Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road
Winner of the 2003 Jeff Citation for "Best New Work"

By Robert Koon
Directed by Anna Bahow

The cast:
Kelly Van Kirk
Lisa Stevens
Paul Noble
Elizabeth Rich
Michelle Courvais

Produced at Strawdog Theatre, Chicago

"compelling and emotionally resonant"
"without doubt, the latest local playwright to watch"
"carefully cast and beautifully performed"
-Chicago Tribune (rave)

"a taut, sophisticated world premiere production"
"intelligent edgy, direction" "the actors turn in compelling performances"
-Chicago Sun-Times (recommended)

"a local playwright worthy of attention" "Tip of the Week"
-New City

"outstanding production" "something wholly original"
"exceptionally graceful and restrained performance"
-Chicago Reader (highly recommended)

Vintage Red... was nominated for the American Theatre Critics' Association Steinberg New Play Award!

In the world premiere drama 'Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road,' Ted Wilk is a man who has completely reinvented himself, leaving his past behind and adopting a way of life in many ways diametrically opposed to his previous existence. In many ways he has succeeded, but a late night phone call pulls him out of his carefully constructed world and back into his old unfinished business. Caught between his old life as a winemaker in California's Napa Valley and his new life as a Chicago photographer, Ted must confront that part of his life that was lost in the reinventing-trying to remove the past's impediment to his future.