Hubbard Street + The Second City’s The Art of Falling

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    Hubbard Street + The Second City in The Art of Falling. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
    Hubbard Street + The Second City in The Art of Falling. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

    Hubbard Street + The Second City’s The Art of Falling

    Thursday, June 9, 2016 to Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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    Hubbard Street Dancer Alice Klock in The Art of Falling. Photo by Todd Rosenberg
    Hubbard Street Dancer Alice Klock in The Art of Falling. Photo by Todd Rosenberg

    Hubbard Street + The Second City’s The Art of Falling

    Thursday, June 9, 2016 to Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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    Hubbard Street + The Second City in The Art of Falling. Carisa Barreca, center with, clockwise from below left: Jesse Bechard, Alice Klock, Michael Gross, Emilie Leriche, and Jonathan Fredrickson. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
    Hubbard Street + The Second City in The Art of Falling. Carisa Barreca, center with, clockwise from below left: Jesse Bechard, Alice Klock, Michael Gross, Emilie Leriche, and Jonathan Fredrickson. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

    Hubbard Street + The Second City’s The Art of Falling

    Thursday, June 9, 2016 to Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
Event Type
Performance
Event Description

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Second City join forces to present the encore by popular demand of their unique, two-act collaboration combining sketch comedy with contemporary dance, musical theater, and improvisation.

Helmed by Jeff Award–winning director Billy Bungeroth (The Second City Guide to the Opera), the largest creative team in Hubbard Street’s 38-year history, including more than 30 performers, was assembled to devise The Art of Falling, written by Tim Mason with Carisa Barreca, T. J. Jagodowski, Kate James, Chris Redd and the casts of The Second City; choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo, Lucas Crandall, Jonathan Fredrickson, Terence Marling and Robyn Mineko Williams; with musical direction, original composition and sound design by Julie B. Nichols. Named to “best of 2014” lists by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Newcity, and lauded by dance and theater critics throughout Chicago as well as on tour in Los Angeles, The Art of Falling was declared “hugely entertaining and strikingly emotional,” and “not-to-be-missed” by Chicago Tribune chief theater critic Chris Jones. The production “has real legs,” wrote theater and dance critic Hedy Weiss for the Chicago Sun-Times, “a buoyant spirit counterbalanced by a genuine sense of gravity.” Kris Vire, associate editor and chief theater critic at Time Out Chicago, said, “it’s hard to imagine a more seamless marriage than the one between The Second City and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in The Art of Falling. ★★★★★.” The show’s improvised scenes are coached and created by T.J. Jagodowski and Hubbard Street 2 Director Terence Marling, with set designs by Martin Andrew, lighting by Michael Korsch, costumes by Branimira Ivanova, properties design by Tierra G. Novy, and video design and production by HMS Media.

Single tickets for the Season 38 Summer Series start at $30 and are available now, online at hubbardstreetdance.com/summer or by phone to the Hubbard Street Ticket Office at 312-850-9744. Discounted rates and add-on experiences are available for groups of 10 or more patrons; visit hubbardstreetdance.com/groups or call 312-850-9744 ext. 164 for more information.

Dance Styles
Musical Theater
Multi-disciplinary
Modern / Contemporary
Ballet