BOREALIS (2018)

WORLD PREMIERE

by Bennett Fisher
Directed by Monty Cole
August 30 — October 21, 2018
The House Theatre of Chicago (at the Chopin Theatre)

When a redacted and ominous letter arrives from her brother on the oil fields, thirteen-year-old Cozbi sets off for Anwar, Alaska to find him. Armed with a book on corporate communication strategy and a sharp ax, Cozbi battles her way through an Arctic wilderness in pursuit of her missing brother. But she'll have to face more than a multi-tentacled HR rep to learn the truth. Part mythic journey, part workplace satire, Borealis is a dark and funny adventure about family obligation, career aspiration and what we leave behind to make our way to the top.

ENSEMBLE: Tia Penson (Cozbi), Ben Hertel (Titus, Holcomb, Kemp), Karissa Murrell Myers (Abbot), Desmond Gray (Absalom), Mckenzie Chinn (Burke), Paige Hoffman (McKnight, Langley, Lebedee), Johnny Arena (Rutledge, Parsons, Jabez)

PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Design: Eleanor Kahn
Lighting Design: Lee Keenan
Sound Design: Sarah D. Espinoza
Costume Design: Izumi Inaba
Video Design: Joseph Burke
Props Designer: Ellie Terrell
Fight Choreographer: Gaby Labotka

Stage Manager: Amalie Vega
Assistant Director: Abhi Shrestha

PRESS AND RECOGNITION

“The show is a brilliant satire, a feast for the senses, and a fascinating study of what happens when one sibling is in the adult world while the other is very much a child." - Jacob Davis, Picture This Post

"It checks all the boxes of a show from The House: puppetry, mythos, adventure, spectacle, and a real message at the heart of the thing." - Emma Couling, NewCity Stage