EVENTS & TICKETS
FALL MAINSTAGE
DETROIT ‘67
SEPTEMBER 11 -
NOVEMBER 1, 2026
by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman
PRICE RANGE : $25-$40 +tax/fees
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays Matinee at 3:00pm
(additional performances TBD)
All performances will be held at eta Creative Arts Foundation 7558 S. South Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL. 60619
Detroit. Summer 1967.
As one of the most pivotal uprisings in American history unfolds outside their door, siblings Chelle and Lank are trying to build a future from the basement of their West Side home. But when a mysterious woman unexpectedly enters their lives, buried secrets, shifting loyalties, and impossible choices begin to surface.
Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Detroit uprising and underscored by the unforgettable sounds of Motown, Detroit ’67 is a powerful story of family, love, resilience, and hope in a city—and a nation—on the brink of change.
CITY OF WATER
CLOSED JULY 12, 2026
a new play by Isis Elizabeth
Directed by Lo Williams
Set during the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave, City of Water is a work of poetic realism following a former emcee and her teenage daughter as they navigate survival in a system failing them in real time. When a dangerous piece of her past resurfaces with an opportunity that could change everything, she must choose between escape and survival while her daughter imagines a world beyond the heat.
Featuring: DeMorris Burrows+ , Jimiece Gilbert, Jada Jackson, & Yahdina U-Deen.
presented through our New Play Initiative, First Beat and is part of our Immersive Reading Series: Ritual and Rhythm.
+Denotes Ensemble Member
RHYME DEFERRED
CLOSED JULY 19, 2026
by Kamilah Forbes
with Chadwick Boseman
Directed by
Aaron Reese Boseman
Lyrics by Chadwick Boseman
Additional Lyrics by
Oberon K.A. Adjepong & Jabari Exum
A hip-hop reimagining of Cain and Abel, Rhyme Deferred follows two brothers—one a fading mainstream star, the other an underground prodigy—locked in a battle over artistry, integrity, and survival within a predatory industry.
Featuring : Mikhaél Amin+, Kristofer Bryant, Kayla Desiree, Alana Hawkins, Mark James Heath, Sofía Roldan, Willie Round, & Robert Upton.
presented through our Immersive Reading Series: Ritual and Rhythm.
+Denotes Ensemble Member
Eta Creative Arts Foundation
7558 S. South Chicago Avenue
FEATURED FUNDRAISER EVENTS | RITUAL & RHYTHM : An Immersive Reading Series
About Ritual & Rhythm | Rhythm and ritual are the foundation of this festival’s form and function. We are interested in how repetition, music, movement, and language create containers for memory, grief, joy, and release. Rhythm lives in breath, in heartbeat, in the cadence of speech; ritual lives in what we return to; habits, traditions, survival practices, and acts of care. These readings are not static presentations, but living environments. Audience and performer share space in a way that blurs observation and participation. Through heightened language, hip-hop aesthetics, and embodied storytelling, we investigate how ritual can hold pain without spectacle and how rhythm can guide both rupture and healing