For Gustave: Chicago premiere explores the legacy of a creative life and so much more! May 1-June 6.
On The Spot Theatre Company Presents: FOR GUSTAVE
A drama inspired by the life and art of Gustave Caillebotte. Written and Directed by Mike Brayndick
On the Spot Theatre Company is delighted to present the world premiere of For Gustave, a new drama about French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. For Gustave explores the legacy of a creative life, the status of women in nineteenth-century society, and the nature of love. For Gustave is playwright Mike Brayndick’s intimate interpretation of the relationship between the multifaceted Caillebotte and two deeply perceptive and devoted women. The play also explores Caillebotte’s contentious yet close friendship with fellow artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. For Gustave takes place in Caillebotte’s studio on the Seine River and Paris.
Performances run just under two hours, including a 10-minute intermission.
Performance Details & Tickets
For Gustave will be performed at the Berger Park Coach House Theater, 6205 N. Sheridan, Chicago, IL 60660, starting on Friday night, May 1st , running on selective dates through Saturday, June 6th . Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Preview Performances: Friday, May 1 – Thursday, May 7 with the Official Opening on Friday, May 8.
Tickets range from $10 – $20 General Admission with discounts for Students & Seniors. For the Preview and Thursday evening performances, every seat in the house is $10!
Special Group pricing is available by arrangement for 6 or more patrons. On The Spot Theatre is also pleased
to offer a limited number of FREE tickets to every performance for Veterans through VetTix.
For advance tickets go to: https://onthespottheatrecompany.weebly.com/
Parking may be available for select performances. Please check On The Spot’s website before you come for up-to-date information.
About the Writer/Director
Mike Brayndick is the Artistic Director of On The Spot Theatre Company. He began in-residence at the Chicago Playwrights’ Center. His adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers commissioned by Traffic of the Stage, toured the UK and was performed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre with a U.S. premiere in 2019. Smithsonian and Luce Foundation grants led to How to Make a Rainbow, about the art and life of Joseph Cornell, developed at the Juilliard,
and directed by Mike at the 2005 St. Ives Festival in the UK and in Chicago in 2013. Chicago productions include: adaptations of Turgenev's Home of the Gentry and Balzacs, Pére Goriot, and Mike's original plays, Pieces of Klee, Lisette Dances Divine, and Scenes For A Green World. His contemporary comedies include: Only You Could Think That, What About Martha, All About Armando, Lives of the Zebra Finch, Lost and Found, Roundelay, Double Date, and A Restoration Comedy. His full-length romance, Called Home By The Sea, set in Cornwall, was performed, Spring 2019. Mike has written, directed, and produced pieces for Zoom, including the science fiction/contemporary miniseries Elevator Music, available at On The Spot's YouTube channel. On The Spot’s 2022 Spring Festival, One Step At A Time, included three new one-act plays, Sit Calm about post-pandemic American life, Perspective Made Easy, a drama about racism, and the absurdist, Seeking Cedric. Mike wrote and directed Beside Myself, filmed on Zoom for the 2023 Buxton Fringe Festival. He explored what is at stake when a public library is pushed toward a point of no return in, Overdue, and restaged his swashbuckling comedy, The Swordswomen of San Gimignano. Mike’s Autumn in Paris was a wonderful collaboration with Dancing On The Spot (DOTS) enhancing the drama with movement. He was delighted to return to England with the UK premiere of A Mid-Course Correction in Summer of 2024. And he delved into magical storytelling in The Cuckoo Clock, in Spring of 2025.
Playwright/director Mike Brayndick is available for interviews. Contact him directly at [email protected].
Event Links
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Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3563069-2
