Free Street Theater has been making theater in Chicago, connecting communities through art, since 1969. They do itinerant touring work across the city, creating accessible, inclusive, and transformational performances that seek connections between different issues facing Chicago communities. Their newest performance, There Is a Future/Tenemos un Futuro (TIAF), is an outdoor show directed by Elizabeth […]
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Free Street celebrates Radical Love
Free Street Theater was founded in 1969 by Patrick Henry, an alum of the Goodman School of Drama whose vision was to create a multiracial ensemble that could tour neighborhoods and break down “the artificial barriers that divide us.” That mission has remained intact through many changes of leadership over the past 53 years and […]
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Ghost trusters
It doesn’t matter where you are in Chicago. There are dead people somewhere in the ground below you. The millions of Indigenous peoples that flourished for millennia. The countless millions who trampled in next. And next. And next. All those bodies. All that energy. All those stories. Chicago is literally steeped in them. And in […]
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A trilogy for times of terror
Three streaming productions give us plenty to ponder in the pandemic.
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Reviewing while Black at Sundance
On criticism, inclusion—and exclusion—at one of the most diverse Sundance festivals in history.
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In Good Grief, Melissa DuPrey does more than just talk about loss
Her latest solo for Free Street about her mother’s death brings alternative healers to the audience.
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The Storefront Project provides a movable feast of devised theater
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Prop Thtr offer directors a chance to adapt between venues.
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The One-Minute Festival offers a takedown of the entire Trump administration in just 60 seconds
After a messy presidential election, the performances in this year’s edition target the political realm.
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Women & Children First starts a Conversation about art and resisting the new administration
The bookstore’s new monthly series explores the intersection of books and politics
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Printers Row Lit Fest preview
Printers Row Lit Fest’s 30th year brings hundreds of authors and booksellers to the South Loop.
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The Side Project celebrates “The Kindness of Strangers”
“The Kindness of Strangers” is the theme of Side Project Theatre Company’s second storytelling festival.
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Alcyone Festival
Halcyon Theatre explores the works of pioneering experimental playwright Maria Irene Fornes.