The Brink!
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In a cafe at the edge of the world, a group of wayward performers present The Brink!, an experimental cabaret in a time of unraveling. Musical, muscular, irreverent, and full of wonder, The Brink!… responds to that moment when the ground beneath us shifts too quickly, and the world suddenly seems unrecognizable. Drawing from American pop songs and jazz standards, the poetry of Gertrude Stein, and Ann Carson’s “The Gender of Sound,” the ensemble slides past the edge of reason in this unfettered encounter with the stranger inside.
The Brink! Or Nobody’s Ever Kissed Me Like That
Is presented by Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series
August 24-25, 7:30pm
With a preview performance Aug 23
@ the 1700 Theatre
1650 N. Halsted St.
Summer Training Intensive
A week-long theater training and performance intensive for artists of all disciplines: The week will include daily sessions focused on training physical presence and awareness through partner acrobatics, stilt-walking, singing, and improvisation. Each day will also include a dedicated session for participants to develop their individual practice and personal performance material. Participants will use personal investigations as a way of meeting each other and confronting themselves. Sessions will run from 2-9pm with a dinner break Monday through Friday, and an open showing of the participants’ work will be presented on Friday evening.
June 18-22 at the University of Chicago
Chicago Performance Lab
2-9pm Monday-Friday
$250 with Early Bird Discount
$300 regular price
Please email training@walkabouttheater.org for more information.
Paper Wind
All performances ARE FREE
and NO RESERVATIONS required!
Join Walkabout Theater Company this summer for Monuments, an outdoor stilt phenomenon! Appearing for 2 weekends in 5 parks across the city, Monuments is presented by the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks, with a featured performance on June 2nd at the Pivot Arts Festival Community Parade! Monuments transforms each public space into a dynamic celebration of impermanence, remembrance and change. Original stilt choreography by Kristina Isabelle and interactive scenic elements designed by Studio Gang Chicago. Music by Cooper Forsman, text by Morgan McNaught, and costume design by Myron Elliott-Cisneros
Fri June 1
6pm @ Sherman Park
1301 W 52nd St, 60609
Sat June 2
3:30pm @ Senn Park
5887 N Ridge Ave, 60660
*Part of the Pivot Arts Festival Community Parade and joined by the Senn Arts High School Junior Theatre Ensemble.
Sun June 3
4pm @ Burnside Park
9400 S Greenwood Ave, 60619
Sat July 7
6pm @ Pulaski Park
1419 W Blackhawk St, 60622
Sun July 8
6pm @ Walsh Park
1722 N Ashland Ave, 60622
The Raveling
The Raveling is a new Walkabout performance in development this summer at the Chicago Performance Lab.
With original text by Morgan McNaught and created in partnership with Chicago artists, Delhi-based theater Guild of the Goat, and Toronto vocalist Fides Krucker, The Raveling is a re-threading of history, beginning with stories of place, re-enactments of past events, personal explorations of heritage and body, and a tracing of time through songs. Walkabout will develop the work in Chicago and in Delhi, before preparing it for tour in the United States.
Presentations of the work in progress will be shared on
Sunday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 24 @ The Logan Center for the Arts, Rm 701, 8pm
915 E 60th St./ 60637
Directed by Thom Pasculli
with Vocal Specialist Fides Krucker
with Original Text by Morgan McNaught
Co-created and performed by
Anastacia Narrajos
Anirudh Nair
Amba-Suhasini Jhala
Alex Rodriguez
Cooper Forsman
Dana Murphy
Katie Mazzini
Nigel Brown
Stephanie Shum
Assistant Director Monet Felton
Stage Manager Shanyn Strub
