The Nose
Friday, December 8, 2023 @ 7:30PM
Sunday, December 10, 2023 @ 3PM
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich based on The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
Chicago Premiere
#cotnose
You might like this if…
You’re a fan of The Onion or Monty Python
Gogol and Dostoyevsky are your jam
Or
The clowns in politics tick you off
The ~Vibe~
Political Satire, Dark Comedy, Anti-Authoritarianism
The Story
Shostakovich’s absurdist masterpiece makes its long anticipated Chicago debut in a new production by legendary director Francesca Zambello. Kovalyov wakes up one morning to discover his nose has not only taken on a life of its own, but is a high-ranking government official. Kovalyov chases his nose around the streets of St. Petersburg in a hilarious series of events, encountering many quirky characters along the way. With an electrifying avant-garde score by legendary Russian composer Dmitiri Shostakovich, it is sure to appeal to your scents of humor.
Creative Team
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Librettist: Georgy Ionin, Alexander Preis, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Yevgeny Zamyatin
Conductor: Lidiya Yankovskaya
Director: Francesca Zambello
Designers
Set Design: Marcus Doshi
Costume Design: Erik Teague
Lighting Design: Marcus Doshi
Dance Partner
The Nose features fellow Harris Theater resident company South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT), with choreography by SCDT founder Kia S. Smith
Cast
Kovalyov: Aleksey Bogdanov
The Nose: Curtis Bannister
Ivan the Lackey: David Cangelosi
Police Inspector: Justin Berkowitz
Ivan Yakovlevich: Wilbur Pauley
Clerk/Doctor/Con-Man/Khozrev-Mirza: Samuel Weiser
Praskovya Osipovna (Yakovlevich's wife)/Mother/Respectable Lady: Michelle Johnson
Podtochina's Daughter: Boya Wei
Vendor: Corinne Costell
Flirtatious Lady/Attendant/Traveller 1/Female voice: Emily Birsan
Attendant 2/Traveller 2: Joelle Lamarre
Attendant 3/Traveller 3: Hayley Fox*
Elderly Lady/Podtochina/Old Countess: Quinn Middleman
Attendant 4/Traveller 4: Leah Dexter
Attendant 5/Traveller 5: Pauline Tan
Attendant 6/Traveller 6: Kimberly Hann
Tenor Solo/Yaryzhkin/2nd Policeman/1st New Arrival/1st Student: Sam Grosby
5th Policeman/1st Man/2nd Student/Eunuch: Cornelius Johnson
7th Policeman/2nd Man/5th Student/2nd Acquaintance: Karlos Piñero-Mercado*
8th Policeman/3rd Man/6th Student: David Margulis
9th Policeman/Little Old Man/1st Dandy: Brian Pember
Flirtatious Man/1st Son/Honorable Colonel: Peter Scott Drackley
Pyotr Fyodorovich/7th Man/7th Student: Andrew Morstein
Countess' Lackey/Ivan Ivanovich/8th Student: Evan Bravos
Cab Driver/Janitor 2/Traveller/Coachman/2nd New Arrival: Louise Floyd*
Janitor 3/1st Policeman/2nd Dandy/1st Acquaintance: Peter Wesoloski
Janitor 4/3rd Policeman/3rd Student/3rd Acquaintance: David Salsbery Fry
Sentry/Janitor 1/2nd Son/4th Man/4th Student: William Powell III
Janitor 5/Father/5th Man: Aaron Wardell
Janitor 6/4th Policeman/6th Man/Anonymous Voice: Patrick Scully
Footman/Janitor 7/6th Policeman/1st Son of Respectable Lady: Alex Soare
Janitor 8/10th Policeman/2nd Son of Respectable Lady: Leo Radosavljevic
* Denotes COT Young Artist
Samuel Weiser
Clerk/Doctor/Con-Man/Khozrev-Mirza
Michelle Johnson
Praskovya Osipovna (Yakovlevich's wife)/Mother/ Respectable Lady
The Nose is used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company,
U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna.
Sponsors
The Nose is sponsored by Patricia A. Kenney & Gregory J. O'Leary and the Robert & Penelope Steiner Family Foundation, with additional support from Julie & Roger Baskes, Patricia McMillen,
Masahiro Kasai & William Myers, the Jentes Family, and the COT President’s Council
Theater rental and services have been partially underwritten through the support of the
Harris Theater for Music and Dance.