Look Homeward Angel
Written by Ketti Frings, from the novel by Thomas Wolfe
Directed by Ensemble Member John Mossman
Jeff Recommended!
Onstage through December 21
What they are saying...
“3 stars -- John Mossman's tough yet sensitive staging of Ketti Frings' Pulitzer Prize-winning 1957 adaptation for the Artistic Home builds on this company's reputation for sprawling Americana...finely drawn gallery of supporting characters…”
- Chicago Tribune
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- A big, boisterous, decidedly old-fashioned three-act family drama with a wide-open heart and a sense of everpresent death, "Angel" also is a work that in many ways seems to presage Tracy Letts' August: Osage County...Chaotic and involving, "Look Homeward”…with a slew of deft character actors…is one of those delicious period pieces like "Picnic" and "Our Town" that home in on the true nature of American life -- evoking an earlier era, yet radiant in their timelessness.”
- Chicago Sun-Times
“RECOMMENDED…intensely moving and funny…you can see yourself, your family and community, your own troubled loved ones...Mossman's adept handling of…finely etched characters ensures a brisk, clear, stirring story.” - Chicago Reader“
RECOMMENDED…Mossman manages magnificently. He ushers Frings’s enormous ensemble of boarders and townsfolk through the Gants’ story with remarkable dexterity…” - TimeOut Chicago
“…a succulent sprawl of a play, stuffed with juicy character roles and thick with sexual tension…punctuated by several sublime scenes of luminous emotional truth.” - Chicago Examiner
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…a sprawling work with 18 actors…Look Homeward, Angel” is an important work that deserves a place in the lexicon of excellent American dramas. The Artistic Home’s production if first class in all respects. A fine night of theatre awaits.” - chicagocritic.com“Ketti Frings’ Pulitzer-winning 1957 stage adaptation captures the novel’s sounds and fury, no less so than John Mossman’s impressive revival for The Artistic Home...Wolfe’s autobiographical 1929 novel… Mossman’s huge cast brings its fecund passions to scary life...Almost 80 years young, 'Look Homeward, Angel' endures beyond marble.” - Chicago Free Press
Adapted from Thomas Wolfe's controversial chronicle of his Asheville youth, Look Homeward Angel marks the tumultuous coming-of-age of Eugene Gant. Growing up in a home full of eccentric travelers, Eugene struggles to discover the world that lies beyond his mother's boarding house and the grasp of his turbulent family. A brawling, epic search for connection to each other, one's self and the land beyond.
Features Artistic Director, Kathy Scambiatterra and stage veteran, Frank Nall. The large cast also includes Artistic Home Ensemble Members Eustace Allen, Jill Schroer, Maria Stephens, Kate Tummelson, Matt Welton and Miranda Zola; along with Michael Denini, Jeremy Glickstein, Tim Goldich, Veronica Lynn, Joan McGrath, JP Pierson, Katherine Swan, Sam Undine and Philip Wasik; with Nick Horst in the leading role as Eugene Gant.Stage Manager: Jessica Hamilton
Produced by Tim Miller & Joe McCauley
Assistant Directed by Kaiser Ahmed
Movement/Choreography by Maureen Janson
Set Design by Greg Guyles
Costume Design by Irene Servose
Sound Design by James Murray
Lighting Design by Claude Heinz
Properties Design by Lindsey Monahan
Directed by Ensemble Member John Mossman
Jeff Recommended!
Onstage through December 21
What they are saying...
“3 stars -- John Mossman's tough yet sensitive staging of Ketti Frings' Pulitzer Prize-winning 1957 adaptation for the Artistic Home builds on this company's reputation for sprawling Americana...finely drawn gallery of supporting characters…”
- Chicago Tribune
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- A big, boisterous, decidedly old-fashioned three-act family drama with a wide-open heart and a sense of everpresent death, "Angel" also is a work that in many ways seems to presage Tracy Letts' August: Osage County...Chaotic and involving, "Look Homeward”…with a slew of deft character actors…is one of those delicious period pieces like "Picnic" and "Our Town" that home in on the true nature of American life -- evoking an earlier era, yet radiant in their timelessness.”
- Chicago Sun-Times
“RECOMMENDED…intensely moving and funny…you can see yourself, your family and community, your own troubled loved ones...Mossman's adept handling of…finely etched characters ensures a brisk, clear, stirring story.” - Chicago Reader“
RECOMMENDED…Mossman manages magnificently. He ushers Frings’s enormous ensemble of boarders and townsfolk through the Gants’ story with remarkable dexterity…” - TimeOut Chicago
“…a succulent sprawl of a play, stuffed with juicy character roles and thick with sexual tension…punctuated by several sublime scenes of luminous emotional truth.” - Chicago Examiner
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…a sprawling work with 18 actors…Look Homeward, Angel” is an important work that deserves a place in the lexicon of excellent American dramas. The Artistic Home’s production if first class in all respects. A fine night of theatre awaits.” - chicagocritic.com“Ketti Frings’ Pulitzer-winning 1957 stage adaptation captures the novel’s sounds and fury, no less so than John Mossman’s impressive revival for The Artistic Home...Wolfe’s autobiographical 1929 novel… Mossman’s huge cast brings its fecund passions to scary life...Almost 80 years young, 'Look Homeward, Angel' endures beyond marble.” - Chicago Free Press
Adapted from Thomas Wolfe's controversial chronicle of his Asheville youth, Look Homeward Angel marks the tumultuous coming-of-age of Eugene Gant. Growing up in a home full of eccentric travelers, Eugene struggles to discover the world that lies beyond his mother's boarding house and the grasp of his turbulent family. A brawling, epic search for connection to each other, one's self and the land beyond.
Features Artistic Director, Kathy Scambiatterra and stage veteran, Frank Nall. The large cast also includes Artistic Home Ensemble Members Eustace Allen, Jill Schroer, Maria Stephens, Kate Tummelson, Matt Welton and Miranda Zola; along with Michael Denini, Jeremy Glickstein, Tim Goldich, Veronica Lynn, Joan McGrath, JP Pierson, Katherine Swan, Sam Undine and Philip Wasik; with Nick Horst in the leading role as Eugene Gant.Stage Manager: Jessica Hamilton
Produced by Tim Miller & Joe McCauley
Assistant Directed by Kaiser Ahmed
Movement/Choreography by Maureen Janson
Set Design by Greg Guyles
Costume Design by Irene Servose
Sound Design by James Murray
Lighting Design by Claude Heinz
Properties Design by Lindsey Monahan
