POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical

EXTENDED FOR 3 WEEKS!
Book & Lyrics by David Cerda
w/add’l material by Cheryl Snodgrass
Music by David Cerda & Scott Lamberty
Directed by Matthew Gunnels

Where: The Chopin Theatre – Main Stage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago, IL

Runs: Until Aug. 16, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 8:00pm
Sundays @ 5:00pm
Saturday Aug. 8, 7pm

Cost: Thursday $25; Friday, Saturday, Sunday $29

For reservations call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800- 838-3006 or purchase tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/59012
For more information go to handbagproductions.org or call 312-409-4357.

Chicago, IL – Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to announce the extension of POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical due to popular demand! The SS Poseidon will be sailing at the Chopin Theatre for an additional 3 weeks to meet the overwhelming number of audience members’ eagerness to take a cruise aboard this ship of fools.

Written by Artistic Director David Cerda (adapted from the Stirling Silliphant screenplay) and directed by Porchlight Theatre and Emerald City Artistic Associate Matthew Gunnels, POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical is both a musical parody and a loving homage to the classic 1972 film, The Poseidon Adventure, the grandmother of all disaster films. The play celebrates and lampoons the beloved cult classic through comedy and music. When a tidal wave capsizes the SS Poseidon luxury liner on New Year’s Eve, a group of scrappy passengers must climb to the bottom of the ship (now above them) before the ship sinks. The perilous journey of these colorful characters, both humorous and tragic, makes for an edge-of-your-seat adventure. Watch the story unfold with a party of hardcore Poseidon Adventure fans who provide personal commentary and touching insight on how film resonates in our collective conscious, resulting in very real shared experiences. And you thought it was just a silly disaster film.

Bios and hi-res press photos will soon be available at www.handbagproductions.org or contact David Cerda at info@handbagproductions.org or darc9@yahoo.com.

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