Following a successful run of Precious Stones at the Studio Theater in January 2003, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs proudly welcomes back the Silk Road Theatre Project in the Chicago premiere of Tea by Velina Hasu Houston at the new Loop Theater, 8 E. Randolph St. Opening night is Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 at 8 p.m. Tea runs through Sunday, Feb. 29. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 312-744-LOOP (5667); through TicketWeb at 866-468-3401 or on-line at www.ticketweb.com; or in person at the Loop Theater box office, 8 E. Randolph St.
Silk Road Theatre Project’s second production features four women who come together to clean the house of a fifth after her tragic suicide upsets the balance of life in their small Japanese immigrant community in the Kansas heartland. The spirit of the dead woman returns as a ghostly ringmaster to force the women to come to terms with the disquieting tension of their lives and find common ground so that she can escape from the limbo between life and death, move on to the next world in peace and carve a pathway for their future passage. The all-Asian cast includes Mary Ann De La Cruz, Kate Garassino, Roxanne Lee, Stephanie Santos, and Erika Winters.