iTHEATRE’S 20TH SEASON 2022/2023
On the Kax Stage at the Herberger
iTheatre Collaborative, Resident Company on the Kax Stage at the Herberger Theater Center, will open its 20th Season with the regional premiere of IDEATION by Andrew Loeb on September 9th directed by Greg Lutz. Another regional premiere, LELA & CO by Cordelia Lynn opens October 21 directed by Pamela Sterling. Then early in 2023, iTheatre will present James Ijames‘ play KILL MOVE PARADISE directed by Charles St. Clair, again a regional premiere opening January 20. Finally the 20th Season will conclude with VENUS IN FUR by David Ives directed by Rosemary Close and opening March 24th.
Performance Location:
Kax Stage at the Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe). Kax Stage is located on the northside of the Herberger off Van Buren St..
Dates & Times:
Throughout the season, performances times in the Kax are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Doors open ½ hour prior to curtain.
IDEATION by Aaron Loeb Sept 9-24, 2022
LELA & C0. by Cordelia Lynn Oct 21-Nov 5, 2022
KILL MOVE PARADISE by James Ijames Jan 20-Feb 4, 2023
VENUS IN FUR by David Ives March 24-April 8, 2023
Tickets: (All tickets have an additional 10% Herberger box office fee per ticket.)
General Admission: $18
Senior (55+), Students, Military: $12 (must present valid ID at the box office)
All Thursday performances: $10
Purchase Tickets:
IDEATION
by Aaron Loeb
Directed by Greg Lutz
Sept 9-24, 2022
A group of corporate consultants are called back to the home office and tasked to ideate this scenario: A global pandemic will soon kill over a million people, how do we dispose of the bodies without causing mass panic? And Go! Written in 2013, Andrew Loeb’s darkly comic thriller presciently peers into the corporate-speak world as the lines between right and wrong are blurred. The question of what the team isn’t being told looms ever larger, becoming harder to ignore—threatening to tear them apart.
LELA & CO.
by Cordelia Lynn
Directed by Pamela Sterling
Oct 21-Nov 5, 2022
Lela is thirteen when her father accuses her of stealing a piece of cake hidden in the kitchen. She is fifteen when her husband steals her passport and hides it in his kitchen, hundreds of miles away. Separated from her childhood by the soldiers at the border of her country and the soldiers in the bedroom of her new home, Lela gains strength and wisdom that are hard-won and far beyond her years. Based on true stories from conflict zones all over the world, Lela & Co traces a precarious path from girlhood to womanhood and celebrates the resilience of those who make the journey.
KILL MOVE PARADISE
by James Ijames
Directed by Charles St. Clair
Jan 20-Feb 4, 2023
Four black men find themselves stuck in a waiting room for the afterlife. As they attempt to make sense of their new paradise, Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny are forced to confront the reality of their past, and how they arrived in this unearthly place. Inspired by recent events, 2022 Pulitzer-winning playwright James Ijames describes his play as "an expressionistic buzz saw through the contemporary myth that 'all lives matter' and a portrait of the slain, not as degenerates who deserved death but as heroes who demand that we see them for who they are." Audacious, often hilarious, Kill Move Paradise depicts these young men as symbols of hope and illustrates the possibilities of collective transformation and radical acts of joy.
VENUS IN FUR
by David Ives
Directed by Rosemary Close
March 24-April 8, 2023
Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus in Fur. Into his empty audition room walks a vulgar and equally desperate actress—oddly enough, named Vanda. Though utterly wrong for the sophisticated part, Vanda exhibits a strange command of the material, piquing Thomas’ interest with her seductive talents and secretive manner. As the two work through the script, they blur the line between play and reality, entering into an increasingly serious game of submission and domination that only one of them can win. A mysterious, funny, erotic drama that represents yet another departure for the multifaceted David Ives.
