Join us on Saturday, August 8 from 3:00pm - 7:00pm for Creating Belonging: A Celebration, an interactive celebration featuring live music, physical theater performances, creative activities, and community connection.
In a far away realm where things are born from clay and crayon, four creatures come to life from the primordial page to come play, dance, and dream with the guests of ALL. A family of four celestial clowns peel themselves off the page and arrive on the dance floor in search of a rare and endangered substance: imagination. This roaming clown spectacle invites attendees to become co-creators of a living work of art. Each clown has a unique quest to accomplish on the dance floor.
By the end of the day, hundreds of contributions will have accumulated in a luscious manuscript fueled by community connection. It will be a playful, participatory celebration of storytelling, dance, drawing, and imagination inspired by the spirit of Lynda Barry's work.
Creating Belonging: A Celebration
Laura Murillo Hart is a Colombian-American physical theatre actor-creator, singer, & teaching artist with a love for all things beautiful & strange. She specializes in devising human stories told through an absurd & fantastical theatrical lens. Recent credits include Circus Quixote at Lookingglass Theatre. She is a graduate from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre’s MFA program & is the founding member of Foggy Notion Physical Theatre.
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Jacinda Ratcliffe (she/her) is a performing artist and choreographer. Recent performance credits include PORTAL, ICE CREAM CIRCUS (Lookingglass Theatre); CIRCUS QUIXOTE (Lookingglass Theatre, McCarter Theatre); EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING, EXORCISE (First Floor Theater); GET OUT ALIVE (Haven Chicago, California Center for the Arts Escondido); THE LOVE OBJECT (The Story Theatre); and THE CABINET, WALK WITH LITTLE AMAL (Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival). Choreographic credits include Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Court Theatre, About Face Theatre, Haven Theatre, Griffin Theatre, and the Actor’s Gymnasium. She is an ensemble member with Lucky Plush Productions, faculty member at the Actor’s Gymnasium, and Associate Director of Chicago Movement Collective. Rep: Big Mouth Talent.
Olivia Lindsay is a Chicago-based actor, clown, and circus artist. Recent Chicago credits include BLACKBIRD, UNCLE VANYA, and FAR AWAY (The New Theatre Project). This fall and winter, Olivia will be touring with the Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' school program, bringing Shakespeare to 47 different high schools. During the day, Olivia works as a healthcare clown, treating those with Alzheimer's and dementia through the power of music and laughter. BA: Kenyon College.
Austin is a heightened physical theatre actor, who specializes in clown. Currently instructing and training at The Actor's Gymnasium, where he graduated from in 2023. Recent credits include Circus Quixote with Lookingglass Theater Company, Pagliacci with Lyric Opera House, and Architecture of Memory with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble.
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