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