Special Events
This exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors, as well as Chicago's Arab American and Muslim American communities, featured an intimate conversation with Yussef El Guindi, playwright of Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat and Heather Raffo, playwright of Next Theatre Company's production of 9 Parts of Desire, moderated by Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreSilk Road Theatre Project presented an eclectic late-night celebration of music, dance, painting, poetry and theatre, as part of the Chicago Loop Alliance's all night party, Looptopia. Visitors were invited to join in as we read and discussed seven brief, brilliant, and irreverent plays written by Suzan-Lori Parks. The event also included visual artist Joel Maxime Jr.'s live painting of visual responses to the plays, as well as dancing with the actors as Indian-American choreographer Alka Nayyar taught the crowd a Punjabi folk dance called Bhangra.
Read MoreA benefit reception for the celebration of David Henry Hwang, the celebrated Asian-American playwright. The reception was followed by a performance of Hwang's play Golden Child at the Historic Chicago Temple Building.
Read MoreThis special event featured an interview with Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, moderated by arts critic Lucia Mauro and introduced by Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreIn 2007, Silk Road Theatre Project received a gift of a stunning mural called "The Silk Road" by the world renowned artists the Zhou Brothers. The mural was unveiled at a special reception event held in the theatre on February 8, 2007, and remains on permanent display in the theatre venue.
Read MoreThis special matinee performance and panel discussion were part of the 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.
Read MoreA free demonstration-workshop directed by Donato Sartori, organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Holon Productions and Silk Road Theatre Project. Donato Sartori is one of the last great sculptors of Italian mask-making. Between his work and that of his father, the eminent Amleto Sartori, they've collectively reinvented the tradition and artistry of mask construction assembling one of the world's finest collections.
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A series of lunchtime concerts series featuring The Baroque Band, performing music from the time of Caravaggio. Based in Chicago, The Baroque Band specializes in performing music from the 17th and 18th centuries on instruments appropriate to the period.
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Throughout the run of Caravaggio, Silk Road Theatre Project hosted an exhibit of Lucia Mauro's exquisite Caravaggio-inspired photographs of Italy -- evocative of the mystical light and shadows favored by the early-Baroque artist.
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This special performance of Back of the Throat was followed by a discussion featuring Edwin C. Yohnka, Director of Communications for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreFor this special performance of Yussef El Guindi's Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith, Silk Road Theatre Project arranged to have an audience made up of one-third Christians, one-third Jews, and one-third Muslims.
Read MoreThroughout the run of Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith, Silk Road Theatre Project hosted an exhibition of 16 paintings by artist Andrea Harris, depicting veiled women from around the world.
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