MEET THE DIRECTORS
ERIC ROSEN, KC Rep's new Artistic Director, is a nationally recognized playwright, director and dramaturg with a passion for new work. Rep patrons will know the caliber of his work from the Rep's critically acclaimed productions of Metamorphoses and The Trip to Bountiful. Rosen has fostered invigorating new projects from some of the country’s top theatre artists whose works have brought new life to the American stage, including Emily Mann, Mary Zimmerman, Moisés Kaufman, Doug Wright, Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati and Gary Griffin. Rosen earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in performance studies from Northwestern University.
JESSICA THEBUS is an associate artist with Steppenwolf Theatre Company and an Artistic Associate at About Face Theater. She holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. Recent projects include About Face Theatre's Pulp and Winesburg, Ohio, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the University Of Notre Dame, No Place Like Home at Steppenwolf, an outdoor spectacle at the Field Museum, and They All Fall Down at Lookingglass among others. Jessica has also directed at Center Theater, Lifeline Theater, Collaboraction Theater and Caravan Productions, as well as touring internationally with the Bread and Puppet Theater.
Winesburg, Ohio
The Winesburg, Ohio Calendar
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Spencer Theatre
Mar. 13-Apr. 5, 2009
A New Musical
Based on the Novel by Sherwood Anderson
Book and Lyrics by Eric Rosen
With Music and Additional Lyrics by Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman
Conceived and Developed in Collaboration with Jessica Thebus
Directed by Eric Rosen and Jessica Thebus
A Musical Created by the Rep’s New Artistic Director
An award-winning new musical by KC Rep’s new Artistic Director Eric Rosen and three of Chicago’s most talented theatre artists. Based on Sherwood Anderson’s classic stories of life in a small Midwestern town at the turn of the 19th century, Winesburg is a passionate ode to expressing the secret passions that lie beneath the quiet surface of everyday life. George Willard is just 18 when the musical begins, full of hopes of a great life as an artist, but because of his ailing mother, he can only dream of escaping Winesburg for the big city. One by one, George encounters the citizens of Winesburg, and begins to learn that secret histories and deep hidden passions are lurking just beneath the surface. At once hilarious, heartbreaking, and triumphant, Winesburg, Ohio is one of the most original new musicals to come along this decade, and an homage to one of the greatest works of 20th century literature. Winesburg won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work and the Barrymore Award for Best Musical.
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