The Prisoner's Dilemma (2008)
By David Edgar

Director: Rob Chambers * Scenic Designer: Brandon Wardell * Lighting Designer: Heather Gilbert * Sound Designer: Brett Masteller * Fight Director: Nick Sandys * Stage Managers: Aliceson Treach & Chris Chapin * Voice & Dialect Coach: Christine Adaire * Dramaturgs: Zev Valancy & Jason Rost * Dramaturgy Advisor: Meghan Dean

Cast: Jason Adams, Jeff Buelterman, Yosh Hayashi, Danica Ivancevic, Nicky Korba, Julian Martinez, Paul Myers, Ike Nierman, Kevin Marshall Pinkney, Kristen Secrist, Joe Sherman, Sean Sinitiski, Racehl Slavick, Mira Vasiljevic, Jeremy Young

May 29-June 22, 2008 (Previews May 22-25), West Stage, Raven Theatre

Two sides battle for the fate of a country in this epic drama about peace, war and negotiation. A bloody conflict on Europe’s eastern border is escalating at an alarming rate, while every urgent effort is made to resolve ethnic and religious differences and to end the conflict. Edgar provides a rare window into the processes of mapping out a delicate peace as the play moves between the drama of the negotiating table and the theater of war.

Humanities Events

Post-Show Discussions with Richard Farkas, DePaul University - May 22 and June 15

Post-Show Discussion with cast and director - June 8

“Peace versus Justice” panel discussion with Max Cerda, Htun Aun Gyaw and Valerie Mrak - June 25

Press

"Theatre Mir makes a bold…entrance onto the local scene with David Edgar’s 'The Prisoner’s Dilemma.'"--Chicago Tribune

"This is theater—both the play and Mir—with a head on its shoulders."--Windy City Times

"Chambers’s all-aces team of actors chews Edgar’s verbosity into manageable pieces, revealing the insanity of arbitrary treaty semantics."--Time Out Chicago

"The members of Theatre Mir were clearly making a statement when they chose this worthwhile but difficult piece for their inaugural production."--Chicago Reader

"Theatre Mir's remarkably assured production of David Edgar's “The Prisoner's Dilemma” launches a promising new company onto the Chicago theatre scene."--Theatreinchicago.com

"Extremely intelligent (with a) a group of actors that’s really, really superior."--WBEZ