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Chicago’s Real Stories Take Their Final Bow

A performer during a dress rehearsal for Sanctuary Stories, photographed by Alex Albrecht; the performer is not identified as the real interview subject.

Chicago’s immigration stories become live theater in “Sanctuary Stories,” a multimedia production built from real interviews. Its final performance is this afternoon.

Sanctuary Stories: A Journalism Theater Project
Where: Athenaeum Center, Studio B, 2936 N. Southport Ave.
When: Sunday, October 18, 3 p.m.; doors at 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $35 general admission; $30 seniors 65+; $20 students
Tickets: Athenaeum Center
Ages: 13+

Actors speak words drawn verbatim from interview transcripts, accompanied by documentary video, photographs and music. Allow about 100 minutes, with no intermission.