TUTA Theatre
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TUTA Theatre or The Utopian Theatre Asylum is a nonprofit theater company in Chicago.
TUTA was established in 1995 in Washington, D.C.
, and its mission is "to engage the American audience with relevant theatre challenging in both form and content." TUTA has produced and created multiple critically acclaimed shows, including Uncle Vanya
, Tracks, and It's Only the End of the World.
A small Chicago theater company finding its niche in bringing Eastern European and other international influences into the American theater scene, the company is run by Artistic Director Zeljko Dukich and has a board that boasts numerous influential theaterpersons in the American theater scene.http://www.tutato.com/tuta.php?action=members.
For the 2008-2009 season, TUTA produced two plays: November's William Shakespeare's
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
(the production Time Out Chicago called "the fall show we're most excited about") and spring's Maria's Field, written by Oleg Bogaev, which the Chicago Reader Recommended saying "the acting is emotionally precise, and the superb scenic, lighting, costume, and sound designs create a realistic environment for the play's poetic ruminations".
TUTA was established in 1995 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, and its mission is "to engage the American audience with relevant theatre challenging in both form and content." TUTA has produced and created multiple critically acclaimed shows, including Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
, Tracks, and It's Only the End of the World.
A small Chicago theater company finding its niche in bringing Eastern European and other international influences into the American theater scene, the company is run by Artistic Director Zeljko Dukich and has a board that boasts numerous influential theaterpersons in the American theater scene.http://www.tutato.com/tuta.php?action=members.
For the 2008-2009 season, TUTA produced two plays: November's William Shakespeare's
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
(the production Time Out Chicago called "the fall show we're most excited about") and spring's Maria's Field, written by Oleg Bogaev, which the Chicago Reader Recommended saying "the acting is emotionally precise, and the superb scenic, lighting, costume, and sound designs create a realistic environment for the play's poetic ruminations".