When:
Sunday, October 1, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Where: Abbott Hall, Wirtz Center Theater, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: General admission tickets are $45
Radical Generosity tickets are $75 - covering the cost of a single ticket and sponsoring a second community member ticket.
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Contact:
Congo Square Theatre
(773) 296-1108
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Sponsor: Congo Square Theatre
Category: Fine Arts
A dark comedy by Inda Craig-Galván, WELCOME TO MATTESON! follows two Black couples over the course of a dinner party; one couple has lived in the Chicago suburb of Matteson for years, the other has just moved in after being forcibly relocated from the Cabrini-Green housing projects. A uniquely Chicago story, the play explores universal themes of gentrification, housing justice, and inter-class relationships.
Directed by Congo Square Theatre Artistic Director Ericka Ratcliff, the play features Congo Square Ensemble Members Ronald L. Conner, Anthony L. Irons, and Alexis J. Roston. Congo Square’s production of WELCOME TO MATTESON! is part of the National New Play Network’s Rolling World Premiere program in which a new play will be premiered by multiple companies over an 18-month period allowing the playwright to collaborate and make adjustments while working with unique perspectives from each company. WELCOME TO MATTESON! will receive its World Premiere at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, New Jersey (SuzAnne Barabas, Artistic Director; Gabor Barabas, Executive Producer).