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THE WHITE ROAD

​A WORLD PREMIERE
May 8 – June 23, 2015
written by Karen Tarjan
directed by 
Robert Kauzlaric

THE WHITE ROAD is the story of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the South Pole. The crew is forced to abandon their ship, The Endurance, having been crushed by pack ice. They have one path ahead – The White Road. Experience an incredible story of survival, under near impossible conditions, and a display of the strength of the human spirit when all hope appears lost.​


CAST
Matthew Isler (Crean)
Kevin Theis (Worsley)
Nicholas Bailey (McIlroy)
Paul Dunckel (Shackleton)
Steve Herson (McNeish)
Michael McKeogh (Wild)
Neal Starbird (Hurley)
Joseph Stearns (Orde-Lees)
Stephen Walker (Vincent)
Gage Wallace (Blackborrow)

CREW
Jen Bukovsky (Stage Manager
Aly Renee Amidei (Costume Design) 
Ira Amyx, John Peplinski, Merje Veski (Scenic Design)
Victoria DeIorio (Sound Design) 
Ian Jerome (Properties)
Annaliese McSweeney (Dramaturg)
Smooch Medina (Projections)
Julian Pike (Lighting Design)

Equity Jeff Award - Best Sound Design to Victoria Delorio 
Equity Jeff nomination for Production – Play (Midsize) 
Equity Jeff nomination for Best Ensemble 
Equity Jeff nomination for Original Music in a Play to Victoria DeIorio 
Equity Jeff nomination for Scenic Design  to Ira Amyx and Merje Veski 
Equity Jeff nomination for Lighting Design  to Julian Pike 
Equity Jeff  nomination for Projection/Video Design to Smooch Medina 
This ensemble work is first class! With terrific staging and the fabulous video projections, The White Road delivers."
~ CHICAGO CRITIC
Thrilling... Wonderfully vivid, powerfully physical, often blackly comic...  Features ingenious direction, prize-worthy design, and a cast who instantly make you believe." 
~ CHICAGO SUN TIMES
Smart and beautiful... Intense, both physically and mentally... A very special production
​you won’t want to miss."
~ CHICAGO THEATER REVIEW
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