THREE STORIES. ONE MAN.
TURING the Musical premieres in Chicago! Playing at the Greenhouse Theater Center (2257 N Lincoln Ave), TURING tells the dramatic true story of Alan Turing.
Friday, August 16 - 7:30pm
Saturday, August 17 - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, August 18 - 2:30pm
Purchase your tickets for TURING here!
"A GROUNDBREAKING NEW MUSICAL"
-BroadwayWorld
SYNOPSIS
“TURING”is the heart-wrenching true story of Alan Turing:
A boy, abandoned by his parents, who struggles to fit in, and loses the first companion who truly understands him
A young adult, who brilliantly led the cracking of the German Enigma code, in turn saving the western world from the Nazis during World War II
A grown adult, put on trial for being gay and stripped of his very core being which drove him to his dark demise.
Told through three parallel timelines, “TURING” explores the fastidious attempt of one man to persevere against the instruction of authority, the law, abandonment, and societal repudiation of homosexuality. With an intense and deeply moving contemporary orchestral score, “TURING” approaches one of the most complicated ciphers in the world:
Decoding the relationships and life of Alan Turing himself