Signal • She Stoops to Conquer

Schemes and wits abound during the course of an evening at a crumbling country estate. Two fashionable young urbanites, lost in the country, find themselves the targets of trickery at the hands of a mischievous ne'er-do-well and a barmaid who is more than she seems. Mistaking the estate as an inn, the two bachelors are shocked to encounter their would-be loves on the premises. In classic farce style, this breakneck comedy skewers social mores, families and old-fashioned courtship.

Directed by ensemble member Ronan Marra

featuring ensemble members Meredith Bell, Melanie Keller, Vincent L. Lonergan, Christopher Prentice, Aaron Snook, Joseph Stearns and Philip Winston with Charlie Beck, Kyle Carroll, Bil Gaines, Laura Sturm and Bries Vannon

set: Melania Lancy, costumes: Laura M. Dana, lights: Julie E. Ballard, sound: ensemble member Anthony Ingram, props : Devon MacGreogor, assistant director/dramaturg: ensemble member Aaron Snook, stage manager: ensemble member Stephanie Ehemann

Highly Recommended…Almost perfect" — Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Reader full review

"Recommended…Funny fast-action farce at its finest" — Fabrizio Almeida, NewCity full review

"Joseph Stearns gives the trickster Tony Lumpkin a wonderful sense of simultaneous boredom and mirth. And Christopher Prentice’s Marlow, a Jekyll-and-Hyde vacillation between arrogant foppery and sputtering, stammering nitwit, is worth the price of admission" — Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago

"Laura M. Dana’s cleverly-crafted costumes…Kudos are also due Melania Lancy (scenic design)" — Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times full review

"Stylish, sophisticated and pleasant production of 'She Stoops to Conquer' by Oliver Goldsmith that richly adorns the Chopin’s main stage" — Tom Williams, chicagocritic.com full review

On the Mainstage
Mar 30-Apr 29, 2006

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