Meet the fantastic cast for our season opener, Eurydice

Directors Sandy Shinner and Jessica Thebus have cast a particularly wonderful ensemble of top Chicago actors for our season opener, Eurydice.  They're in the rehearsal room now, creating magic with Pulitzer Prize nomineee Sarah Ruhl's fresh take on the classic Orpheus myth.

Here'a a little background on our Eurydice cast. Be sure to come see them as they breathe new life and vitality into Ruhl's modern tale of love and loss.  Previews start at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater on October 3rd.  Click here to purchase tickets online today!

Lee Stark (Eurydice), a 2007 graduate of Northwestern University, was most recently seen in Seanachai Theatre Company's Scenes from the Big Picture at The Storefront Theater, The Crucible at Steppenwolf, Talking Pictures at the Goodman, and Juliet in the Short Shakespeare! tour of Romeo and Juliet with Chicago Shakespeare. 

JamieAbelson's (Orpheus) most recent projects include Scenes from the Big Picture with the Seanachai Theatre Company, As Told by the Vivian Girls with Dog & Pony and Raven Theatre's award winning production of columbinus.

Eurydice marks a return to the Chicago stage for Joe D. Lauck (Father). For the last 12 years, Lauck has served as an executive at Live Marketing, Inc.  Before joining Live Marketing, Lauck delivered memorable performances at Victory Gardens, most notably in Butler County, Spinning into Butter, Wild Indian and The Stick Wife.

One of Chicago's leading fringe theater artists, Beau O'Reilly (Nasty Interesting Man) is a founding member of the Curious Theatre Branch, where most of his over 60 plays have been produced.  He appeared in our production of Hello Dali in 2000, is associate chair of the writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is the curator of The Rhino Theater Festival, now in its 20th year.

Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Loud Stone) has performed on virtually every major stage in Chicago and at regional theaters across the U.S.  Immediately following Eurydice, she'll step back into her third year as The Storyteller in Victory Gardens' The Snow Queen.  She also appeared here in Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, and Voice of Good Hope.

William J. Norris (Big Stone) has been a Chicago theater professional for 37 years.  His local credits include multiple performances at Victory Gardens, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, and Marriott Lincolnshire, among others.

Caitlin Hart's (Little Stone) Victory Gardens credits include George's File, The Value of Names and Woman in Mind.  She also performed in Goodman's Finding the Sun, Chicago Shakespeare's Richard II, and Three Tall Women at the Apollo Theatre.  However, her claim to fame is Sadie on ABC Daytime's All My Children.

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