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SUMMARY:August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned\, featuring Ron OJ Parson
DESCRIPTION:August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned\, featuring Ron OJ Parson \nTo launch the first night of readings for Court Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series 10th Anniversary Festival\, acclaimed Chicago director and Court Theatre Resident Artist\, Ron OJ Parson steps out of the director’s chair and onto the stage to portray the master playwright himself in August Wilson’s autobiographical solo masterpiece\, How I Learned What I Learned. \nThis rare performance marks a deeply profound moment for Court Theatre as Parson\, who is currently on the historic precipice of completing Wilson’s entire ten-play American Century Cycle at Court\, brings an unparalleled nuance to Wilson’s words. The play is a fiercely funny\, lyrical\, and heartbreaking tour de force that follows Wilson’s coming-of-age in Pittsburgh’s Hill District—tracing the odd jobs\, close calls\, first loves\, and artistic awakenings that forged one of America’s greatest literary voices. \nDo not miss this extraordinary collision of legacies\, where one of Chicago’s definitive Wilsonian artists breathes life into the man behind the Century Cycle. \nArtwork by Brandon Breaux.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/august-wilsons-how-i-learned-what-i-learned-featuring-ron-oj-parson/
LOCATION:Rubenstein Forum\, 1201 E. 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Womanist Trilogy: Hurston\, Richards\, and Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:A Womanist Trilogy: Hurston\, Richards\, and Kennedy \nCelebrate the profound legacy of Black feminist thought with an extraordinary\, one-night-only triple feature presented as part of Court Theatre’s 2026 Spotlight Reading Series. A Womanist Trilogy unites three groundbreaking\, mid-century Black women playwrights whose poetic and radical works shattered theatrical conventions to map the interior lives\, political struggles\, and spiritual resilience of Black women. \nThe evening features a dynamic lineup of staged readings: \n\nColor Struck by Zora Neale Hurston (1925): A sharp\, tragic\, and rarely produced folk drama that courageously confronts intraracial colorism and jealousy in the rural South.\nA Black Woman Speaks by Beah Richards (1950): A fiery\, foundational choreopoem that powerfully deconstructs white supremacy\, patriarchy\, and global oppression through a fierce call for solidarity.\nShe Talks to Beethoven by Adrienne Kennedy (1989): An avant-garde\, dreamlike masterpiece that weaves together the political turmoil of 1960s Ghana with a woman’s surreal\, healing communion with Ludwig van Beethoven.\n\nThrough folklore\, radical poetry\, and surrealism\, this vital trilogy offers a breathtaking testament to the enduring power of the Black woman’s voice in American theatre. \nArtwork by Brandon Breaux.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/a-womanist-trilogy-hurston-richards-and-kennedy/
LOCATION:Rubenstein Forum\, 1201 E. 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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SUMMARY:are you ready to smash white things?
DESCRIPTION:are you ready to smash white things? \nCourt Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series presents a thrilling staged reading of are you ready to smash white things? by multi-talented Chicago artist\, playwright\, and Definition Theatre ensemble member Ireon Roach. Originally championed as an inaugural commission winner of Definition Theatre’s Amplify New Play Commissioning Program\, this electrifying play challenges theatrical boundaries and demands a transformation of the larger cultural landscape. \nProduced in partnership with\n \nArtwork by Brandon Breaux.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/are-you-ready-to-smash-white-things/
LOCATION:Rubenstein Forum\, 1201 E. 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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