Lookingglass Theatre Company announces that tickets are now on sale for the World Premiere of Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon, with performances beginning on May 24, 2023, at Lookingglass Theatre located in the Water Tower Water Works building, 821 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611. Directed by Amanda Dehnert, Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon is a musical romp featuring original country music and folk songs, composed and written by Artistic Associate Matthew C. Yee in his playwriting debut.
“Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon is a wholly unique take on the American dream through the lens of the Asian American experience,” says Yee. “It is a musical comedy/ crime thriller featuring a brilliant AAPI cast playing country-western, folk, and Americana inspired music. Who would miss that?”
Celebrating 35 years, Lookingglass Theatre Company will be offering $35 tickets to all preview performances of Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon (Previews are May 24 - June 2). For all other performances in the run, there will be 35 tickets for $35. Book your tickets today for best pricing and availability!
Cheers to 35 years! Newlyweds Lucy and Charlie are embracing the worst of the American Dream. They are First Generation Asian American Renegades. In love. And on the run. Direct from his Broadway debut in Almost Famous The Musical, Matthew C. Yee’s quirky, quintessentially American yarn follows a young couple fleeing expectation and trawling up trouble along the way.
Tickets are on sale now at www.lookingglasstheatre.org/event/lucy-and-charlies-honeymoon-2022.
Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon Performance Schedule
Previews May 24 – June 2, 2023
- Wednesday – Friday 7:30PM
- Sunday 7:30PM
Regular Run Begins June 6, 2023
- Tuesdays 7PM
- Wednesdays 7PM
- Thursdays 1:30PM & 7PM
- Fridays 7PM
- Saturdays 1:30PM & 7PM
- Sundays 2PM
Please see the performance calendar on the website for full calendar and details.
Get tickets: www.lookingglasstheatre.org/event/lucy-and-charlies-honeymoon-2022
About the Artists
Amanda Dehnert (she/her/hers) (Director) most recently shared composing credit with the amazing Andre Pluess on The Steadfast Tin Soldier; prior to that she was part of Eastland: A New Musical (Director/ Orchestrator), and Peter Pan (A Play) (Director/ Writer). Chicago credits: cocomposing the World Premiere of Shining Lives (a musical) (Northlight Theatre), creating vocal arrangements for Iphigenia In Aulis (Court Theatre/ Getty Villa), both with Pluess, as well as directing Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), and her original musical, The Verona Project (American Music Theatre Project). Regional work: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Director/ Co-composer, with Andre Pluess), Timon Of Athens (Director/ Composer), Into The Woods (Director/ Conductor), Julius Caesar (Director/ Adaptor) at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; the World Premiere productions of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (Director, McCarter Theatre; Arena Stage; Philadelphia Theatre Company); Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (Director, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Primary Stages); the revival productions of My Fair Lady (Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Virginia Stage Company; Actors Theatre Of Louisville; Cleveland Play House; Trinity Rep); and The Fantasticks (South Coast Repertory; Arena Stage; Long Wharf Theatre; Trinity Rep). Amanda also directed West Side Story (Carnegie Hall at The Knockdown Center) conducted by Marin Alsop, Richard III (The Public Theater Mobile Shakespeare Unit), and Cabaret (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada). Amanda is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University.
Matthew C. Yee (he/him/his) (Writer, Composer; Lookingglass Artistic Associate) has been a part of the Chicago theatre community since 2013. He recently made his Broadway debut in Almost Famous The Musical. Previous Lookingglass credits include Treasure Island and Moby Dick. Recent credits include Almost Famous The Musical (Old Globe Theatre), Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens), and Once (Paramount Theatre). TV credits include Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, AMC’s 61st Street, and reoccurring on Empire Season 3. In addition to being an actor, Matthew is a musician, playwright, and filmmaker, having contributed multiple short stop-motion films to Lookingglass’ annual gala. Matthew’s short film, I Remember Chinatown, debuted as part of Lookingglass Theatre’s 50 Wards: A Civil Mosaic project, a series of multi and mixed media pieces from each of Chi-town’s 50 municipal parcels. Thank You to Our Season Sponsors Allstate Insurance Co. BMO Hearn HMS Media Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Waldorf Astoria Thank You to Our Production Sponsor MAP Fund
Become A Scene Maker
Inside our 190-seat storycastle we work tirelessly to produce unique theatre that leaves YOU changed, charged, and empowered. Theatre making takes meticulous attention to detail and years of work, often unseen. We could not take that initial spark of an idea to the wonder we finally see on stage without you. While you might not be IN the room, you too are an artist and vital to the process. Through your support you play YOUR role in shaping a flourishing, arts-driven tomorrow.
Become a Scene Maker, today.
Become a Scene Maker and support Lookingglass at www.lookingglasstheatre.org/scene-maker
About Health and Safety
The health and safety of our audiences, artists, and staff are a top priority and we have invested our resources accordingly. As guidelines are constantly evolving, all policies are subject to change.
As of September 1, 2022, Lookingglass Theatre Company will no longer require audiences to provide proof of vaccination.
Facial coverings are currently recommended, but not required.
About Accessibility
Lookingglass Theatre offers ground floor seats for all patrons who use a wheelchair or a scooter, or patrons who cannot walk stairs. Assisted listening devices are available at the patron's request. Dates for shows for hearing and visually impaired audiences to be announced.
Groups of 10 or More
Bring a group to Lookingglass and save up to 25% off regular ticket prices.
A trip to Lookingglass is the perfect outing for your school group, office, in-town visit, retirement community, social group, book club, scout troop, religious group, or alumni organization! To book a group, email groups@lookingglasstheatre.org. For more information, visit www.lookingglasstheatre.org/groups.
About Lookingglass Theatre Company
Inventive. Collaborative. Transformative. Lookingglass Theatre Company, recipient of the 2011 Regional Theatre Tony Award, was founded in 1988 by eight Northwestern University students. Now in