Theatre & Performing Arts
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Amanda Maraist’s “FOLK”
FOLK is the movement of the present that binds us.
A working class anthem, ballad, lullaby..
archival + future-making.
A quilt in progress / a group effort
Unifying in cacophony
Mobilizing, effortful and true.
Four dancers, two musicians and an audience study themselves and each other to identify what’s working, what’s not, and where we all go from here.
TICKETS $16-$42
PERFORMANCE DATES Wednesday, June 18th at 7pm and Sunday, June 29th at 7pm
EVENTS IN THE CO-MISSION FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS
Sun, June 15th: Kevin Michael Wesson & Theatre Nobody’s CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods
Tue, June 17th: Kevin Michael Wesson & Theatre Nobody’s CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods
Wed, June 18th: Kevin Michael Wesson & Theatre Nobody’s CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods
Wed, June 18th at 7pm: Amanda Maraist’s FOLK
Fri, June 20th at 7pm: Tuli Bera’s Bangali Meye
Sat, June 21st at 7pm: Tuli Bera’s Bangali Meye
Sun, June 22nd at 7pm: Dani Oblitas’ Un/Rerooted and Selena Lasley’s TIMEShit
Thu, June 26th at 7pm: Dani Oblitas’ Un/Rerooted and Selena Lasley’s TIMEShit
Fri, June 27th at 7pm: Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas & Jacinda Bullie’s FILLINZ, Put Some Respect on It!
Sat, June 28th at 7pm: Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas & Jacinda Bullie’s FILLINZ, Put Some Respect on It!
Sun, June 29th: Kevin Michael Wesson & Theatre Nobody’s CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods
amanda maraist (FALL 2024 CO-MISSION RESIDENT) is a movement deviser + improviser from the texas gulf coast, living in chicago. she co-directs bim bom studios + works collaboratively with movers, musicians and artists; most recently with Irene Hsiao, Helen Lee, Harlan Rosen, Gina Hoch-Stall, Chrissy Martin, Freedom From and Freedom To, Khecari, and Ayako Kato / Art Union Humanscape. her movement work exists as both dance-making and physical space-making. using authentic movement practices and meticulously rendered improvisational scores, her work is process-forward with a do-it-together demeanor. she is supported by a 2024 Links Hall Co-MISSIONS Residency, a 2025 residency at the Ragdale Foundation, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, and is a Synapse Arts New Works artist for 2025.
COLLABORATORS
Tuli Bera
Haruhi Kobayashi
Isabella Limosnero
Ali Lorenz
Chrissy Martin
Scott Rubin
This event is part of Links Hall’s 2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events.
Representing some of the most talented makers in Chicago from dance, performance art, installation, and performance as social practice, six artists present works developed while in-residence at Links during the 2024-2025 season. Featured artists include: Links Hall Residents Dani Oblitas, Selena Lasley, Kevin Michael Wesson, and Amanda Maraist; and Fellows Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas & Jacinda Bullie and Tuli Bera.
