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Schedule

Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 pm to Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

Facility Theatre | Chicago, IL

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An urban explorer weaves a fantasia of true stories of working class history left to rot in this Chicago debut. Free, mask required.
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rustbelt.
by THEATRE NOBODY


๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ-๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต.*
[Winner of BorderLight Festival 2025's "Vivid Visual Theatre Award"]


Jan. 27th, 2026 @ 9pm, Doors 8:30pm

Jan. 28th, 2026 @ 9pm, Doors 8:30pm

Feb. 1st, 2026 @ 11pm, Doors 10:30pm

Free, bring cash

Facility Theatre, upstairs space

[1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622]

Mask required

One flight of stairs required to entry**

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*This show is in conjunction with the Free & Low-Cost DIY Puppetry Event Guide: Counter-Fest Programming for the Community by the Community.
**If stairs are a barrier to entry, please email us at [email protected], and we can make sure you have first access to our secret show on 1/26 at a different wheelchair-accessible venue. Please email us with any questions.


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Facility Theatre, 1138 North California Avenue, Chicago, United States

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