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Category: Chicago

Native Guard

In partnership with the Alliance Theatre
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry by Northwestern University Professor and Former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
Directed by Susan V. Booth
October 23–24, 2021

Airness

By Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by Ericka Ratcliff
July 19-21, 2024

Underground Railroad Game

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

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

Exit Strategy

By Ike Holter
Directed by Malkia Stampley
July 21-23, 2023

Otto Frank

Created and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
Oct. 5-7, 2023

Grace

Written and performed by Chloe Johnston
Directed by Coya Paz
Oct. 10-12, 2024

Desaparecidas (The Missing Ones), A Concert Reading

Music by Jaime Lozano
Lyrics by Jaime Lozano & Florencia Cuenca
Book by Georgina Escobar
Original Concept by Jaime Lozano, Florencia Cuenca and Rachel M. Stevens
Directed by Florencia Cuenca
Oct. 18-20, 2024