Event I – War With The Newts: A Next Theater Event
Thursday, August 27, 2009
6 pm to 8:30 pm
at the Eve J. Alfillé Gallery
623 Grove Street, Evanston, IL
Who are the Newts? And why do they find the pearls?
“War with the Newts” an upcoming play, will be the topic at a party Next Theater will hold at the Eve J. Alfillé Gallery on Thursday, August 27 for their donors and guests, including members of The Pearl Society.
At this event, designer Eve Alfillé will present and discuss a collection of rare natural pearls, while members of the cast will present a scene from the play, a feature of the theater’s new season.
RSVP: Jason Southerland, jasonsoutherland@nextheater.org
or call the Gallery at 847-869-7920.
Please RSVP Now – space is limited
About the play:
WAR WITH THE NEWTS
By Jason Loewith and
Justin D.M. Palmer
Based on the novel by Karel Capek
World Premiere
April 15 – May 16, 2010
Can one man stop an empire? In 1936, Czech-born Karel Capek wrote a spooky, fantastical novel about the discovery of an intelligent race of giant salamanders, which humanity enslaves for profit and national advantage. This highly-anticipated adaptation comes to us from Jason Loewith and Artistic Associate Justin D.M. Palmer in collaboration with puppet designer Michael Montenegro. On the heels of an enlightening research trip to the Czech Republic, the artistic team has truly unlocked the theatrical magic of this portentous story. Brought to life with pools, puppets and projections, War With the Newts is an incredibly timely satire about a global economy planting the seeds of its own destruction.
"Capek had in mind the totalitarian deluge that [in
1938] began to engulf Europe. But his satire aims, above all, at human
blindness and greed. The enemy is always within, he reminds us."
—Heda Kovaly, New York Times Book Review
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