SIX
May 14
August 4, 2019
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage
North American Premiere
May 14
August 4, 2019
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage
North American Premiere
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. On the heels of its UK debut and wildly popular West End run, Chicago Shakespeare stages the North American Premiere of SIX. The wives of Henry VIII join forces for an electrifying pop-concert spectacle—shining a spotlight on these six women as never before. The queens take the mic to reclaim their identities out of the shadow of their infamous spouse—remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a power-packed celebration of twenty-first-century female empowerment. Backed by a band known as the “Ladies in Waiting,” the all-woman ensemble crosses the spectrum of modern-day pop with a soundtrack that has stormed to the top of the UK charts.
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss share how their pop-concert spectacle came to be, and the challenges they faced in mixing history with pop music.
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Pre•Amble scholar Ira Murfin explores what a twenty-first century pop concert performance reveals about herstory.
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Scholar Regina Buccola shares more about the lives of the women who wedded Henry VIII and inspired the creators of SIX to tell their stories.
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Creative Team
Toby Marlow Writer
Lucy Moss Writer/Director
Jamie Armitage Director
Joe Beighton Music Supervisor
Roberta Duchak Music Director
Emma Bailey Set Designer
Gabriella Slade Costumer Designer
Paul Gatehouse Sound Designer
Tim Deiling Lighting Designer
Tom Curran Orchestrator
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille Choreographer
Bob Mason Casting
Tara Rubin Casting/Peter Van Dam, CSA New York Casting
Melody Sinclair Associate Choreographer
Megan E. Farley Assistant Director
Julia Schade Assistant Music Director
Jinni Pike Stage Manager
Sammy Brown Assistant Stage Manager
The Queens
Adrianna Hicks Catherine of Aragon
Andrea Macasaet Anne Boleyn
Abby Mueller Jane Seymour
Brittney Mack Anna of Cleves
Samantha Pauly Katherine Howard, through June 23
Courtney Mack Katherine Howard, starting June 25
Anna Uzele Catherine Parr
Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert Alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr
Mallory Maedke Alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard