The Cast and Crew |
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Jonathan Pereira (writer/performer) is a native Chicago writer and performer, and since 2007 is now based in New York and a member of the Workshop Theatre. Selected Chicago credits: Macbeth, Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare), Strictly Dishonorable (American Theater Company), Abingdon Square and Charlie Chaplin in Lady Chaplin and Her Tramp (Piven Theatre), title roles in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (Chicspeare), the devil in Say You Love Satan (About Face Theatre). Selected NYC credits: Slipping (Rattlestick), The Mound Builders (Sackett Group), 365 Days/365 Plays (Public Theatre/Rising Phoenix Rep), Cassiopeia (Workshop Theatre), and he is currently performing in Macbeth with Oberon Theater Ensemble on Theatre Row. His solo works, Tastes Like Chicken and American Cake, have been presented throughout the US and Canada
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Kristen Williams (director) has both directed and acted with many companies in Chicago; Lookingglass, Sweetback, Talisman Theatre, Papermoon Theatre, CIC, Sansculotte, Village Players, Jam Productions, Quade Productions, Journeymen Theatre, Will Act For Food, Shapeshifters and Prickly Pear Productions. Recent credits include: Duke Bluebeard’s Wife in the critically acclaimed Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Chicago Opera), and Night of the Iguana (Raven Theatre). She holds a MFA in Theatre from Roosevelt University. |
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Dialogue One Solo Festival December, 2007
Minnesota Fringe Festival August, 2007
EP Theatre, Chicago December, 2006
Royal George Theatre, Chicago * February-March, 2006
Edmonton Fringe Festival August, 2005
Orlando Fringe Festival May, 2005
Loop Theatre, Chicago December, 2004
Around the Coyote Festival, Chicago September 11, 2004
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What they Say about it
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"[Pereira is] smart... he has a gift for interweaving personal and political comedy with unforced skill"
-- Orlando City Beat
“...a mesmerizing performer with a gift for physical
comedy and the courage to structure a monologue in a
highly unconventional manner."
-- Chicago Reader
"American Cake is a clever satire..."
-- SEE Magazine
"... writer-performer Jonathan Pereira has charm in
spades-not to mention insight, a willingness to go
deeper and an ability not to take it all too
seriously... [he] doesn't use the cliche, or the
reactionary, or the antireactionary, but makes a very
personal journey, finding the universal in the
specific while pitching to his audience as
intellectual equals. His manic-but-unforced style...
creates a momentum that may just make you stick around
for dessert."
--Time Out Chicago |
Audience Comments |
Name |
Star Rating |
What they said |
| Daniel Talbott |
5 Stars ***** |
A wonderful, heartfelt, and thought provoking singular vision of America with a great solo performance. |
| gabe bettio |
5 Stars ***** |
It was fantastic! The writing was great, very poignant, and the execution and performance, seamless. Pereira was captivating. |
| Cliff |
4 Stars **** |
Terrific, the recurring themes of cake, love, hate, patriotism, kept looping back
on themselves and by the end created a neat little package that was quite moving. |
| Daniella |
5 Stars ***** |
Well written, well acted, smart and funny |
| margaret |
5 Stars ***** |
Extremely creative.Spalding Gray like. Mr. Pereira is obviously both an extremely talanted writer and preformer. Looking forward to more great things fronm him. |
| Gina Prendki |
5 Stars ***** |
Wonderfully written, creative, intelligent, had all the elements I look forwwhen attending community theater. |
| Sophie |
5 Stars ***** |
Excellent! Funny and touching at the same time. |
| Michelle K |
5 Stars ***** |
I loved it. It was one of the best that I have seen in along time. Great job.. Jonathon Pereria was amazing. He is super hot. What an awesome actor he is. |
| Carley Cassity |
5 Stars ***** |
Amazing!!! Such an talented individual. |
| Postell |
5 Stars ***** |
Awesome. Great performance and writing! |
| Robert Brazys |
5 Stars ***** |
Fantastic! Timely, Funny and stright from the heart. |
| EssEss |
5 Stars ***** |
Jonathan Pereira put together a creative and talented performance! |
| Dan Gavin |
5 Stars ***** |
I thought that this show was not only witty and inciteful but amazingly funny. I was definitely disapointed it was not longer. I think that Jon Pereira is incredibly talented. As a performer he knows how to connect with the audience and keep them laughing, but his writing ability is also second to none. I can't wait to see what he pulls out of his hat next. Bravo on a phenomenal performance. |
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4 Stars **** |
Jonathan Pereira was incredibly charming and entertaining. |
| Dave |
5 Stars ***** |
Fantastic. |
| Anthony |
5 Stars ***** |
hilarious and timely. thanks for the cake. |
| whitney |
5 Stars ***** |
genuis writing |
*Funded in part by a 2006 CAAP grant from the city of Chicago, and the Illinois Arts Council
