Aristophanes' The Acharnians:
One Man's Private Peace During The Compassionately Conservative Bombing Campaign On Canada, The Adventures That Befell Him Thereafter, And What Jesus And The Tooth Fairy Had To Say About It All.

17 May 2003 Tripaway Theatre
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (phone) 773.739.9155

***MEDIA RELEASE***

Twenty-seven parts. Three actors. Ninety minutes.
This summer at Prop Thtr.

Chicago, IL: Tripaway Theatre proudly presents an ALL NEW PRODUCTION of Aristophanes' The Acharnians: One Man's Private Peace During the Compassionately Conservative Bombing Campaign on Canada, the Adventures that Befell Him Thereafter, and What Jesus and the Tooth Fairy Had to Say About It All.

When an American-led war with Canada reaches his backyard, Vox Populi fights his way through a nation overcome with a deadly combination of blind patriotism and numb apathy in an attempt to save his family and his farm.

This sharp, political, and still-relevant-2500-years-later anti-war comedy shows how little we have learned from history. In Tripaway Theatre's newly revised adaptation by Karin Shook and Kerstin Broockmann, three virtuoso performers play twenty-seven parts within the span of ninety minutes, conjuring up a cyclone of world leaders, tree-huggers, and the Tooth Fairy.
The company took this 2500 year-old pro-peace comedy on a successful tour of fringe festivals in Canada and Minnesota in the summer of 2001. This scathing and hilarious adaptation is a tour-de-force depicting one man's ignorance, outrage, and eventual truce as he creates his own private peace amidst the chaos of a world gone mad.

Critical acclaim for Tripaway Theatre's The Acharnians:

"Shook's cast is electrifying in their comic delivery and physicality... political satire at its best."
- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine, Minneapolis

"the funniest mix of satire, insanity and intelligence this side of the Beltway."
-Nina Metz, New City, TIP OF THE WEEK 9/5/01

"This Tripaway Theatre production recalls the political and satirical zing of Second City - blithely offensive and wildly imaginative." -Joe Stead, Steadstyle Chicago

"Smart, funny, ballsy, eh?" - Thunder Bay Fringe Festival; Ontario, Canada

The cast of The Acharnians is Henry Andrew Caporoso, Andrew Ritter, and Tony Stedillie.
The crew is Karin Shook, Director; Kourtney Vahle, Sound Designer; and Maria Castro, Stage Manager.

The Acharnians runs June 20th through July 26th.
Performances are as follows:
June 20 - July 5 - Fridays at 10:30, Saturdays at 3 and 10:30
July 11 - July 26 - Fridays at 10:30, Saturdays at 8 and 10:30
All performances at the Prop Thtr, 4225 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago.

Tickets are $12.00. $10.00 for industry members with headshot/resume.

For reservations, group sales, or information, please call (773) 739-9155 or visit www.tripaway.org

Tickets may also be purchased online at www.repeatseat.com

SPECIAL OFFER: ALL TICKETS $4 ON THE FOURTH OF JULY