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Spotlight: Teacher-turned-comic Eddie B headlines Aurora's Paramount

Posted October 29, 2019 6:00 am

Barbara Vitello

Science teacher turned stand-up comedian Eddie B performs Saturday at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. Courtesy of Eddie B

Class act

Science teacher turned comedian Eddie B - whose stand-up career commenced with a YouTube video series titled "What Teachers Really Say" - shares his classroom-inspired humor with Paramount Theatre audiences as part of his "I'm Already Professionally Developed" tour.

8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. $30-$50. (630) 896-6666 or paramountaurora.com.

Suffrage plays

Artemisia opens its season with three one-act British comedies - two by Evelyn Glover and one by George Bernard Shaw - included in a triple-bill dubbed "The Suffrage Plays." Written during the early 20th century, suffrage plays exposed the double standards women faced then, which they still confront today. The plays include Glover's "A Chat With Mrs. Chick," which depicts a conversation between a suffragette chairwoman and an upper-class matron, and "Miss Appleyard's Awakening," in which an anti-suffragette realizes her folly. The Shaw play is "Press Cuttings," which satirizes British politicians' response to the suffrage movement.

7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, and through Nov. 24 at The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. $20-$30. (773) 697-3830 or artemisiatheatre.org.

Francis Guinan, second from left, plays controlling patriarch John Rutherford in TimeLine Theatre's revival of "Rutherford and Son" featuring August Forman, left, Christina Gorman and Michael Holding as his children. Courtesy of Amy Boyle Photography

'Rutherford' revived

TimeLine Theatre revives "Rutherford and Son," a once-popular 1912 domestic drama by British writer Githa Sowerby that fell into obscurity as the 20th century wore on, possibly after the playwright, known as K.G. Sowerby, was revealed to be a woman. Steppenwolf Theatre's Francis Guinan plays the titular patriarch determined to pass the business he built onto his children, whether they want to it or not. TimeLine ensemble member Mechelle Moe directs the Chicago-area premiere.

Previews at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 6-7, and Friday, Nov. 8; 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago. Additional previews at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 13. The show opens Nov. 14. $25-$57. (773) 281-8463, ext. 6, or timelinetheatre.com.

Jennifer Latimore plays Lydia Wickham in Northlight Theatre's premiere of "The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley." Courtesy of Charles Osgood Photography

Family holiday

Northlight Theatre premieres "The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley," the second imagined sequel to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, who also penned "Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley," which premiered at Northlight in 2016. While the Bennets and the Darcys celebrate the holiday upstairs, the servants downstairs contend with the unwelcome arrival of Lydia Bennet's good-for-nothing husband Mr. Wickham. Jessica Thebus directs.

Previews at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9; and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, and through Nov. 14 at 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. The show opens Nov. 15. $30-$89. (847) 673-6300 or northlight.org.

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