January 2012
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[PRESS RELEASE] URBANTHEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES...
 CONTACT:  For questions, contact Ivan Vega at (708) 370-3138 or ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 10, 2012 URBANTHEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES CAST FOR MIDWEST PREMIERE OF PULITZER PRIZE WINNER SUZAN-LORI PARKS’ CONTROVERSIAL PLAY “FUCKING A” Led by Kelly Owens, Best Actress Nominee (Black Theatre Alliance Awards) and Madrid St. Angelo, Best...
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Nov 17th
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Getting to Know: Nicolas Gamboa
1 -  What are your basic stats? Name: Nicolas Gamboa, Age: 30, Weight: 160lbs,Height: 5’11”, Ethnicity: Latino from Bogota Colombia. 2 - Have you always wanted to be an actor or work in the Performing Arts? For as long as I can remember. 3 - Right now Chicago is considered, “the theatre capitol of America”. What are your thoughts about this? I believe it to be true. Not...
Nov 17th
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Nov 7th
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Getting to Know: Cecilie D. Keenan
Cecilie D. Keenan (Director) is a freelance director and producer who has been active in the Chicago Theater Community for over 20 years. She has been a director with Teatro Vista for 12 years credits include; The Messenger (an adaptation of the novel for the first Latino Fest at the Goodman), El Nogalar (at Millennium Park/Latino Festival and as part of Teatro Vista’s Residency at the Goodman...
Nov 6th
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Getting to Know: Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca  (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of ‘27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads during the Spanish Civil War.    In 2008, a Spanish judge...
Oct 20th
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Oct 15th
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Getting to Know: Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz (born 1960) is an Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, he became the first Latino so honored.  Early years Cruz was born to Tina and Nilo Cruz, Sr. in Matanzas, Cuba. The family immigrated to the “Little Havana” in Miami, Florida in 1970 on a Freedom Flight, and eventually...
Oct 4th
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UTC still looking for Box Office Manager
We are looking for an Immediate Box Office Manager for “Beauty of the Father”. This position is PAID. Please contact Executive Director Ivan Vega if you are interested at ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org. More details below: BOX OFFICE MANAGER: UrbanTheater Company seeks a Box Office Manager to organize and maintain the handling of Ticket Sales throughout it’s Fall Production: ...
Oct 4th
September 2011
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UTC SALVAGES FALL PRODUCTION AND PREMIERE
URBANTHEATER COMPANY SALVAGES FALL PRODUCTION AND NILO CRUZ MIDWEST PREMIERE AFTER THE CHICAGO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NIGHTMARE CHICAGO, IL (September 8, 2011) Kicked to the curb for Jesus, by the owners of the building housing The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA), UrbanTheater Company (UTC), one of Chicago’s leading Latino based companies has found a new home for it’s...
Sep 16th
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UTC seeks Box Office and House Managers
 UrbanTheater Company is committed to the creation and exploration of urban-inspired works that convey, illuminate and empathize with the human experience. We are searching for candidates who strive to achieve similar goals. With the start of our upcoming season fast approaching, UTC is searching for Box Office and House Managers. HOUSE MANAGER: UTC seeks a House Manager for it’s...
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August 2011
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July 2011
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"F*cking A" Auditions
UrbanTheater Company will be holding auditions for the Midwest Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan Lori Parks critically acclaimed and controversial play, F*cking A, directed by Chicago Dramatist Associate Artistic Director; Richard Perez. Auditions will be held on Weds. August 24, at DePaul’s Theatre Building, 2135 N. Kenmore from 5 pm until 10 pm. Callbacks will...
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Come One, Come All to UTC'S Sidewalk Sale!
Welcome Everyone! We are moving into our new home in The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts! As it is, we have a lot of wonderful items now for sale. We would love for everyone who can to join us for our side walk sale!  When: Saturday July 30th Time: 10am-3pm Where: Batey Urbano Address: 2620 W. Division Chicago 60622 We will be selling refreshments such as lemonade and some baked...
Jul 20th
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What Social Networking means to UTC
   The world is filled with the sounds of tweets, chats, tumbles, and clicking. To UrbanTheater Company, each of the social networking sites provides an opportunity for us to extend a hand to our audience. We want to know YOU! As well as keep in touch. The more we know the better. What issues are you concerned with? Who inspires you? What are your interests? What draws you to theater? What...
Jul 12th
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Meet Allison Bodnar Jaros
I am UrbanTheater Company’s new Marketing Assistant! I graduated in 2010 with my A.A. in English Literature. I will complete my B.A. in Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago in 2012. My contributions as an artist are through plays, poetry, novels, screenplays, photography, film and performing. I am the Steppenwolf Literary Volunteer and I just completed an internship with Chicago...
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June 2011
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UrbanTheater Company Announces 2011-2012 Season
CONTACT:  Ivan Vega at (708) 370-3138 or email ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org June 7, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   UrbanTheater Company Announces 2011-2012 Season with Two Pulitzer Prize Winners: Nilo Cruz and Suzan-Lori Parks CHICAGO, IL - UrbanTheater Company, is proud to announce their 2011-2012 season at the Chicago’s Center for the Performing Arts, where UTC recently became a...
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May 2011
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Lost Treasures
Going through lost UTC treasures and found the proposal and budget for “Short Eyes” we pitched to Steppenwolf Theatre Company to be performed in the Garage, in 2004 for their ‘Visiting Company Initiative’. We ended producing on our own in 2005 at Aguijon Theater directed by Ron OJ Parson.
May 23rd
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[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] URBANTHEATER COMPANY...
Contact Executive Director Ivan Vega at (708 370-3138)  or email ivanvega@urbantheaterchicago.org   URBANTHEATER COMPANY FOUNDERS HIT THE STAGE IN U.S. PREMIERE  CHICAGO-IL (May 10, 2011)Two of the founders of UrbanTheater Company, one of Chicago’s leading Latino based multicultural non-equity companies, will be seen on stage in the U.S. Premiere of “Life is a Dream” presented by the...
May 10th
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April 2011
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“UrbanTheater Company - Thank You for being Living Angels of the...”
– Tim Rhoze/Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
Apr 26th
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UrbanTheater did it, again!
We closed yet another fabulous production. A BIG thank you to the cast and crew of Sonnets for an Old Century for sticking around with us for the last six months. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to all our loyal friends/supporters who continue to believe in our work. To our new friends, we look forward to see you again. Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we are extremely grateful...
Apr 25th
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March 2011
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[PRESS RELEASE] URBANTHEATER COMPANY BEGINS THEIR...
                                                                               URBANTHEATER COMPANY BEGINS THEIR 6TH YEAR WITH A NEW HOME CONTACT:  Elayne LeTraunik/Press & Media Relations  virtualelayne@gmail.com   (CHICAGO, IL) March 22, 2011 -  UrbanTheater Company (UTC), which begins its 6th year of production in May, announces that they will be going into a new home beginning in the...
Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
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