Geopolis Theater

Tickets for The Meteor now on sale!

Kristy — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:00:07 +0000

February 25 – Soldiers & Starlets Soiree – A 1940′s Style Event

Kristy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:09:18 +0000

Glamour. Beauty. War.

There’s rarely been a time more dramatic than the 1940′s. For a $5 admission, Geopolis Theater invites you to come celebrate this incredible decade with food, music, alcohol, a group of gorgeous people in the kissing booth and our one of a kind silent auction.

Join us at The Japanese Culture Center at:
1016 West Belmont

Doors open at 8:00.

Event photography by Jenna Braunstein

Photobooth photography by Mike Borden

Musical stylings by CostumeParty

Kisses by donation by Eric & The Bombshells

Bar Service by Mikael Braunsteiner
$1 mixed drinks, wine and Daisy Cutter beer by Half Acre

Event Artwork by Roderick De Jesus

Our Fabulous Silent Auction Includes:

18 Weeks of German Lessons from Dank Haus, valued at $300

$120 Womens haircut, partial highlight with style package from Carbon Salon

$150 Style gift basket with haircut from Carbon Salon

$50 towards a Cake from Austrian Bakery

$25 gift card towards Una Mae’s Vintage Clothes

$100 Gift Certificate towards a Tattoo from Family Tattoo

$50 Dinner for two from Chicago Brauhaus

This event is partially sponsored by the generosity of Carbon Salon

The Wild Woman

Kristy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:51:52 +0000

A mute, feral woman is the surprise guest at a cabin of five woodcutters in Felix Mitterer’s meditation on violence, propriety, dignity, power, and the primal impulses of men

Runs every Saturday and Sunday* at 7pm from January 21 to February 12
*There is no show on February 5.

General admission: $15
Students: $10

Purchase your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.

Directed by Kristy Scheuer

Stage Manager: Kelly Montgomery

Lighting Designer: Claire Sangster
Costume Designer: Jerica Hucke
Technical Director: Alex Bozeman
Fight Director: Marcus Davis

With:
Alima Belconis
James Errico
Jordan Hoisington
Christopher Sanderson
Rick Levine
Chris Gonyo

Poster by Bryan Butler

Jan 21 – Feb 12: The Wild Woman

Kristy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:31:32 +0000

A mute, feral woman is the surprise guest at a cabin of five woodcutters in Felix Mitterer’s meditation on violence, propriety, dignity, power, and the primal impulses of men

Runs every Saturday and Sunday* at 7pm from January 21 to February 12
*There is no show on February 5.

General admission: $15
Students: $10

Purchase your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.

Directed by Kristy Scheuer

Stage Manager: Kelly Montgomery

Lighting Designer: Claire Sangster
Costume Designer: Jerica Hucke
Technical Director: Alex Bozeman
Fight Director: Marcus Davis

With:
Alima Belconis
James Errico
Jordan Hoisington
Christopher Sanderson
Rick Levine
Chris Gonyo

Poster by Bryan Butler

Meet us at the Japanese Culture Center, 1016 W Belmont (in Chicago), on the 2nd floor!
Please remove your shoes upon entering. This is a traditional sign of respect to the dojo.

Our first season; Post-Shingeki Japan

eric — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:55:42 +0000

As opposed to focusing on post-war Japan as a whole, Geopolis chose to highlight the culture of arts in the 1960s. The younger generation of artists during that time worked with the fervor of revolution, sparked by the United Stated-Japan Mutual Security Treaty renewing. In 1960, the Treaty was up for renewal, which would continue to allow the US Military free-reign in Japan, for the “protection” of both the US and Japan, as they were a threat to themselves and world peace. Citizens of all groups, and especially the younger generation, took to the streets to tell the Japanese government that they did not want to be infested any longer. The presence of the US skewed the Japanese development; while they continued to grow, develop, produce, and progress, it was never completely Japanese. There was a taint.

When the government sat back, did nothing, and allowed the treaty to renew, the community was devastated. In the state of mental ruin, they were forced to reevaluate their lives. From 1945 until 1960, Shingeki dominated the theater culture of Japan. The ultra-realistic approach was a total reversal of the art that Japan had been producing since the beginning of its long history. This was a Western form of Theater. Now, the rage the sparked by the Treaty renewal demanded an end to Shingeki; the West would no longer have sway on the arts of Japan. They needed to tell their stories; the story of the War, of defeat, of occupation, of rebuilding, of growth, and now of betrayal. Gods, ghosts, and spirits that have always been a part of the Japanese psychology was not a part of Shingeki; they needed to revive the old forms of theater, the old way of telling stories that would show a man become a god right before the very eyes of the audience.

They delved into their past, they took the old ways and brought them into the modern age. With old tools, they could now truly tell the stories that needed to be told. Gods and men coexisted on the same stage; men were saved and damned in the same action, and for a time, they could feel free from the Western taint.