CHICAGO
September 2024 - Present
From Fall 2024 through Fall 2025 we are utilizing our participatory playmaking process to build relationships across siloed communities in Chicago, IL! We are partnering with local artists, activists, civic, religious leaders, and community members from all over the city to build a collaborative process that ensures that our work is by, for and with the neighbors we're in conversation with.
The Civic Series explores the foundational texts that shape American life—whether we embrace them or challenge them. In Chicago we are activating the First Amendment (Freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Speech, etc.) to spark conversations among Chicagoans about how those promised freedoms have shaped their lives and their city as a whole.
COMING SOON!
HOME [House of My Experiences] PARTY
An exploration, interrogation + celebration of Freedom in Chicago
🎟️ Pay-What-You-Can | All Ages Welcome
What is it?
HOME PARTY is a community-powered gathering that blends the spirit of a Chicago house party with collaborative art, live performance, and mutual aid. Co-hosted by Inheritance Theater Project and Firehouse Community Arts Center, this inaugural event explores freedom through Speech, Spirit + Space—themes shaped by a year of creative dialogue with 50+ local partners.
What to Expect:
✨ Interactive art & reflection spaces
🎭 Performances by local artists
🎶 Chicago house music
🍴 Firehouse-made snacks
🛍️ Mutual aid Marketplace by Kola Nut Collaborative
This is the first in a citywide series of HOME PARTIES co-created with communities across Chicago. 100% of ticket sales support the next neighborhood event this fall.
Local Participating Organizations
Support for this project comes from individual donors
along with institutional and/or grant support from:
