September 29 – October 29
Red Tape Theatre 621 W Belmont

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Directed by Max Truax
By Henrik Ibsen
Geoffrey Hill (Adapter), Inga-Stina Ewbank (Translator)
Special Thanks to our Kickstarter Producers: Virginia Fitzgerald, Alice Gagliano, James & Alison Jaksa, and Alicia Mullen

The Trailer

Behind the Scenes

Artists 

Featuring ensemble members Carrie Drapac, Lona Livingston, Paul G. Miller, and Amanda Drinkall with Kevin Crispin, Todd Michael Kiech, John Arthur Lewis, Sarah Pretz, and Cody Proctor

Designs by ensemble member Emily Guthrie with Ben Fuchsen, Jonathan Guillen, Mike Mroch, Karen Thompson, and Emily Waecker

Synopsis

Chicago’s leading avant-garde director, Max Truax, helms Henrik Ibsen’s obscure epic Brand.   Old Testament rage battles modern complacence when a furious priest attempts to reform a small town steeped in corruption. When the town gives Brand the pulpit he desires, his ideals prove his undoing.  Time Out Chicago hails Truax as “one of the most visually visionary directors in Chicago’s storefront scene”.  Don’t miss your chance to see him team up with the Chicago’s most ambitious theatre company.

Max Truax
Max Truax’s recent directing credits include Woyzeck, The Ghost Sonata, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Hairpin Turn, and Termen Vox Machina at Oracle Theatre, and Hamletmachine, A Couple of Poor Polish-Speaking Romanians, and No Darkness Round My Stone at Trap Door Theatre.  Truax is a Resident Director at Trap Door Theatre and the Outreach Director for Oracle Productions.  His production of A Couple of Poor Polish-Speaking Romanians performed at the Fun Underground Festival in Arad, Romania and at the Bagatela Theatre in Krakow, Poland.

Events

October 29
Don’t miss Red Tape’s Wake the Living Masquerade.  Save on your Masquerade ticket and Brand ticket.  Select the date you are coming to BRAND and choose the BRAND AND MASQUERADE PACKAGE for just $40.  That’s up to a $15 savings!  Get your tickets now!  

October 23 and 29
Cracking the Code: BRAND and the Reformation.   Following the 2pm matinee performances of BRAND.  Devout theologian and puzzle master Graeme Thomson decodes Red Tape’s production of BRAND by Henrik Ibsen.  Expect the wine and conversation to flow.

Every Friday
Bar Night at Wilde Bar.  Hang out in the lobby after the show the walk around the corner with the cast and crew of BRAND to have a drink at our favorite watering hole Wilde.

Every Thursday
Pay What You Can!