Discipline: Theater

Héctor Alvarez is an actor, director, and theater critic from Spain. He has worked as a teaching artist with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Youth Shakespeare, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Victory Gardens, Congo …

Runako Jahi, an actor/playwright/director/graphic artist/poet and acting coach, attended Columbia College and the American Academy of Art. He works as a teaching artist for Urban Gateways, and is former artistic …

Mercedes Inez, a multidisciplinary artist and art educator, attended Loyola University Chicago with a focus in Theatre, Visual Arts, and Music. She works as a performer and teaching artist for …

Audiences will be inspired by a variety of uplifting and interactive stories which emphasize the unique and important role each person plays in our world.

Mama Edie is a bilingual storyteller (Spanish/English), published writer, percussionist, speech/language pathologist, and voice-over artist who has provided international storytelling performances and workshops to parents, teachers, children, social workers, steel …

A theater / literary arts residency at this Humboldt Park school allowed students to create their own story, develop the courage to perform for an audience, and discover what they have in common with their favorite super heroes.

West Englewood students stepped out of their comfort zones to gain new creative skills in summer 2015, exploring the Caribbean Carnival festival through four different artistic disciplines and a field trip experience.

Chicago students read the book and witnessed the performance by Mona Golabek, whose story of how music helped her mother survive the Holocaust moved and inspired them.

Amazing magic effects choreographed to music include levitation, live doves, and other illusions audiences won’t soon forget.

Fun, interactive, and original tales teach audiences how characters, settings, and conflict create stories.