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It is the year 3,000,485,000 BC.ÌýÌýThe once nutrient-rich primordial sea has grown thin due to overeating by the ravenous, multiplyingÌýyeasts.Ìý To forestall famine, theÌýyeastÌýking forbids feasting, propagating, or (strangely) rising above the ocean’s floor.Ìý Prompted by a lowlyÌýyeastÌýmaiden, the king’s first born defies his father and rises to the ocean’s surface where he finds a new source of food source that seems to save the desperate kingdom.Ìý As the story unfolds, the lovers fall in and out of love, villains vie for power, new life-forms emerge, and the world is changed forever.ÌýÌýPart Greek tragedy, part Shakespearian court drama, part bio-historical sci-fi fantasia,ÌýYeastÌýNationÌýexplores hunger, greed, love, and sustainability through an absurdist creation myth and a driving rock score.Ìý

Music & Lyrics by:Ìý Mark Hollmann

Book & Lyrics by: Greg Kotis

Stage Director: George CederquistÌý

Music Director: Michael McBride

Dates:

• • April 25, 7:30 pm
  • April 26, 7:30 pm
  • April 27, 2:30 pm

Location: , 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622