Summer 2009
UpSideDownSchool
An arts first school designed to promote a lifelong curiosity for learning.


Church Peace
A meditation on peace and ritual. Performed in churches, temples and parks all over Chicago.
Directed by Fannie Hungerford, Ron Bieganski and Joy Conway


Oct. 1, 2009
Flashback 40th Anniversary Benefit

Jan.9 2010- Feb.6, 2010
To Kill a Teenager: seven sins of the juvenile mind
The uniquely unfinished brain of a teenager necessitates a new set of "Deadly Sins." Seven performance segments explore the amplified emotional minefield of becoming adult. Directed by Ron Bieganski

The Seven Sins of the Juvenile Mind:
1. Suicidal Pride.
2. Emotional Driving.
3. Invincibility.
4. Sacrificing Identity to Ease Pain.
5. Validation Junky.
6. Perfection.
7. Thinking Life is Elsewhere.

April 3 - April 17
Abe's In a Bad Way: An imagination of Abraham Lincoln's trouble set in a musical installation.

Free Street Theater's ensemble explored Abraham Lincoln's struggle with depression, a life fraught with failure and a steadfast determination that led him to become president at a time when the country was unraveling. Research, creative writing, and character explorations led to the creation of a performance emerging from our collective imagination of the intimate thoughts of one miserable man who made one nation indivsible.

The performance takes place within a string based musical installation with accompanying vocals. Directed by Anita Evans.  Musical Direction by Stone.

April 18- May 6, 2010
Cooperation with Makhampon Theater Company of Chiang Dao Thailand
Free Street and it's most advanced youth will head to Thailand for 2 weeks of intensive cultural exchange and performance creation. Tour of cooperative work will include Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

"Take the absurd spirit of Eastern European literature from Kafka to Kundera. Spin it together with the funky, sometimes dissonant marching music of a New Orleans funeral. And you may just get a hint of what awaits you in Free Street's haunting, hugely imaginative production."- Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
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"One of the riskiest, most innovative and sophisticated pieces of original theater I've seen in Chicago in the last three years." -Originality, the Risk Pays Off - Gabrielle Kaplan, Chicago Reader