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After a critically-acclaimed run at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre, the Theater Oobleck production of THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS is headed to New York City!

$25, $200, $2500. WE NEED YOU!

HELP MAKE THIS POSSIBLE! We are still in need of the additional funds to make our trip possible. We are raising funds to cover the costs of travel to New York, and housing while there. Your gift (large or small) will help show New York what we have known for a while now- Chicago Theatre is Second To None!

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Mickle Maher's groundbreaking play is set to music by composer Mark Messing. Starring Larry Adams (Quasimodo) and George Andrew Wolff (Beethoven).

The Hunchback Variations dramatizes a hilarious and melancholy panel discussion between Quasimodo, hunchback of Notre Dame, and Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, on their attempt to create a mysterious sound effect called for in Anton Chekov’s “The Cherry Orchard”. Playing out over eleven musical scenes, or “variations”, the story details the duo's collaboration -- one doomed by their deafness, unpleasant working conditions, and the fact that Beethoven has not fully committed to the process.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

"FOUR STARS" ~ TIME OUT CHICAGO

"a masterful work" ~ CENTERSTAGE CHICAGO

"an unmitigated, surprisingly endearing and impossibly successful masterpiece"~ CHICAGO STAGE REVIEW