecipher report can be heard on 88.5 FM and at WHPK.org Mon, 10/25 from 3 - 5 PM and from 11/01 on, every week from 3 - 4 PM. http://stonecipher.typepad.com/
Titus Cast Interviews--Nick Goodman
Next up in our series of cast interviews is Nick Goodman, who plays Martius and Aemilius.
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