; ;
About ShawChicago ShawChicago Performances Join Our Mailing List Biography of George Bernard Shaw
ShawChicago Outrech Program ShawChicago Reviews ShawChicago Trips Shaw Links


ShawChicago Trips to the Shaw Festival

ShawChicago Niagara-on-the-Lake trip

Festival Theatre
An Inspector Calls - buy from AMAZON.COM

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly
Directed by Neil Munro

Friday, August 29, 2008 at 2 p.m.

The Burling Family is enjoying a quiet celebration when a knock at the door changes their lives. An inspector enters, questioning each of them about their involvement in a mysterious death. Skeletons clatter out of the closet in this complex mystery with a twist.

Follies in Concert - buy from AMAZON.COM Summer of Sondheim - Follies in Concert
Goldie Semple, David Schumann and members of the Ensemble
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Warren's Profession - buy from AMAZON.COM

Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Jackie Maxwell
Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 2 p.m.

Mrs. Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide for her daughter, but when Vivie at last learns the truth about her mother's profession, the stage is set for a battle royal between mother and daughter about love, sex, money and morality. It's Shaw at his wicked best.

Wonderful Town - buy from AMAZON.COM

Wonderful Town
Book by
Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Directed by Roger Hodgman
Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 8 p.m.

A musical adventure about being young and pursuing a dream, based on the delightful novel and movie "My Sister Eileen." Two sisters arrive in New York to find fame, fortune and love. With the help of colorful characters from Greewich Village, they find even more than they bargained for.

Royal George Theatre
Three Plays by Shaw - buy from AMAZON.COM

Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Joseph Ziegler
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Marriage a la Shaw! The Bishop's daughter is getting married today. Or she was until she and her groom begin to have their doubts. Soon the whole household has an opinion to share in this witty and provocative look at the institution of marriage.

After the Dance - vuy from AMAZON.COM

After the Dance by Terrence Rattigan
Directed by Neil Munro
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2 p.m.

It's 1938 and the generation of Bright Young Things are still carrying on like it's the Roaring Twenties. But David and his wife Joan are beginning to look dangerously frivolous as the threat of another war looms. What will become of them after the party is over?

The Little Foxes - buy from AMAZON.COM

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Eda Holmes
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Family and money - a lethal combination. When the Hubbard siblings decide to invest in a cotton mill, the struggle for the biggest slice of the pie begins. The treachery of these Southern foxes is a timeless story about the power of greed.

The Court House Theatre
The Stepmother - buy from AMAZON.COM

The Stepmother by Githa Sowerby
Produced by Arrangement with Samuel French (Canada) Ltd.
Directed by Dackie Maxwell
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 8 p.m.

The riveting tale of a stepmother who cares deeplt for her daughtersa and a husband who cares more about money than his home and family. An undiscovered theatrical gem from the author of Rutherford and Son and the North American premiere of a play written in 1924.

A Little Night Music - buy from AMAZON.COM

A Little Night Music
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Morris Pahych
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Three mismatched couples gather for a weekend in the country under the midnight sun. Loves are lost and found, longed for and forgotten, all set to some of the musical theatre's most enduring songs - including Stephen Sondheim's classic "Send in the Clowns."


THE TOUR INCLUDES:

  • Orientation and review meetings
  • Introdunction and discussion of the plays led by our host
  • Round-trip airfare on American Airlines to Buffalo, NY
  • Round-trip deluxe coach accomodation to Niagara-on-the-Lake
  • Accomodations at the Queen's Landing Hotel
  • Luggage Handling
  • Daily buffet breakfast
  • Welcome dinner
  • Top-price tickets to five theatre performances and two optional plays.
  • Farewell lunch
  • A Post Show Chat

COST OF THE TOUR:

This year's price for land and air is $1,980.00, double occupancy, single supplement $400.00.

The price of the tour includes a $200.00 donation to ShawChicago and is tax-deducable as allowed by law. $200.00 per person will hold your reservation. The balance is due by July 1, 2008. We strongly recommend travel cancellation insurance. For detailed conditions and a preliminary itinerary, call 847-256-3257 and ask for Irene.

 



ShawChicago trips


ShawChicago Blog