ORSON REHEARSED: CONCEIVED, WRITTEN, & DIRECTED BY DARON HAGEN

Presented by the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University featuring The New Mercury Collective, Fifth House Ensemble, and Atlas Arts Media

Orson Rehearsed is a 70-minute multi-media Joycean stream of consciousness dreamscape comprised of the Zuzu's petals-like memory shards of life streaming through the mind of American filmmaker, actor, activist, and visual artist Orson Welles during the last hour of his life. Welles is portrayed by three singers, accompanied by musicians and performed live to three synchronized montages of visual images that correspond to musical and textual motives in the piece. The work will debut at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago on September 15-16, 2018, starring Robert Orth, Robert Frankenberry, and Omar Mulero of the New Mercury Collective, presented by the Chicago College of Performing Arts in association with Atlas Arts Media and the Fifth House Ensemble. Learn more at www.orsonrehearsed.art.

Doors open 30 minutes in advance. Donations at the door are appreciated to help support this production.

There will be a talkback with the cast and creators at the end of each performance.