In April of this year Serendipity Theatre Collective turns eleven years old, and we think that calls for quite a birthday party. In fact, we’re doing Eleven events in Eleven weeks to celebrate our Eleventh birthday, so if you think this is special, please check out the rest of our programming!

We are proud to preset the second installment of our 2nd Story Bistro series; an inspired collaboration between 2nd Story and Lincon Square’s Bistro Campagne all inspired by Earth Day! Hosted by Artistic Director Amanda Delheimer and 2nd Story Company Member J. Adams Oaks, this dinner party will pair some of our favorite stories with the delicious creations of acclaimed Chef Michael Altenberg.

Dinner includes a prelude of sparkling and passed hors d’oeuvres followed by a prix fixe menu including four stories, four tastes of wine, and four courses. Tickets cost $99 per person (gratuity included)—and all proceeds benefit 2nd Story’s 2010 programming.

Come celebrate Earth Day with organic wines, a menu created specifically for the event by Chef Altenberg, and four stories created especially for the event. This will be one of the most extravagant and decadent 2nd Story performances ever!

	Julie Saltzman After retiring from the currency option pits of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Julie Saltzman got serious about writing, went back to journalism school, and got herself published in a bunch of magazines. [ read more ]
	Larry Kerns Lawrence Kerns is a writer and a child psychiatrist who set out one summer to build a replica of Thoreau’s cabin…with his four teenage children…in his own backyard. Needless to say, it did not go well. [ read more ]
	Molly Each may reside in Logan Square, but she'll always be a Minnesotan at heart. She covers style and fashion for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Collection Magazine, CS Magazine, Store Adore and Newcity. [ read more ]
	Eric May is an associate professor in the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. A 1975 graduate of Columbia and a former reporter for The Washington Post, his fiction has appeared in Fish Stories: Collective One and f magazine. [ read more ]

Bistro Campagne
4518 N. Lincoln Ave
www.bistrocampagne.com

All tickets must be purchased in advance, please visit us online. There are no tickets available the day of the performance.

Thursday April 22nd, 2010.

6:30pm	Prelude (hors’doeuvres and sparkling)
7:00pm	Dinner is served (with stories!)

PRELUDE
Hors d'oeuvres
Bisol "Jeio" Sparkling Rose. Veneto, Italy

ACT I
Julie Saltzman, An Old Testament Baseball Miracle
Beckerlane Farm pigs' feet crepinette* with crispy pork kreplach*
Rayun Syrah. Rapel Valley, Chile

ACT II
Molly Each, Rocking the Boat
Poached barramundi* with spicy saffron aqua pazzo
Domaine de Figueirasse Gris de Gris, Vin de Pays de Sablet du Golf de Layon. France

ACT III
Eric May, Special K
Black Earth Farm's beef short ribs vol-au-vent*
Bodega Neuquen Malbec. Patagonia, Argentina

FINALE
Larry Kerns, Foundationality
"Earth Day Financier*," a dense chocolate almond cake with "dirt," "worms," and "hay"
Niepoort Ruby Port. Portugal

Menu is subject to change. Substitutions politely declined.

Notes:
* Crepinette is a loosely made sausage
* Kreplach are Jewish ravioli
* Baramundi is a type of white fish
* Vol-au-vent is canoe-shaped puff pastry traditionally stuffed
   with yumminess
* Financier is a dense cake

Serendipity Theatre Collective is funded in part by The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, City Arts Grants, the Chicago Community Foundation—a part of the Chicago Community Trust, and the Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development.