Still/Here was created during Free Street’s 50th anniversary season, and looked at resilience in the face of a city that is constantly changing. What has survived displacement and gentrification, and what is left only to our individual and collective memories?

To create this performance, an ensemble of artists facilitated a dozen community workshops, and focused our attention on neighborhoods that were experiences especially high rates of gentrification. The performance itself toured as part of Free Street’s 50x50 project, and then was performed in public parks across Chicago. We brought it back in the Fall for a special run in Millennium Park in honor of the year of Chicago Theater.