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Redmoon Theater's Winter Pageant Celebrates 'Grand Love'

By Stephanie Lulay | December 16, 2014 5:23am
 Two newspaper Yetis capture an explorer in Redmoon's Winter Pageant. Shows at the Pilsen theater continue this weekend.
Two newspaper Yetis capture an explorer in Redmoon's Winter Pageant. Shows at the Pilsen theater continue this weekend.
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Al Zayed

PILSEN — Bringing together a diverse group of performers, Redmoon Theater's annual family friendly Winter Pageant returns this weekend with a cast of colorful characters, aerialists and breakdancers.

Tickets are still on sale to weekend shows at the theater, 2120 S. Jefferson St., in Pilsen. The holiday tradition explores the idea of "grand love" and honors the four seasons of the human heart, said Rob Walton, a spokesman for the theater group.

Set atop a massive glacier, the love stories feature a cast of 10 Spectacle company actors and 30 community members. Performers include urban dancers, aerialists from Aerial Dance Chicago, a teen choir from Chicago West Community Music Center, handmade puppets and a live original score performed by one-man, 10-instrument band The Lonesome Organist.

In the Redmoon show, a pair of explorers travel to a glacier — built entirely of paper — in search of a precious mineral that will bring them worldly wealth. But a disagreement forces them to part ways.

On their separate journeys across the icescape, the explorers encounter a series of mythological creatures, both real and imagined. The shadow puppet dinosaurs, two larger-than-life Yeti and reimagined deer pass on their unique stories about different kinds of love.

Winter Pageant shows are at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for kids ages 3 and over.

Redmoon's Winter Pageant opened last weekend.

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