Reserve your seat for April 2nd at 7PM here! Life. Love. Heartbreak. Loss. Hilarious encounters. It’s not hard to love a good story, especially when the storyteller weaves an enchanting web of words that captivate and capture your emotions. It’s this magical quality that has lead to the massive popularity of storytelling…
Reserve Your Seat For This Show On Saturday, March 25th at 8PM The smooth sounds and rhythmic beat of soul music have roots deep in American soil. Born of gritty vocal stylings, naked emotion, and the personal testimony of African American gospel music, soul music has been a part of our shared culture for decades.…
Reserve Your Tickets By Clicking Here For Story Pirates on Saturday, March 11th at 2PM! These are no ordinary pirates. You won’t find them boarding frigates or hoisting the Jolly Roger, and the treasure they seek is not gold doubloons. These are the Story Pirates, a group of improv artists, musicians, educators, and professional…
Register for this free event on Saturday, February 18th at 8pm here: Tickets Set at the dawn of the Cuban Revolution, Face to the Sun is a play written by burgeoning playwright Alison Minami. The story follows Hamada, a Japanese Cuban man, as he must decide whether to uproot his family – including his Cuban…
Americana is defined by Wikipedia as “artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States.” And that is exactly what self-proclaimed Retro Daddy, Charles Phoenix, brings to the drop leaf coffee table: a love for the things from America’s past that demonstrate what life was…
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble keeps it all in the family. Literally. Seven of the members of the band are brothers who were raised together on the Southside of Chicago. Their music is unique, bringing jazz, funk, hip hop, rock, and even reggae, together in one mighty sound. To begin to understand their sound and how it…
From the very first tinkling notes on the piano, the air in the room buzzes with electricity. The steady throbbing boom-boom-boom of the stand up bass joins in, mixing seamlessly with the bold, brassy tones of a sax. Warm and inviting jazz fills the air, pausing for half a breath as a clear, sweet voice…
The plaintive wail of a clarinet fills the air, its wordless voice telling a story, taking you on a journey. Soon the rhythmic thump of a stand up bass joins in along with the deep throated moan of a trombone. The sounds join together, picking up speed, morphing from a mournful hymn into a joyful…
When Hal Holbrook first picked up the mantle of American literary legend Mark Twain, he could not have known it was one he would wear for more than 62 years. And it is this performance as Mark Twain that has become one of the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of theater. Hal Holbrook,…
A SEED (Ichi-Ryu Man-Bai) is a show inspired by Japanese mythology about the humble beginnings of our universe. It tells the story about how life-giving grain first came to exist in the world, and how one, single seed can produce enough to sustain all life on our planet. The underlying message is one of gratitude…
