Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
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Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is an award-winning theater in Chicago known for literary-minded productions from playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw and Tom Stoppard. Their mission is “to delight and engage audiences with the emotional and ethical complexities of society through the provocative power of great theatrical language.”[1]
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[edit] History
Remy Bumppo was founded in 1996 by current Artistic Director James Bohnen, Carol Loewenstern, and John Stoddard as Remy Bumppo LLC. The company was named after 2 of the founders' pets – Bohnen’s dog Natty Bumppo (named after the James Fenimore Cooper character) and Loewenstern’s cat Remy (named after Remy Martin cognac). In their first year, the company produced 2 plays, Night and Day by Tom Stoppard and The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.
On June 20, 2001, Remy Bumppo incorporated as a not-for-profit company under the name Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. At that time, they added 4 Artistic Associates: Annabel Armour, David Darlow, Shawn Douglass, Linda Gillum, and Nick Sandys. Artistic Associates added since that time include Joe Van Slyke (added in 2005) and Gregory Anderson (2007). On August 13, 2007, at the age of 55, Artistic Associate Joe Van Slyke died after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Remy Bumppo dedicated their 2007/08 season to his memory.
In 2006, as part of the 10th year, Remy Bumppo was named a resident theatre company at the Tony Award winning Victory Gardens Theater.
Remy Bumppo has won numerous theater awards in its history including 12 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations and Seven After Dark Awards.
[edit] Production History
2007/08 Season: Fiction by Steven Dietz; The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry; Bronte by Polly Teale; On the Verge or the Geography of Yearning by Eric Overmyer; Remy Bumppo's thinkTank; Dickens in America by James DeVita
2006/07 Season: The Best Man by Gore Vidal; The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard; Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw; A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas; Remy Bumppo's thinkTank
2005/06 Season: Aren't We All by Frederick Lonsdale; Tartuffe by Moliere; Power by Nick Dear
2004/05 Season: A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee; Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
2003/04 Season: Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw; Some Americans Abroad by Richard Nelson; Hidden Laughter by Simon Grey
2002/03 Season: The Secret Rapture by David Hare; Holiday by Philip Barry; Money by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
2001/02 Season: No Man's Land by Harold Pinter; Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
2000/01 Season: Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw; Hapgood by Tom Stoppard
1999: Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard
1998: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; Rockabye by Samuel Beckett; Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
1996: Night and Day by Tom Stoppard; The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
[edit] Notes
- ^ Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Mission. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
