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WHEN:   Tuesday, May 16th at 7:30pm
WHERE:  The Den Theatre* (1333 N. Milwaukee Ave) in the downstairs Bookspan 
PRICE:  FREE (but we encourage buying a drink at the bar!)
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23.5 HOURS
By Carey Crim
Directed by Stef Tovar

WITH THIS ALL-STAR CAST:

Featured top left to right, top to bottom:   Anne Fogarty, Raymond Fox, James Vincent Meredith,   R.D. Hatcher and Amy Carle.
 
Tom Hodges was that  teacher... The one you can't forget. The one parents admire and students adore.  The smart, wise-cracking colleague with all the answers. He was also the neighbor who takes care of the neighborhood and the perfect husband and father.  
But when a student accuses Tom of crossing a line, everything changes. This delicately balanced, beautifully nuanced new family drama digs deep beneath the surface of a happy suburban existence to explore the damage done by  the slow but steady erosion of trust.  

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*A note about parking: the lot formerly available to The Den's patrons is no longer available, and please do not park in the Jewel-Osco lot!).  The Den proudly offers valet service.

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About the playwright:   Carey Crim is an award-winning playwright and resident artist at The Purple Rose Theater Company and she is based in New York. Her play, 23.5 Hours ,  premiered to critical acclaim at Bay Street Theatre starring Sarah Paulson, Garret Dillahunt and Elizabeth Reaser. It then opened at The Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, California where it was nominated for an Ovation award for best new play.  Her earlier works,  Growing Pretty ,  Wake  and  Some Couples May...  all received world premieres at The Purple Rose Theatre Company.   Wake received  a West Coast Premiere at the  SeaGlass  Theatre in Los Angeles where it was a critic's pick. Carey has recently adapted it for the screen and it will begin filming in 2017. Her latest play Morning After Grace ran to sold out houses at The Purple Rose Theater Company starring Randolph (Randy) Mantooth. It is slated to run in several more theatres next season. She is a three-time finalist for Miami City Theater's short play competition and won the competition in 2011.  She has been a finalist for The Heideman award and a two- time finalist in the Samuel French OOB festival. Her work has received productions and/or workshops at Pasadena Playhouse, Primary Stages, Luna Stage, Asolo Rep Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Miami  City Theatre,  Rubicon Theatre and The Purple Rose Theatre Company.  Carey is a graduate of Northwestern University.
 
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Route 66 Theatre Company introduces, develops, produces, and exports new work for the stage. The road begins with our new play development process and reaches west, where our World and Chicago Premiere shows are given an advocate for further regional productions along the road less traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles. Since the company's founding, Route 66 has produced 10 productions, 2 in two cities including an Off-Broadway premiere, been nominated for ten Jeff Awards and won two. Route 66 is now a resident company of The Den Theatre. 
 
Route 66 is Stef Tovar, Founder and Artistic Director; Rachel Wendte, Managing Director and Matthew Bonaccorso, Company Manager.
 
Route 66 Theatre Company Artistic Associates: Brian Sidney-Bembridge, Audrey Billings, Johnny Clark, Brandon Dahlquist, Raymond Fox, Damon Kiely, Ron Klier, Jenni Lamb, Tyler Meredith, John Mohrlein, Kelly Parker, Geoff Rice, Emily Rohm, Tricia Small, Jeremy Sonkin, Alex Stage, Nancy Staiger, Erica Stephan, Bethany Thomas, Rita Vreeland, Steven Wilson and Emily Woods.
 
Route 66 Theatre Company Board of Directors: Jennifer Baumann, President; Deborah Haimes, Vice-President of Communications; Nicholas Stone, Treasurer; Molly Crabtree, Secretary; David Byrd, Monica Byrd, Elizabeth Derrico, Lee Dickson, James Frenzel, Laurie Hamilton, Tamara Rosenzweig, Pat Turnbull and Robert Veasey.
 
Route 66 Theatre Company's 9th Season is presented by generous grants from MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency and DCASE CityArts. 


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