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Museums Music & Theater

That’s Weird, Grandma: Stories on Sunday Afternoons

October 15, 2017 - October 15, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm

This event occurs weekly,
on Sundays

Location

PlayMakers Laboratory Theatre

N. Ashland Ave.

Chicago, IL 60657

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Description

Barrel of Monkeys, a Chicago-based arts education theater ensemble, conducts creative writing workshops with 3rd-5th grade students in underserved Chicago Public Schools and turns their stories and words into professionally-performed theater, presented both in-school - and for the general public through its weekly revue. The line-up changes each week by audience vote - so no two shows are ever the same. April 5-26.

Event Cost: $15; $5 kids under 12

Event times: 2 p.m. Sundays

Additional Information

Neighborhood: Chicago

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