Scream! Bleed! Take Off Your Clothes!: Stuart Gordon and Chicago’s Organic Theater Company - Couverture rigide

Griswold, Mary; Heard, Cordis; Rinnert, Jim; Saad, Mike

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226851885 ISBN 13 : 9780226851884

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2026

Synopsis

A captivating firsthand account of Chicago’s groundbreaking, tumultuous Organic Theater Company.

When the founder of the Organic Theater Company died in 2020, the Chicago Tribune asked, “Did one person invent Chicago theater? If so, it was Stuart Gordon.” And yet, this iconic theater group is arguably the most influential Chicago company whose story has never been fully told. 

In its heyday, from 1969 through 1985, the Organic’s high-spirited, gutsy, and close-knit company created more than thirty idiosyncratic works. A springboard for playwright David Mamet and for the television series ER, it also was formative in the careers of many well-known actors, including Joe Mantegna, André De Shields, Meshach Taylor, and Dennis Franz. Scream! Bleed! Take Off Your Clothes! is the story of a young theater company that always pushed boundaries with an anarchic exuberance. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this insiders’ account, assembled by three Organic members and an artistic associate, details those exciting productions and the company’s complicated internal dynamics, while also positioning the group within Chicago’s vibrant theater scene and the larger culture of the time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226851885
• ISBN 13: 9780226851884
• Reliure: Copertina rigida
• Nombre de pages: 264
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