MCA Stage
Description
Cutting-edge dance, theater, and music from Chicago and around the world push the boundaries of performance in the intimate Edlis Neeson Theater. Visit the Box Office for information on purchasing tickets and gift certificates, or consider purchasing a Pick 2 package to save on tickets. Complete your MCA Stage experience by dining at Marisol Restaurant and Bar before or after a performance. Special thanks to our funders for making this season possible.
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- Manuela Infante
Estado Vegetal–
- Long A person dressed as a plant squats in a large planter and peeks out from under a hood covered in shiny green cut-out leaves.They wear khaki pants and a grey sweatshirt, which is adorned with the same type of leaves as the hood. Their intense, unsmiling gaze meets yours as they grasp the edges of the tall planter. The planter and person are in a white, garage-like space.
Past
2018
- Dorothée Munyaneza/Kadidi
Unwanted–, –- Long A young black woman with closely cropped hair stands at a microphone, her mouth open in a cry or in song. She is dramatically lit by warm light from her left in an otherwise cool dark space. She holds a yard-long curved length of wood or bone above her head with both hands. Her garment is gathered at the waist and draped around her torso. It covers her right arm with a long sleeve and leaves her left arm exposed. Behind her a second performer kneels at a second mic, working with an electronic instrument. The space behind them is dark, but a length of corrugated steel, painted in varying colors, lies behind them.
- Long A young black woman with closely cropped hair stands at a microphone, her mouth open in a cry or in song. She is dramatically lit by warm light from her left in an otherwise cool dark space. She holds a yard-long curved length of wood or bone above her head with both hands. Her garment is gathered at the waist and draped around her torso. It covers her right arm with a long sleeve and leaves her left arm exposed. Behind her a second performer kneels at a second mic, working with an electronic instrument. The space behind them is dark, but a length of corrugated steel, painted in varying colors, lies behind them.
- Ishmael Houston-Jones, Ralph Lemon, and Bebe Miller
Relations–- Long A middle-aged African American woman pivots on her left leg, raising her right knee and ducking her head. She extends her arms slightly to her sides as long brown dreadlocks swing forward as she turns. She wears a black sleeveless shirt and dark-gray trousers. Feet cropped out of frame, she appears to float in an empty white space.
