Art and Democracy: An Evening of Provocative Political Theater
Including performances by Albany Park Theater Project, Teatro Luna, Rozalinda Borcilla, and Dewayne Slightweitght.
Join us for an evening of provocative, political theater curated by Hemispheric Institute for Politics and Performance and presented by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and the UIC Department of Performing Arts.
Albany Park Theater Project
NINE DIGITS, Based on a true story told by “Julio Alvarez”
Named one of the best shows of 2007 by the Chicago Sun-Times, and based on months of interviews conducted by APTP youth ensemble members about the lives of undocumented immigrants in Chicago. "Nine Digits" is the moving story of a Chicago teen who has been an undocumented immigrant since his parents brought him to the United States from Colombia when he was age six. With astonishing originality, this work humanizes the often corrupt and mean-spirited rhetoric of the national immigration debate.
Dewayne Sightweight
"The Kinship Structure of Ferns" is a multimedia one-act opera composed and performed by Dewayne Slightweight, and will include live singing to a pre-recorded score and dancing with a backdrop of projected drawings. Both an imaginary autobiography and a communal history, it begs the question, what is the nature of kinship? How do we make and grow kinship structures based on collective hope and despair? Free copies of the projected drawings with a cd of the music from the performance at the event will be handed out as a souvenir.
Teatro Luna
This piece from Chicago's award-winning company will showcase Latina and Hispanic women in a creative forum of social, political and educational outreach.
Rozalinda Borcilla
An engaging collaborative preformance at the intersection of scholarship, artistic expression and politics.
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co-sponsored by
Project Towards a New Americas Studies at the University of Chicago
Friday, October 24th
Time: 8:00 pm
Place: UIC Theater, 1040 West Harrison Street
This event is ADA accessible. If you have a disability and need additional accommodations to attend an event, please inform us at the time of reservation.
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is part of UIC College of Architecture and the Arts and serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jane Addams (1860-1935) and other resident social reformers whose work influenced the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. The Museum's exhibits and public programs preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the continuation of the historic settlement house vision, linking research, education, and social engagement.
More information about the museum and its programs can be found at: www.hullhousemuseum.org.
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