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Chesapeake

Presented by Paladin Theatre Company at The Hideout Theatre

April 7-April 23, 2011

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Chesapeake is Lee Blessing's hilarious one-man play about a performance artist who is reincarnated as the dog of his worst enemy, a southern right wing congressman. It's a smart, warm-hearted, uproarious comedy about art, revenge, obsession and eternity.

Don't miss this gem of a play

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    The Hideout Theatre

    617 Congress Avenue
    Austin, TX 78701

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    General Admission: $10 Thursdays  $12 Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays

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  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    April 7-April 23, 2011

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    8pm

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    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Treat yourself to a magical evening"
      Review posted by: theaterlover from Austin, TX, Apr 11, 2011
      

      Blessings monologue, first performed in 1999, has not lost any of it's timeliness. It is a tour de force for any actor; but Charles Stites, a veteran of the Austin stage, is delivering an outstanding... Expand

      Blessings monologue, first performed in 1999, has not lost any of it's timeliness. It is a tour de force for any actor; but Charles Stites, a veteran of the Austin stage, is delivering an outstanding performance - passionate, warmhearted and totally believable. (If anything, the second act was even better than the first - long live Lucky!) You will not want to miss this show! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Chesapeake is SUPERB - A MUST SEE"
      Review posted by: WGS from Austin, Texas, Apr 11, 2011
      

      A wonderful play. A great story, script and top shelf acting. Charles Stites does a fabulous job - you can envision the story in technicolor. The best acting I have seen in Austin. Do yourself a... Expand

      A wonderful play. A great story, script and top shelf acting. Charles Stites does a fabulous job - you can envision the story in technicolor. The best acting I have seen in Austin. Do yourself a favor, better yet, don't short yourself. Go see this play!!! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Thoroughly enjoying--stellar performance"
      Review posted by: Jennifer from Austin, Apr 11, 2011
      

      This play was engaging and funny, and was a tour de force by the performer, who is perhaps the best actor I have seen in Austin. He did an incredibly convincing job, through voice, glance, and... Expand

      This play was engaging and funny, and was a tour de force by the performer, who is perhaps the best actor I have seen in Austin. He did an incredibly convincing job, through voice, glance, and gesture, of being a man in a dog's body. Plus, encapsulated within the play is the most compelling arguement for federal funding of the arts I have heard to date. Long live the NEA!!! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Very Original and Entertaining"
      Review posted by: Jay Y. from Austin, TX, Apr 09, 2011
      

      One-man shows are not particularly easy to pull off- especially not in a way to make the story engaging to the audience. But Charles Stites, an Austin theatre veteran, does just that in his... Expand

      One-man shows are not particularly easy to pull off- especially not in a way to make the story engaging to the audience. But Charles Stites, an Austin theatre veteran, does just that in his performance of Lee Blessing's "Chesapeake." He plays Kerr, a southern-born New York performer whose routines become the perfect fodder for rising Southern Senator Thurm Pooley to push for the de-funding of the NEA. Kerr has an encounter with Pooley's daughter, and tries to kidnap the family dog to attempt to get leverage over Pooley. This backfires and leads to a surprising plot twist, which I will not reveal here except to suggest that it involves dogs. The main factor that decides whether I enjoy a show is whether it tells a good story, and "Chesapeake" does that, and Stites is an excellent Story-Teller. In addition, it has the added bonuses of being timely in the midst of the political budget battles, and being in the intimate Hideout theatre. Go see this one. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Treat yourself to a magical evening"
      Review posted by: theaterlover from Austin, TX, Apr 11, 2011
      

      Blessings monologue, first performed in 1999, has not lost any of it's timeliness. It is a tour de force for any actor; but Charles Stites, a veteran of the Austin stage, is delivering an outstanding... Expand

      Blessings monologue, first performed in 1999, has not lost any of it's timeliness. It is a tour de force for any actor; but Charles Stites, a veteran of the Austin stage, is delivering an outstanding performance - passionate, warmhearted and totally believable. (If anything, the second act was even better than the first - long live Lucky!) You will not want to miss this show! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Chesapeake is SUPERB - A MUST SEE"
      Review posted by: WGS from Austin, Texas, Apr 11, 2011
      

      A wonderful play. A great story, script and top shelf acting. Charles Stites does a fabulous job - you can envision the story in technicolor. The best acting I have seen in Austin. Do yourself a... Expand

      A wonderful play. A great story, script and top shelf acting. Charles Stites does a fabulous job - you can envision the story in technicolor. The best acting I have seen in Austin. Do yourself a favor, better yet, don't short yourself. Go see this play!!! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Thoroughly enjoying--stellar performance"
      Review posted by: Jennifer from Austin, Apr 11, 2011
      

      This play was engaging and funny, and was a tour de force by the performer, who is perhaps the best actor I have seen in Austin. He did an incredibly convincing job, through voice, glance, and... Expand

      This play was engaging and funny, and was a tour de force by the performer, who is perhaps the best actor I have seen in Austin. He did an incredibly convincing job, through voice, glance, and gesture, of being a man in a dog's body. Plus, encapsulated within the play is the most compelling arguement for federal funding of the arts I have heard to date. Long live the NEA!!! Collapse

    • Event Name: Chesapeake
      "Very Original and Entertaining"
      Review posted by: Jay Y. from Austin, TX, Apr 09, 2011
      

      One-man shows are not particularly easy to pull off- especially not in a way to make the story engaging to the audience. But Charles Stites, an Austin theatre veteran, does just that in his... Expand

      One-man shows are not particularly easy to pull off- especially not in a way to make the story engaging to the audience. But Charles Stites, an Austin theatre veteran, does just that in his performance of Lee Blessing's "Chesapeake." He plays Kerr, a southern-born New York performer whose routines become the perfect fodder for rising Southern Senator Thurm Pooley to push for the de-funding of the NEA. Kerr has an encounter with Pooley's daughter, and tries to kidnap the family dog to attempt to get leverage over Pooley. This backfires and leads to a surprising plot twist, which I will not reveal here except to suggest that it involves dogs. The main factor that decides whether I enjoy a show is whether it tells a good story, and "Chesapeake" does that, and Stites is an excellent Story-Teller. In addition, it has the added bonuses of being timely in the midst of the political budget battles, and being in the intimate Hideout theatre. Go see this one. Collapse

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