Lighting Designer

Projection Designer

Can you crack the code? Following wildly successful runs in New York City and Los Angeles, renowned magician and The New York Times crossword constructor David Kwong brings his immersive experience of puzzles and cryptology to Chicago. The Los Angeles Times raves that Kwong “creates a magical sense of togetherness” and The New York Times declares, “it’s like a spin class for the frontal lobe... by the time Kwong finished, the room was loopy with delight.” Clues are everywhere, so keep your eyes open and be ready for surprises behind every multi-layered illusion.

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The Enigmatist

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Check into this hotel and find yourself confronting all manner of ghosts. Welcome to SLOW VIOLENCE. The MIT Theater Arts 2023 Spring Production is a new dance-theater piece, directed, devised and choreographed by Senior Lecturers Dan Safer and Ken Urban, co-created and performed by an ensemble of sixteen, with live music by the electropop band Occurrence.

Slow Violence

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In 1807, a 37-year-old scholar living in West Africa was captured and forced aboard a slave ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. Omar Ibn Said's life and Muslim faith are remembered and retold in this inspirational West Coast premiere inspired by his remarkable 1831 autobiography (the only known surviving American slave narrative written in Arabic).
Set in the shifting darkness of memory and imagination, Omar follows his compelling journey from a peaceful life in his homeland to enslavement in a violent, foreign world. Lost in the wilderness of his thoughts and his stolen life, he's haunted by memories of his family and the people he encounters along the way. Through it all, he somehow remains true to himself and his faith, against all odds. The luminous score—composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels—incorporates distinctive West African traditions with traditional opera instrumentation.
Tenor Jamez McCorkle makes his company debut in the title role, with bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch in a double role as two very different slave masters. Norman Garrett makes his company debut as Omar's brother, with Barry Banks as the auctioneer and Jacqueline Echols as Julie, an enslaved woman who gives Omar the key to a better life.

Joshua Higgason

Lighting Designer, Projection Designer

Events

Past events

May 29 - Jun 30, 2024

The Enigmatist · Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier

6 - 9 Apr, 2023

Slow Violence · MIT Music and Theater Arts

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