Returning to Storefront Theatre

March 7, 2022
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With Idle Muse Theatre Company's Pericles adaptation, Upon This Shore

Last week, we had the opportunity to photograph Upon This Shore, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, which opened on Saturday, March 5.

And by “we,” I mean “I.” Distant Era MVP Elizabeth was onstage doing her magic in this show, her first production in nearly three years.

After shooting Lifeboat Productions’s The Black Knight and preproduction images for Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s Plaid as Hell, and then Idle Muse’s Upon This Shore, and afterward a company photo session with Birch House Immersive, and a few headshot sessions in between, it feels like springtime for Chicago storefront theatre following a two-year winter.

For me and for Distant Era, it feels like the return of a way of life and work and community, a return to social circles and events. It was a pleasure to enjoy an opening night again, dine with friends before the show, talk in the lobby, and head out for warm conversation afterward.

Huge congratulations to my friends at Idle Muse for reopening after the long winter of the pandemic and best wishes to you for a successful run!

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Steven Townshend is a fine art/portrait photographer and writer with a background in theatre, written narrative, and award-winning game design. As a young artist, Steven toured the US and Canada performing in Shakespeare companies while journaling their moments on paper and film. In his transition from stage to page, Steven continued to work as a theatre photographer, capturing dramatic scenes while incorporating elements of costume, makeup, and theatrical lighting in his work. Drawn to stories set in other times and places, Steven creates works through which fellow dreamers and time travelers might examine their own humanity or find familiar comfort in the reflections of the people and places of a distant era.

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