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Preview Mon Jul 27 2015
Free Street Theater Brings Mutant Chihuahuas to City Parks
Free Street Theater is mounting Chicago playwright Ricardo Gamboa's new play The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy De Las Rosas for free in several parks around the city as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series. The play will be performed outdoors, and is family friendly. Here's Free Street's synopsis:
While the plot, setting, and characters are pure Chicago, this isn't the Chicago of sitcoms and rom-coms; it's the Chicago of immigrants and their children, their communities, and their ...superpowers. In The Real Life Adventures, a 13-year-old Mexican-American boy living in Pilsen and Little Village spends his days playing baseball, helping his abuela with her elote cart, and hiding the fact that he has telekinetic powers. When his mother, an undocumented factory worker, mysteriously disappears, Jimmy is determined to find her. With the help of two "pirates," he finds himself facing a pack of mutant Chihuahuas and a ruthless sweatshop owner in a high-stakes battle to reclaim the streets of his neighborhood.
There's a preview performance tonight, July 27 in Humboldt Park near the boathouse, 1301 N. Humboldt Blvd., at 6:30pm. The rest of the schedule is as follows:
• Thursday, July 30 in Gage Park, 2411 W. 55th St.
• Friday, July 31 in Piotrowski Park, 4247 W 31st St.
• Tuesday, August 4 in Calumet Park, 9801 S. Avenue G
• Wednesday, August 5 in La Villita Park, 2800 S. Sacramento Ave.
• Wednesday, August 12 in Davis Square, 4430 S. Marshfield Ave.
• Thursday, August 13 in Avondale Park, 3516 W. School St.
All the performances begin at 6:30pm. Visit Free Street Theater's website for more details.