Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
The Left Hand of Darkness is a new work based on the 1969 novel by famed sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin, wherein a lone human emissary to an alien world tries to facilitate inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. To do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the newly encountered, completely dissimilar culture whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender.
The adaptation was written and co-directed by Edward Einhorn, Artistic Director of UTC61. Puppetry and co-direction are by Tom Lee, Co-Director of the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, both divisions of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 30 at 4 p.m.
Saturday, January 31 at 4 p.m.
Sunday, February 1 at 1 p.m.
Location:
Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center Chicago Abbott Hall
710 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Cost:
$35 Regular
$30 Students and Seniors
Ages: TBC
Running Time: 120 min (with intermission)
ADA Accessible? Yes
More at:
untitledtheatre.com
yaraartsgroup.net
tomleeprojects.com
Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center Chicago hosts, presents, and produces work by innovative local and national artists, many of whom are performing in Chicago for the first time. The center opened in 2021 with the Chicago premiere of Native Guard, co-produced with Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.
One of Chicago’s newest performance venues, the Wirtz Center Chicago, features two black box theaters, an expansive lobby and gathering space overlooking Lake Michigan, a well-equipped backstage area with a green room and dressing rooms, two rehearsal studios, a design studio, and a large conference room.
