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John Hildreth

JOHN HILDRETH  

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John Hildreth was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended the University of Chicago. While at the University of Chicago, he was a founding member of the ground-breaking improv group, Cardiff Giant Theater, which created original scripted plays and musicals through improvisation, includingLBJFKKK, Love Me, and after Taste. Mr. Hildreth is an alumnus of the Second City, and performed at Second City, Northwest in such revues as Casino evil, and at Second City, e.t.c. in such revues as Whitewater for Chocolate. He was also a resident director at Second City, Detroit for three years, where he directed five comedy revues, including Generation X-Files. Since 1999, Mr. Hildreth has been an artistic ensemble member of the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, where his stage adaptations of around the World in eighty Days and Johnny Tremainreceived Joseph Jefferson Citations for Best New adaptation. He has also recently directed in Chicago at Lifeline, the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Live Bait Theater, emerald City Theatre, Theatre on the Lake, iO (formerly the Improv Olympic), Donny's Skybox Studio, the athenaeum, and Columbia College, and recently appeared at Piven Theatre, Theatre on the Lake, Live Bait Theater, Northlight Theatre, and Lifeline. Mr. Hildreth lives in Chicago with his wife, Kate, and teaches in the Theater department at Columbia College and the Conservatory at the Second City.

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         Around the World In Eighty Days         Treasure Island         Watership Down

Around the World In Eighty Days

Synopsis:
In 1872, on a gentleman's wager, Phileas Fogg and his French manservant Passepartout attempt to traverse the globe in just eighty days. the two encounter strange new countries, colorful (and at times hostile) characters, and even love. a faithful, swift adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel.

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1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, IL, United States)    2002

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
115-130 min Drama/adventure/Romance

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  1            Other:  10 males, 1 female, 5 either (9-53 actors possible: 8-36 males, 1-17 females)

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Treasure Island

Synopsis:
This adventurous adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel finds young Jim Hawkins as he discovers a treasure map in a dead pirate's sea-chest. Jim is led on an expedition across the ocean to recover a fortune in plundered gold. Fair winds and favorable seas soon give way to mutiny, greed, and the evil machinations of a one-legged scoundrel named Long John Silver. Join Jim on an unforgettable adventure as he fights for his life -- and the lives of his friends -- in this legendary tale of piracy and heroism.

Notes:
from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson

1st Produced:
Chicago, IL    2009

Organisations:
Lifeline Theatre

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc, 2013   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Watership Down

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by Richard Adams

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago    09 May 2011

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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