Denmark

What is our commitment to fulfill our personal hopes and dreams, versus our obligation to a greater public good, at the time when the need for that greater public good is dire? With his distinctive flair, Charles Smith explores these provocative questions in his searing historical drama about freed slave Denmark Vesey, who in 1822, used his new earnings as a carpenter, not to free the woman he loved but to plan an extensive slave uprising in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Sara Lee Foundation is the Exclusive Sponsor of the World Premiere of Charles Smith’s Denmark, Victory Gardens Theater’s Inaugural Production at the Biograph Theater.

Denmark will be directed by Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Dennis Zacek. It will feature Velma Austin, Anthony Fleming III, Kenny Head, and A.C. Smith.

Victory Gardens Theater at the Biograph

2433 N. Lincoln Avenue

Chicago, Il 60614

September 29 – November 12, 2006

For tickets and information about Denmark, call the Victory Gardens Box Office, (773) 871-3000, or visit http://www.victorygardens.org/default.asp.