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Join The Gift for an exciting 2024-2025 Season!

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TOPDOG/UNDERDOG

by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Shanésia Davis

Featuring Ensemble Members Martel Manning and Gregory FennerThis darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln (Manning) and Booth (Fenner), names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.September 12- October 20, 2024

CYGNUS (world premiere)

by Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by Co-Artistic Director Brittany Burch
Cydney believes an angel rescued her from an ineffable trauma, and the truth may prove stranger than she imagines. In this mythic, hilarious, and poetic new play, a burnt feather may illuminate the possibility of a divine intervention.
February 6 – March 16, 2025

 

TEN ’25
Enjoy world premiere ten-minute pieces by The Gift and guests. This festival allows us to work with many talented artists who help us uphold our mission of telling great original stories – and tickets are just $10!

10 World Premieres

May 8th – May 19th, 2025
All Shows Performed at Filament Theater
4041 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60641

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