5th Annual ICT 24 Hour Project
Saturday, January 16, 2010
at Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble St.

See what happens when a group of playwrights, directors, actors and musicians gather to create and stage a collection of original plays - all inspired by different definitions of REDEMPTION - in just 24 hours.

The Crucible
RE·DEMP·TION (noun): deliverance from sin; salvation

by Arthur Miller
directed by ICT Artistic Director Chris Maher
March 20 - April 25, 2010
at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St.

Set during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and written in direct response to the McCarthy trials in the 1950s, this scathing indictment of censorship remains a timeless classic of American drama -  a master study on the inherent frailty, delicate beauty and limitless possibility of the human spirit.

Escape From Happiness
RE·DEMP·TION (noun): deliverance; rescue; atonement for guilt

by George F. Walker
directed by Genevieve Thompson
July 10 - August 8, 2010
at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St.

This darkly caustic comedy follows the idiosyncratic members of one very broken family in search of wholeness again. Both a viciously funny satire and poignant meditation on forgiveness, Escape from Happiness offers a unique and hilarious perspective on the many familial ties that bind.