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    • THEATER IN CHICAGO
    • SHAW VS. TUNNEY
    • OUR SHOWS 2016-2022
    • ABOUT US
    • WE RECOMMEND

  • THEATER IN CHICAGO
  • SHAW VS. TUNNEY
  • OUR SHOWS 2016-2022
  • ABOUT US
  • WE RECOMMEND

WORLD PREMIERE

MAY 23,2023 - JULY 8, 2023

SHAW VS. TUNNEY

By Douglas Post

Based on The Prizefighter and the Playwright

By Jay R. Tunney

Directed by Nick Sandys

Produced by Charles Grippo

ABOUT THE SHOW

Additional Information

   Shaw Vs. Tunney concerns the deep and enduring relationship that developed between George Bernard Shaw, the celebrated Irish playwright, and Gene Tunney, the American world heavyweight boxing champion. It begins with their first meeting in London and culminates on an island in the Adriatic where Gene and Polly Lauder Tunney spent their honeymoon. It is there that Shaw and the Tunneys experience an extraordinary event that changes their lives forever. 

Theater Wit 1229 W. Belmont Chicago 773-975-8150

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