Location: Chicago, Illinois

Website: halcyontheatre dot org

Performances: TBA

About Halcyon: At its heart theatre began as a communal form of storytelling. In many ways this has been lost in our day. Stories are what define people and cultures. Stories are how we learn about ourselves and other people. By creating magical experiences through storytelling, we show people a world beyond their own backdoors, and what's inside their own house. Through theatre's transforming power and the ritual of storytelling, Halcyon Theatre hopes to opens doors, to awaken the possibility to dream of a bigger and better world, use our collective imagination more and differently. We choose to stay away from living room realism, to deal with both human issues and a bigger world. We hope audiences leave the performance feeling like they're part of something bigger, inspired to dream as big as they can and realize their potential-- becoming an astronaut, a fireman, a better husband or wife, a kinder person on the train—and to see all of us as part of the same humanity.

Mission: Halcyon Theatre awakens the imagination through storytelling in all its forms. We challenge audiences to think and dream of the richness of our world, both in far away lands and our own backyard.

We live in a fractured society; few know their neighbors; people are clamoring for community. Halcyon explores how stories and the art of storytelling can cross cultures, heal old wounds, reconnect peoples, create communal experiences and forge new paths forward.