Special Events
This event, in conjunction with the Alphawood Gallery, featured a group discussion led by Artistic Director Jamil Khoury on creating art that responds to political and social crises. The gallery exhibit and a play reading of Don Nguyen's Red Flamboyant will serve as examples of such responses.
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This event, in conjunction with the Alphawood Gallery, featured a group discussion led by Artistic Director Jamil Khoury on creating art that responds to political and social crises. The gallery exhibit and a play reading of Don Nguyen's Red Flamboyant will serve as examples of such responses.
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This event, honoring Reverend Phil Blackwell, featured a reception at the Walnut Room on the 7th floor of Macy's on State and a program of live musical entertainment & poetry followed by a screening of Sacred Stages: A Church, A Theatre, and A Story.
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Following the death of Bernarda Alba’s second husband, she demands that her household mourn for eight years and postpones her eldest daughter’s upcoming wedding. Her five other daughters quickly become entranced with the handsome fiancé, Parviz Rumani. The decision to wed the eldest daughter is a strictly financial one, but it’s the youngest daughter who steals the young man’s heart. When the truth inevitably comes out, Bernarda Alba must try to maintain control—with tragic consequences.
Read MoreAn exquisite dining experience featuring cuisine inspired by cultures along the Silk Road. Guests can also enjoy an open bar featuring luscious Silk Road Cocktails and Wines.
And while you dine, enjoy the fun and ever-so-lovely music of the Silk Road Cabaret Singers in a performance emceed by WTTW’s Cheryl Hamada.
Silk Road Rising celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with this Salute Video. Representing scenes from productions and artist interviews, the video showcases Silk Road Rising's contributions to making arts in Chicago truly representative and reflective of our city's beautiful diversity.
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An exquisite dining experience featuring cuisine inspired by cultures along the Silk Road. Guests can also enjoy luscious Silk Road Cocktails created exclusively for Threads of Silk by North Shore Distillery, the first boutique distillery in Illinois.
And while you dine, enjoy the fun and ever-so-lovely music of the Silk Road Cabaret Singers in a performance emceed by WTTW’s Cheryl Hamada.
Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi by Jeanne Sakata chronicles the true story of one Japanese American’s enduring fight for his constitutional rights. Gordon Hirabayashi was a happy-go-lucky twenty-four-year-old college student living in Seattle when Pearl Harbor was attacked in late 1941. The government’s decision to remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast – including American citizens without due process of law – turned Gordon, a Quaker, into a crusader. Dawn’s Light faithfully documents Gordon’s historic decision to heed his conscience and pursue his faith in the protections of the Constitution all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreA Gala fundraiser hosted by Silk Road Theatre Project’s Board of Directors, featuring cuisines inspired by cultures along the Silk Road. Guests also enjoyed Silk Road Cocktails, created exclusively for Threads of Silk by Adam Seger, one of Chicago's most famous mixologists.
Read MoreSilk Road Cabaret Singers Christine Bunuan, Dipika Cherala, Joseph Anthony Foronda, Erik Kaiko, Govind Kumar and David Rhee, under the musical direction of Peter Storms, sang the National Anthem for Asian Heritage Night at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox.
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Center on Halsted’s actOUT program featured “out” playwright Jamil Khoury and “out” director Steve Scott from Silk Road Theatre Project to discuss the world premier of The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.
Read MoreProduced in association with Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago this event allowed patrons to meet and hear from the playwrights of Silk Road Theatre Project's production of The DNA Trail.
Read MoreThis exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors featured an intimate conversation with Lauren Yee, playwright of Ching Chong Chinaman, and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreThis exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors featured an intimate conversation with Leila Buck, playwright of In the Crossing, and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreThis exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors featured an intimate conversation with Motti Lerner, playwright of Pangs of the Messiah, and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreThis exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors featured an intimate conversation with Christopher Chen, playwright of Into the Numbers: A Play About Iris Chang, and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
Read MoreYohen became the first fully produced Silk Road production ever to transfer to a new venue. After an eight-week run and closing in Chicago, we packed it up and went to Meilly-Swallow Hall at North Central College in Naperville, IL.
Read MoreThe Arts Club of Chicago, in association with Silk Road Theatre Project and Next Theatre Company, hosted "In Conversation," a luncheon and panel discussion with playwrights Julia Cho and Heather Raffo. The conversation was moderated by Jamil Khoury and Jason Loewith, respective artistic directors of Silk Road Theatre Project and Next Theatre Company.
Read MoreThis exclusive event for Silk Road Theatre Project subscribers and donors featured an intimate conversation with Sung Rno, playwright of Cleveland Raining, and Silk Road Theatre Project Artistic Director Jamil Khoury.
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