🎭 A true story of family trauma and spiritualism in 19th-century Illinois comes to life onstage in The Wonder with Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. | ✍️ MJOberlander
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s first full-length production in Chicago since 2019, a world premiere penned by Maggie Lou Rader, is haunting, literally. Based on the first reported instance of spiritual possession in the midwest, in Watseka, Illinois in the late 19th century, the story merges ghostly occurrences with the all-too-real trauma of a family consumed by loss.
Creating a pervasive, unsettled tone is difficult for live theater, and Valdes and Nguyen are strong mirrors of one another that portray their heavenly linkage with nuance and engaging otherworldliness . We’re not quite sure if the possession is real, and that uncertainty leads to further reflection on faith and what it means to process grief.
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