Villette in Chicago

A new adaptation of Villette, opens today, February 8, in Chicago:

Villette

Written by Artistic Associate Sara Gmitter

Directed by Ensemble Member Tracy Walsh

Adapted from the novel by Charlotte Brontë

February 8 – April 23, 2023

Lookingglass Theatre in Water Tower Water Works

With Debo Balogun, Mi Kangi, Helen Joo Lee, Ronald Román-Meléndez, Renée Lockett and Mo Shipley,

Charlotte Brontë’s undiscovered gem, Villette, offers a hero unlike any you’ve encountered before.

Suddenly without family, friends, or funds, Lucy travels alone to an unfamiliar land, determined to carve a path for herself.  An eclectic carousel of characters (and one mysterious ghost!) soon draws Lucy into a complicated maze of multiple doorways leading towards fulfillment or peril – which door should she choose?

From the author of the captivating classic Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë’s Villette finds brash, honest life in this adaptation by Lookingglass Artistic Associate Sara Gmitter (In the Garden) and directed by Lookingglass Ensemble Member Tracy Walsh (The Old Curiosity Shop).