Open to UChicago Students
Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 7:30 to 10:30 pm.
Performance: Court Theatre - 5535 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Post-Performance Pizza Dinner and Conversation led by Prof. Adrienne Brown with Director, Ron OJ Parson and Assistant Director, Jamaque Newberry: Court Theatre - 5535 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
ArtsPass Discounted Price: $5 – Seating is limited – Click Link to Purchase Tickets above
Co-presented by Chicago Studies, Court Theatre, and the Logan Center for the Arts
Join us for a UChicago ArtsPass exclusive performance of Big White Fog, featuring a post-performance dinner and conversation with Adrienne Brown, Professor in the Departments of English and Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, Director, Ron OJ Parson and Assistant Director, Jamaque Newberry on Thursday, October 9th as part of our Fall ArtsPass exclusives program.
In conjunction with Prof. Brown’s class “Black in the City,” students will have the opportunity to attend Court Theatre’s newly premiering Big White Fog.
Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the Federal Theatre Project, and influenced by the South Side Writers Group that cultivated such iconic talents as Richard Wright and Margaret Walker, Big White Fog drove American realism forward by contending with discontent.
The United States is on the cusp of the Great Depression and like many, the Mason family is struggling. Between the precarious economy and racial violence on Chicago’s segregated South Side, something’s got to give. As different generations strive to secure the Mason family’s future, catastrophic decisions are made, leading to a heartbreaking twist and a blistering condemnation of America’s Big White Fog.
Schedule:
7 pm - Tickets available for pick up in Court Theatre Lobby
7:30 pm - Performance Begins
9:45 pm - Performance Ends
9:55 pm - Post Performance Pizza Dinner and Discussion begins
10:30 pm - Event Ends
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