Événement

Nerds, Sluts, Commies and Jocks

Free Street Theater presents Nerds, Sluts, Commies, and Jocks, a new play about labels, power, and the power to challenge who people say you are.

Created by youth age 14-19, Nerds, Sluts, Commies, and Jocks pushes beyond high school politics to examine the way that labels shape our identities from the moment we are born. Boy or Girl? Black or White? Nerd or Jock? Slut or Prune? (Yes, PRUNE.) From a young woman who believes that a comic book about the French philosopher Foucault will change high school forever to the dangers of getting an atom tattoo, Nerds, Sluts, Commies, and Jocks is a fast, funny, and slightly surreal exploration of the way that economics, history, and high school get in the way of "just being yourself."

May 9 and 10th, 16th and 17th.
Fridays at 6:30, Saturdays at 2:00.
1419 W. Blackhawk Ave, 3rd Floor
(Pulaski Park Building)

Founded in 1969, Free Street Theater is dedicated to creating performance by, for, and with a wide range of participants; to challenging ideas of where theater belongs and who belongs in a theater; and to using theater to ask questions, prompt dialogue, and build community.

Free Street Theater is an Arts Partner in Residence at the Chicago Park District and receives funding support from: After School Matters, The Chicago Community Trust, The Guthman Fund, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, The Illinois Arts Council A State Agency, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and many generous individuals.