Ronald Keaton's Churchill Sets Closing Date Off-Broadway, Will Return to Chicago

The off-Broadway production of Churchill will play its final performance on July 12. The play, created by and starring Ronald Keaton, began performances at New World Stages on February 6. The production will return to Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center, where it premiered in 2014. Performances in the Windy City will begin on July 17.

The play follows the British Prime Minister in 1946, after having led Britain and the Allies to victory in World War II and being defeated for re-election. Sitting in forced retirement with his wife Clementine at their Chartwell home, Winston Churchill receives an invitation from President Harry Truman to speak at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he will deliver his legendary, emphatic “Iron Curtain” speech.

Churchill is directed by Kurt Johns. It opened officially on February 18.