Date and Time
Monday Mar 24, 2025
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Monday, March 24, 2025
8pm (EST)/7pm (CST)
Location
Holdcraft Performing Arts Center
1200 Spring Street
Michigan City, IN 46360
Fees/Admission
Pay what you can: $5-$50
Website
Contact Information
dunestheatre@gmail.com
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Description
Dunes Arts Foundation announces a special concert performance of Two Trains Running. August Wilson’s culturally significant play will be presented through a partnership between the Dunes Art Foundation and The Acting Company (New York). The performance in Michigan City, IN, will be the only Chicagoland appearance of The Acting Company on their national tour.
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:
Monday, March 24th, 7:00 PM Central
A SPECIAL CONCERT PERFORMANCE hosted at the
Holdcraft Performing Arts Center
1200 Spring Street, Michigan City, IN 46360
(parking off of Pine Street)
This event includes a 10-minute intermission and will conclude with a 15-minute post-show discussion with the cast.
This is a "pay what you can" event. Suggested ticket prices are $5-$50. Tickets available at: dunesARTS.org/tickets or at the door.
ABOUT THE DUNES ARTS FOUNDATION:
Under Artistic Director Steve Scott, the Dunes Arts Foundation, founded in 1951, entertains and inspires our community through high-quality performances and programs. The theatre is located in Michiana Shores, about a half mile from the Indiana Dunes and the Lake Michigan shore.
ABOUT THE ACTING COMPANY:
Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Harley, The Acting Company has launched nearly 500 actors and performed for over four million people. Under Artistic Director Kent Gash, it annually offers productions and educational programs to 20,000 audience members and 2,000 students.
ABOUT THE CAST:
STEVE COMMENTS HERE: Directed by Chicago-based Lili-Anne Brown, the cast includes actors who have appeared on Chicago stages and TV episodics.
J’Laney Allen: Wolf
Chuckie Benson: Hambone ?- Kokandy Productions
Brian D. Coats: Holloway
Robert Cornelius: West - Goodman Theatre, About Face, Haven Theatre, The Chi, South Side, Chicago PD, Shameless, Turks
James Milford: Sterling
Michael A. Shepperd: Memphis - Columbia College, Steppenwolf, Strawdog
DeAnna Supplee: Risa
Other national tour cast members include Diana Coates - Goodman Theatre, First Folio, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Emperor of Ocean Park and Jeffrey Rashad.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Two Trains Running is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by August Wilson set in 1968 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. It follows Memphis Lee, a diner owner navigating the civil rights movement as he faces the dilemma of either selling his building to a greedy businessman or letting the government take it. The play features rich characters and explores themes of joy, hope, love, and resilience amid adversity. Two Trains Running is the 7th play in Wilson’s The Pittsburgh Cycle.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
August Wilson, 1945-2005, hailed as “the theater's poet of Black America” by Charles Isherwood of the New York Times, is renowned for The Pittsburgh Cycle—a collection of ten plays that chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century.
Read more about the cast and crew: https://www.dunesarts.org/product/ttr/174
