First Folio Theatre Presents The World Premiere of the Riveting New Drama: SALVAGE March 26-April 27

First Folio Theatre
(Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) will present the
World Premiere of the new drama SALVAGE by Joseph Zettelmaier. SALVAGE
previews March 26, opens March 29 and runs through April 27, 2014. The highly
anticipated production is directed by Jeff Award nominee and First Folio
Theatre favorite Alison C. Vesely.

SALVAGE
tells the tender story of a shy owner of a collectables store in Detroit who
finds his staid existence turned topsy-turvy when a mysterious women enters his
life with valuable items she is trying to sell. But as their business
relationship grows, so does their personal relationship…and so does the mystery
of where she keeps finding these items.  Zettelmaiser is a four-time
nominee for the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best
New Play. His play It Came from Mars was the recipient of 2009’s
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and won Best New Script 2010 from
the Lansing State Journal. “Zettelmaier’s plays are infused with an
idiosyncratic sense of humor, but he never shies away from darker emotions,”
said American Theatre Magazine.

SALVAGE
stars First Folio Theatre Artistic Associate Melanie Keller as “Sarah”(Twelfth Night and Jeeves in Bloom at First Folio Theatre
and Romeo and Juliet and Caesar and Cleopatra at The Stratford Shakespeare
Festival of Canada) and Tyler Rich as “Jason” (Cymbeline at
First Folio Theatre, Cyrano de Bergerac
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and The
Tempest and The Taming of the
Shrew at American Players Theatre).

Costume Design is by Elsa
Hiltner, Sound Design is by Chris Kriz, Lighting Design is by Shelley Holland,
Scenic Design is by Angie Weber Miller, and Props Design is by Cassandra
Schillo.

This
summer, the brilliant Shakespearean comedy THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
will appear on First Folio Theatre’s outdoor main stage, situated on the scenic
slopes of the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate. Guests are encouraged to bring
a picnic and enjoy First Folio Theatre’s annual “Shakespeare Under the Stars”
production, directed by Jeff Award nominee Nick Sandys.  Shakespeare’s
greatest (and largest) comic character, Sir John Falstaff, was too huge to be
contained by his original appearance in Henry IV. Short on money, the
rotund Falstaff sets out on a quest to seduce not just one, but two wealthy
married women, who then decide to turn the tables on Falstaff and teach him a
lesson in fidelity and honesty. The New York Times raves that this
classic tale is “Sparkling!  Brims with joy!”  THE MERRY WIVES OF
WINDSOR previews July 9, opens July 12, and runs through August 10, 2014.

SAVAGE runs from March 26 through April 27, 2014. All performances take place at the Mayslake Peabody
Estate, located at 1717 W 31st St., off Rt. 83, in Oak Brook. First
Folio is easy to get to from via the East-West Tollway (I-88) or the Stevenson
Expressway (I-55). Free parking is available on the grounds. Preview tickets
are $22.  Regular priced tickets are $30 on Wednesdays and Thursdays
(seniors and students are $26), and $37 on Fridays through Sundays (seniors and
students are $32).  Season subscriptions and individual tickets may be
purchased by calling the box office at 630.986.8067 or online at www.firstfolio.org.