Underground Railroad GameCreated by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott Sheppard May 18-20, 2023 “Underground Railroad Game,” a satiric, R-rated, kaleidoscopic and fearless comedy in which two middle-school teachers use games to teach uncomfortable lessons about American racial history, was inspired by an actual game that co-creator Scott Sheppard was forced to play in fifth grade when

MEXODUS Written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel Robinson April 28-29, 2023 “Mexodus,” written and performed by Chicago native Brian Quijada and Chicago transplant Nygel Robinson, was inspired by the estimated 4,000 to 10,000 enslaved people in the southern United States who found new lives in Mexico instead of moving North. This lesser-known chapter