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Producer and Director Jonathan James and The Home Creative  Co. are proud to announce the opening of THE OUTSIDERS, the immersive and thrilling adaptation of the classic story. The production will run from September 13 through October 13 at the Athenaeum Center in Chicago. Tickets are on sale now at https://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2024/the outsiders/.

You've read the book, you've seen the film, now immerse yourself in the world of THE OUTSIDERS like never before! The Home Creative Co. invites you to go back in time to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s for this coming-of-age story told by fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis. The youngest of the Greasers, Ponyboy struggles to find his place amongst his fellow outcasts. On the other side of town, the Socs seem to have it made. They jump Greasers for kicks to pass the time of their privileged lives. Cherry, a Soc, shares a connection with Ponyboy due to his sensitive nature and love of poetry, a connection that her boyfriend, Bob, will not accept. What ensues is a gut-wrenching story of love and loss that comes to a head with the unforgettable line, "Stay gold, Ponyboy."

Reimagined for an intimate, immersive theater experience, Ponyboy, Johnny, and their gang of  socially outcast Greasers come to life in this heartfelt production of THE OUTSIDERS!

Staying gold means not letting the hardships of the world tarnish your spirit. It means finding the child-like wonder and awe for the world that is inside all of us. It is seeing the beauty in the little things in life, so that no matter how dark the times may be, we can still appreciate the beauty of a sunrise or sunset. Is there a more important lesson to be learned than this? If you ask Johnny, he would tell you that it's worth dying for. And I agree. – Jonathan James

Stay gold, Chicago.

James' cast for THE OUTSIDERS features Liam Pietrzyk (Ponyboy Curtis), Julian Rus (Johnny Cade),  Brick Zurek (Dallas Winston), Austin Kinser (Darryl Curtis), Jose Yantin Jr (Sodapop Curtist), Nick  Pardo (Two-Bit Mathews), Jamie McCalister (Cherry Valance), Bob DiLeo (Bob Sheldon), Joshua Dizon (Randy Anderson), Olivia Kaye Da Silva (Marcia), and Valentina Mariucci (Sandy).  Ensemble members are William Athow, Alastair Blevins, Kennedy Carlson, Brandon Guerrero, Michael Kelley, Ollie King, Pratik Mamtora, and Julie Utrup-O'Nan. Also joining the cast as understudies are Angela Cusmano, Michael Fosha, Alexander Garcia, Jonathan James, and Keaton Stewart.

THE OUTSIDERS will be directed by Jonathan James, with set design by Kathi Campbell and Mary Alice Benoit, sound design by Michael Incardone, costumes by Mary Alice Benoit, lighting design by Rick Keeley, movement choreography by Nick Pardo, fight choreography by Austin Kinser, and intimacy coordination by  Taylor Benoit.

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