When:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
All day
Where: Abbott Hall, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Cost: General Public $15
Full-Time Students $12
Full-Time NU Students $8 in advance, $12 at the door
A per ticket service charge will be added to all online ($3 per ticket) and phone ($2 per ticket) purchases.
Contact:
Pete Brace
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee
“There are those who cannot see and who are not seen. But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…”
Yara Arts Group’s “The Magic of Light” interweaves puppetry, language, music and poetry to illustrate the cultural and spiritual awakening of an artist in the 1870s. Inspired by the haunting epic songs of Ukrainian blind bards (kobzari), a young man embarks on a lifelong quest to record, preserve and illuminate Ukrainian traditions against the tremendous pressures of history. The production is performed with an intimate, transforming puppet stage by puppeteer Tom Lee and features musician Julian Kytasty, a third-generation master of the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian plucked-stringed folk instrument.
When:
Friday, November 14, 2025
All day
Where: Abbott Hall, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Cost: General Public $15
Full-Time Students $12
Full-Time NU Students $8 in advance, $12 at the door
A per ticket service charge will be added to all online ($3 per ticket) and phone ($2 per ticket) purchases.
Contact:
Pete Brace
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee
“There are those who cannot see and who are not seen. But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…”
Yara Arts Group’s “The Magic of Light” interweaves puppetry, language, music and poetry to illustrate the cultural and spiritual awakening of an artist in the 1870s. Inspired by the haunting epic songs of Ukrainian blind bards (kobzari), a young man embarks on a lifelong quest to record, preserve and illuminate Ukrainian traditions against the tremendous pressures of history. The production is performed with an intimate, transforming puppet stage by puppeteer Tom Lee and features musician Julian Kytasty, a third-generation master of the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian plucked-stringed folk instrument.
When:
Saturday, November 15, 2025
All day
Where: Abbott Hall, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Cost: General Public $15
Full-Time Students $12
Full-Time NU Students $8 in advance, $12 at the door
A per ticket service charge will be added to all online ($3 per ticket) and phone ($2 per ticket) purchases.
Contact:
Pete Brace
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee
“There are those who cannot see and who are not seen. But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…”
Yara Arts Group’s “The Magic of Light” interweaves puppetry, language, music and poetry to illustrate the cultural and spiritual awakening of an artist in the 1870s. Inspired by the haunting epic songs of Ukrainian blind bards (kobzari), a young man embarks on a lifelong quest to record, preserve and illuminate Ukrainian traditions against the tremendous pressures of history. The production is performed with an intimate, transforming puppet stage by puppeteer Tom Lee and features musician Julian Kytasty, a third-generation master of the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian plucked-stringed folk instrument.