57 Blocks

Free Street Theater

57 Blocks: A collaboration between Free Street's two youth ensembles.

A collaboration between Free Street&#x27;s two youth ensembles, 57 Blocks (digital) examines the intersections of immigration, education and incarceration, asking, “What are the pathways set up for us?”, “What pipelines do we wish to dismantle?”, and “If we would create portals to new realities, what would be waiting there for us?” This experience, part workshop, part performance, is the first step in a two year process to creating a live performance, which takes audiences on a bus down Ashland Ave, the street that connects our two spaces, Pulaski Park and The Storyfront.Audiences will be engaged through zoom, videos, Google Forms, and Miro Board. As such, we recommend watching this show on a laptop or desktop computer, with headphones on: it is designed to be an individual experience. However, if you are watching with a group, know that you will have to collaborate and make decisions, and answer questions, together. For 57 Blocks, Free Street is in partnership with Liberation Library: Liberation Library provides books to youth in prison to encourage imagination, self-determination and connection to outside worlds of their choosing. They believe access to books is a right, not a privilege. They believe books and relationships empower young people to change the criminal legal system.https://www.liberationlib.com/EVENT LINK || A link will be emailed out to ticket holders the day before or day of event, depending on time of purchase.TICKET PRICING || This performance, created and performed by youth in communities directly impacted by issues discussed in the show is offered to you by donation. But free theatre is not free to make! All artists involved were paid, and Free Street invested in new equipment and technology to make filming possible. If you have the capacity to donate, any amount that is significant to you is significant to Free Street and helps us to continue doing the work we&#x27;ve been doing for 51 years.CAPTIONS will be available for the June 14th and later dates of this show. Please email freestreettheatre@gmail.com if you have any question or concerns about accessibility.Donations of $1, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 all help us do the work.Image Description of Poster:A hand-drawn poster for the show features an all black starry background in a cityscape. A train zooms from left to right through the poster past the FREE STREET logo and on a track made of the link &quot;FREE-STREET-57-BLOCKS.EVENTBRITE.COM.&quot; Hovering above various black and white two story buildings, In giant mustard colored block letters the poster reads 57 BLOCKS. A billboard behind and to the left of the train shows white text on a black background that reads &quot;Directed by Katrina Dion, Marilyn Carteno, and Sebastian Arboleda.&quot; On the same billboard in mustard colored text it reads, &quot;Written and Performed by The Free Street Youth Ensemble.&quot; The bottom of the poster features a mustard colored bus and a sign on the side that shares the dates of the &quot;Virtual Show June 11, 14, 18, 21 at 7pm CST, PAY WHAT YOU CAN.&quot; On the bottom of the poster in white font we expressed gratitude with our donor support statement:&quot;Free Street Theater is a long standing artist-in-residence for the Chicago Park District and receives support from the Arts Work Fund, the Crossroads Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Field Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, MAPFund, After School Matters, the Network for Ensemble Theaters, The League of Chicago Theatres, and United Way.&quot;

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