• 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, 8pm
    With a preview performance Aug 23
    @ the 1700 Theatre
    1650 N. Halsted St.

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  • Summer Training Intensive


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    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.

  • Monuments

    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.

    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 site-specific locations in Chicago and in Delhi, before preparing it for tour in the United States.

    Presentations of the work in progress will be shared on
    July 22 @ The Logan Center for the Arts, 8pm
    915 E 60th St./ 60637