The Storefront ProjectSat, Sep 14, 2019–Sun, Sep 15, 2019, Sat, Sep 21, 2019–Sun, Sep 22, 2019

The Storefront Project asks six Chicago-based directors to choose anything but a typical play and devise a new project, tailor-made for both the MCA Chicago and Prop Thtr. Dado Gyure, Lucky Stiff, Denise Yvette Serna, Coya Paz, Sydney Chatman, and Mikael Burke with April Cleveland demonstrate Chicago theater’s uncanny ability to pop up anywhere and bring their performances to both spaces on alternate weekends. Behind-the-scenes footage of their rehearsal process at each venue will be on view during each performance to give you a peek into the ins and outs of devised theater.

This celebration of the city’s long traditions of storefront, underground, and devised theater is cocurated by MCA’s associate curator of performance Tara Aisha Willis with Olivia Lilley, the new artistic director of Chicago’s own Prop Thtr.

Weekend one features Program A at Prop Thtr and Program B at the MCA. Weekend two features Program B at Prop Thtr and Program A is at the MCA.