THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE

by Timberlake Wertenbaker

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Red Tape Theatre

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"A futuristic, fully immersive, hyperstylized theatricality... Director James Palmer and his first-rate design team have conjured up a strange steam-punk universe of mannequins and dystopian violence. It's a helluva performance." - Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune

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“Palmer’s production is stunning, with images and scenes of immense power and thrilling theatricality. Full credit should go to the cast, an eye-popping 23, who commit fully to a challenging script and complex staging.” - Zev Valancy, CenterStage

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“Red Tape’s Love of the Nightingale was refreshing, bizarre, and remarkably resonant. Palmer and his cast explode the story into life, ripping it from its ancient Greek context and filling it with anachronism and theatricality. The dream team of designers Palmer amassed has concocted a marvelous world.” - Barry Eitel, Chicago Theatre Blog 

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AWARDS

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Joseph Jefferson Award - Outstanding Director of a Play James Palmer

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Joseph Jefferson Nominations - Nominations: Outstanding Production of a Play, Sound Design, Choreography, Fight Choreography.

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Cast:  Shane Brady, Cassandra Clingon, Nick Combs, Amanda Compton, Carrie Drapac, Danielle Fischer, Whitney Green, Krista Juderjahn, Whitney Kraus, Sarah Latin-Kasper, Lona Livingston, Don Markus, Nick Mikula, Vic May, Robert Oakes, Amanda Newman, Meghan Reardon, Kate Romond, John Rushing, Myah Shein, and Edwin Unger.

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Sets:  William Anderson

Costumes: Ricky Lurie

Lights: James Dean Palmer

Sound: Miles Polaski

Choreography: Myah Shein

Fights: Claire Yearman