What’s Sophie Up To?
Red Bike- Backyard Theatre Co
Backyard Theatre Company presents RED BIKE by Caridad Svich, an intimate, movement-driven play about a young person riding through a town that is changing faster than they can understand.
Told through memory, motion, and the rhythm of a bicycle, RED BIKE follows The Kid as they move through streets, storefronts, neighborhoods, and questions of money, power, childhood, and belonging. What happens when the place that raised you begins to disappear? What do we hold onto when the world around us is being bought, sold, and renamed?
Presented inside the Berger Park Coach House, this production invites audiences into a close, stripped-down theatrical experience where language, movement, and community carry the story.
Directed by artistic associate Emma Parsons, RED BIKE is a play about growing up, looking closely, and asking who gets to stay in the places they call home.
The Beautiful Game- The Beautiful City Project
The Beautiful Game is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. The award-winning musical follows the fortunes of a group of teenagers from both sides of the heavy divide during “The Troubles” in 1960s/70s Belfast. Centering around the beautiful game of football (soccer), this tale of anger, heartbreak, passion and hope is a perfect setting as North America hosts the World Cup. Original cast member Hannah Waddingham brought more love for soccer to the USA with the series Ted Lasso. Beautiful Game/Beautiful City – what a match!
Featuring a stellar cast of TBCP favorites, newcomers, and artists making their TBCP debut, this summer production follows last Fall's production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, also held at the Athenaeum.
Designer Run- The Beautiful City Project
DESIGNER RUN - 12 different songs from musical theatre, set by 12 different choreographers, with 12 different casts - all to be performed in a Designer Run theatre setting (before heading off to a make-believe theatre). Audiences will be able to watch these numbers as if they're part of the team, with a few interactive surprises along the way.
Featuring fully original choreography from 10 of Chicago's best and up-and-coming artists, Choreographers include Jenna Schoppe, Nich O'Neil, Kaitlyn Pasquinelli, Tanji Harper, Laura Savage, Anna Marie Abbate, Ashton Norris, Mackenzie Block, Ariel Dorsey, Dyanna Daniels, Harmony Rose Nielsen and Aurora Boe.
The evening raises funds and awareness for the incredible BandWith, a Chicago-based non-profit whose mission is to promote wellness for underserved Chicago communities through lasting access to high quality performing arts programs.