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\u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/it-takes-tofu-chitlin-circuit\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EIt Takes a (Tofu Chitlin\u2019) Circuit\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-subtitle-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EDefining Community in Youth 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Before creating TCC, Chatman worked on productions from Chicago to Broadway, while also teaching at the University of Chicago Charter School. When students she once taught as kindergarteners came to her as teens and said, \u201cCan you train and teach me?\u201d she said, \u201cYes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u00223753\u0022 about=\u0022\/youth-youth\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--promoted node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/morgan_greene_2.webp?itok=H5jxZZkX 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/morgan_greene_2.png?itok=H5jxZZkX 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/png\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/morgan_greene_2.png?itok=H5jxZZkX 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022267\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2018-12\/morgan_greene_2.png?itok=cselHYAW\u0022 alt=\u0022A chalkboard drawing.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/youth-youth\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EYouth on Youth\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-subtitle-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EFree Street Theater\u2019s Youth Ensemble and The Young Fugitives\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E12 September 2014\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen it was founded in 1969, Free Street Theater (FST) was one of Chicago\u2019s first racially integrated ensembles and since its inception has taken its art and activism to the streets, making theater for, with, and by the people. When I asked about the art they\u2019d like to create, Patches summed it up: \u201cWe\u2019re already making it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u00223691\u0022 about=\u0022\/about-face-youth-theatre\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--promoted node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/afyt_wall.webp?itok=aII-hzDF 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/afyt_wall.png?itok=aII-hzDF 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/png\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2018-12\/afyt_wall.png?itok=aII-hzDF 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022204\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2018-12\/afyt_wall.png?itok=s2ZdjvrW\u0022 alt=\u0022Wall in the AFYT rehearsal space.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/about-face-youth-theatre\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAbout Face Youth Theatre\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-subtitle-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EChecking, Expanding, and Activating Boxes\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E28 July 2014\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn About Face Youth Theatre\u2019s rehearsal space, there is a cluster of post-it notes on the wall titled \u201cWhere I Started.\u201d The ensemble\u2019s first impressions range from \u201cnot being satisfied\u201d to \u201cready to just do something\u201d to \u201coblivion.\u201d These notes relate to the process of AFYT\u2019s current play, Checking Boxes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u00223665\u0022 about=\u0022\/chicagos-theater-and-young-audiences\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--promoted node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/chicagos-theater-and-young-audiences\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EChicago\u2019s Theater By, With, and For Young Audiences\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-subtitle-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ELooking Back and Moving Forward\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E12 July 2014\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe TYA branch of theater for, by and with young people offers a rare intersection of authorship, representation and inverted hierarchies. When the lack of youth voices in the creation of theater for youth is accepted as normal, a power structure thrives that creates theater by, with and pleasing to adults. What happens when youth write, perform and even produce their own work, causing the usual gatekeepers to take a backseat?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u00223570\u0022 about=\u0022\/controversy-chicago-over-critical-review-gods-work\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--promoted node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/controversy-chicago-over-critical-review-gods-work\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EThe Controversy in Chicago Over the Critical Review of \u003Cem\u003EGod\u2019s Work\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E9 May 2014\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn accepting the single story that \u0022God\u2019s Work\u0022 does not belong in a downtown Chicago theater, do we contribute to the silencing of the voices of our youth? I believe \u0022God\u2019s Work\u0022 is just as worthy of embodiment on stage as \u0022Our Class\u0022 or any other current Chicago production, regardless of the age of the ensemble members telling it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n      \n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]