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"No one's been out this far."

First, they called it X. Then, the called it Pluto. Now, they're not calling at all.

 

Billions of miles from home, a lone research base waits to receive another message from Earth. It’s been three weeks. It’s never been this long. The crew attempts to maintain normal operations, but as the silence grows louder, the darkness outside the station starts to creep in.

 

Approximate run time: 2 hours, with one intermission

X contains mature content and is not recommended for young theatre-goers.

 

September 22 - October 27, 2019

Richard Christiansen Theater at Victory Gardens
2433 N Lincoln Avenue

 

Production Sponsors:

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime

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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Sideshow is happy to provide the following accessible services for the performances listed:

 

Audio Description and Touch Tour:

Sunday, October 13: 1pm Touch Tour, 2:30pm performance

 

Open Captioning:

Sunday, October 6: 2:30pm performance

Friday, October 11: 8pm performance

Friday, October 25: 8pm performance

Saturday, October 26: 8pm performance

 

ASL Interpreted:

Saturday, October 19: 2:30pm performance

CAST

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PRESS

★★★1/2!

"Sideshow’s production has left me haunted by the images and ideas that arise on the former Planet X. Price is fascinating to watch... Wallace performs with beautifully honest ease... Green shows incredible skill."

Jerald Pierce, Chicago Tribune

 

Highly recommended!

"So enjoyable... a stylish stew pot of anxiety and silence, served by a great cast... a sense of narrative experimentation that’s as dread-inducing and disorienting as it is philosophical."

Jay Van Ort, New City

 

"X is ideally matched to Sideshow Theatre Company and director Jonathan L. Green, who give it just the right glossy sterility for a story that goes right to the question of how our minds process input. There’s not a weak second (or hour? or decade?) among the cast."

Kris Vire, Storefront Rebellion

 

Highly recommended!

"How often do stories that seek to unsettle and terrify also reach for your heart strings? X’s crackerjack ensemble sticks the landing with aplomb."

Spence Warren, Picture this Post

 

"Unswerving conviction of an ensemble firmly grounded in their immediate environment... provides an anchor for audiences succumbing to vertigo induced by the array of metaphors evidenced in McDowall's universe."

Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times

 

"A wonderfully complex space thriller... Bring someone along to share thoughts with over a drink; you won’t run out of conversation."

Karen Topham, Chicago on Stage

 

★★★

"Sideshow Theatre’s X is a compelling play with excellent performances... your attention will be rewarded."

Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review

 

"Eerie, astounding, jaw-dropping... the real stars of this presentation are [the] technical team."

Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

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by Alistair McDowall

directed by Jonathan L. Green

 

September 22 - October 27, 2019

Richard Christiansen Theatre at Victory Gardens

2433 N Lincoln Avenue

 

Approximate run time: 2 hours, with one intermission

X contains mature content and is not recommended for young theatre-goers.

First, they called it X. Then, they called it Pluto. Now, they're not calling at all.

 

Billions of miles from home, a lone research base waits to receive another message from Earth. It’s been three weeks. It’s never been this long. The crew attempts to maintain normal operations, but as the silence grows louder, the darkness outside the station starts to creep in.

 

Production Sponsors:

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime

​

 

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​

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

 

 

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Sideshow is happy to provide the following accessible services for the performances listed:

 

Audio Description and Touch Tour:

Sunday, October 13: 1pm Touch Tour, 2:30pm performance

 

Open Captioning:

Sunday, October 6: 2:30pm performance

Friday, October 11: 8pm performance

Friday, October 25: 8pm performance

Saturday, October 26: 8pm performance

 

ASL Interpreted:

Saturday, October 19: 2:30pm performance

First, they called it X. Then, they called it Pluto. Now, they're not calling at all.

 

Billions of miles from home, a lone research base waits to receive another message from Earth. It’s been three weeks. It’s never been this long. The crew attempts to maintain normal operations, but as the silence grows louder, the darkness outside the station starts to creep in.

 

Production Sponsors:

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime

​

 

-

​

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

 

 

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Sideshow is happy to provide the following accessible services for the performances listed:

 

Audio Description and Touch Tour:

Sunday, October 13: 1pm Touch Tour, 2:30pm performance

 

Open Captioning:

Sunday, October 6: 2:30pm performance

Friday, October 11: 8pm performance

Friday, October 25: 8pm performance

Saturday, October 26: 8pm performance

 

ASL Interpreted:

Saturday, October 19: 2:30pm performance