Kamal Angelo Bolden in Writers Theatre’s “Ride Share”/Photo: Michael Halberstam
1
ABT Across America
(Pritzker Pavilion)
Presented by the Auditorium Theatre, iconic American Ballet Theatre makes the Chicago stop of their cross-country tour live in Millennium Park with a free, one-hour program.
July 8
2
I Hate It Here
(Goodman Theatre Live Streaming)
Ike Holter teams up with director Lili-Anne Brown for the premiere of his new work that reflects on a really lousy start to the new decade.
July 15-18
3
LEGACY: Phoenix^5
(Online)
Joel Hall Dancers & Center pay tribute to their founder’s legacy and the company’s collective resilience through trials, including the loss of their studio to a fire in 1993. Proceeds go toward construction of the company’s studio on Montrose.
July 8-15
4
Ride Share
(Online)
Writers Theatre streams a filmed thrill-ride by Black Lives, Black Words co-founders Reginald Edmund and Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway that follows newlywed Marcus, forced to take up driving Uber after being laid off mid-honeymoon.
July 23-25
5
Titanic (Scenes From the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912)
(Online)
Court Theatre’s new digital production, written by Owen McCafferty, looks at the famous disaster through verbatim testimonies from court records.
Through July 11