Threading the Needle: The Connection between Clothing and Climate
Oct
19
5:00 PM17:00

Threading the Needle: The Connection between Clothing and Climate

Join us on October 19th at 5:00pm for an excerpt performance of Right Here created by Melinda Jean Myers in collaboration with Lucky Plush ensemble members and composer/musician Lex Leto.

This performance is part of the 
Threading the Needle: The Connection between Clothing and Climate event, co-hosted in collaboration with local non-profits Chicago Fair Trade and Empowerment Collective. What we wear has a major impact on the planet and on the people who make our clothes. This inspiring evening at the Climate Action Museum discusses these critical issues offering insight to how we can be part of the global movement to build a better, fairer clothing industry. 

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Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park
Sep
9
1:00 PM13:00

Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park

Millennium Park in the Activation Tent
September 9 @ 1:00pm

Lucky Plush Productions presents an excerpt of Right Here, created by Melinda Jean Myers in collaboration with Lucky Plush ensemble members and composer/musician Lex Leto. This dance-theater-rock-musical explores how the body holds opposing states of motivation and apathy, abundance and loss, and hope and despair during a climate crisis. Through visual storytelling and shared choreographies, the ensemble seeks a roadmap for greater awareness and collective action. 

This free public festival activates Millennium Park with world-class performances from Harris Theater Resident Companies, visiting artists, and community partners, celebrating theater’s legacy of artistic evolution, innovation, and collaboration. For more information, check out 
https://www.harristheaterchicago.org/harrisfest.

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Dance, Plants, and Play! @ Caracol Gathering Space
Aug
12
3:00 PM15:00

Dance, Plants, and Play! @ Caracol Gathering Space

Join Lucky Plush Productions for a fun afternoon interacting with nature through dance and movement. The company will begin with a short performance that opens up into a playful and interactive workshop for all ages. We’ll go on a journey with the elements and our senses as we wiggle, dance, and explore the outdoors. Be sure to wear clothing + shoes that are comfortable and suitable for the weather. No dance experience necessary. Just bring your imagination!

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Apr
28
7:00 PM19:00

Virtual Show of Rooming House in partnership with DCASE

ROOMING HOUSE

Rooming House will be presented virtually in partnership with DCASE’s exhibition, NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón.

There will be a post-show discussion with the ensemble and Artistic Director, Julia Rhoads, via Zoom directly following the performance at 8:30pm. Viewers are encouraged to stay!

Click here for more info and RSVP links

Closed captioning will be available for both the show and the post-show-discussion.

Lucky-Plush_Rooming-House_Alan-Epstein_02_3436-(v02).jpg

WHERE

Zoom & Vimeo

The Zoom meeting & Vimeo link will be available by link only. Participants must register to attend our virtual show of Rooming House


ABOUT

Playful and personal, Rooming House synthesizes contemporary dance and theater to create a dynamic blueprint for exploring the question: what makes a person do something that could have life changing consequences? Rooming House begins with an intimate conversation among friends, slipping easily between Spanish and English, as they recall stories of people who’ve taken actions with potentially devastating costs. When the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is mentioned, varied interpretations propel the group into a physically and psychologically complex game of whodunit, taking them down a rabbit hole into the lives of everyday people who do extraordinary things—from life endangering rescues, to defecting from Cuba, to letting go of someone you love.

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Apr
27
7:00 PM19:00

Virtual Show of Rooming House in partnership with DCASE

ROOMING HOUSE

Rooming House will be presented virtually in partnership with DCASE’s exhibition, NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón.

There will be a post-show discussion with the ensemble and Artistic Director, Julia Rhoads, via Zoom directly following the performance at 8:30pm. Viewers are encouraged to stay!

Click here for more info and RSVP links

Closed captioning will be available for both the show and the post-show-discussion.

Lucky-Plush_Rooming-House_Alan-Epstein_02_3436-(v02).jpg

WHERE

Zoom & Vimeo

The Zoom meeting & Vimeo link will be available by link only. Participants must register to attend our virtual show of Rooming House


ABOUT

Playful and personal, Rooming House synthesizes contemporary dance and theater to create a dynamic blueprint for exploring the question: what makes a person do something that could have life changing consequences? Rooming House begins with an intimate conversation among friends, slipping easily between Spanish and English, as they recall stories of people who’ve taken actions with potentially devastating costs. When the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is mentioned, varied interpretations propel the group into a physically and psychologically complex game of whodunit, taking them down a rabbit hole into the lives of everyday people who do extraordinary things—from life endangering rescues, to defecting from Cuba, to letting go of someone you love.

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