ArtsPass Exclusive: Court Theatre: Out Here, with Prof. David Levin and Jo Selmeczy
Open to UChicago Students Only
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 from 7:30pm to 9:45pm.
Performance: Court Theatre - 5535 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Post-Performance Pizza Dinner and Conversation led by Prof., Co-Creator, and Dramaturg David Levin with Jo Selmeczy Court Theatre - 5535 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
ArtsPass Exclusive Discounted Price: Free – Seating is limited
1 free ticket for UChicago Students to Out Here on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM. Cannot combine with other discounts or apply to previous purchases. Must mention offer or use link/enter promo code “APEOutHere” and select “UChicago Student Group” price when purchasing tickets online for discount to apply. Subject to availability.
Co-presented by Chicago Studies, Court Theatre, Theater and Performance Studies, and the Logan Center for the Arts.
Join us for a UChicago ArtsPass exclusive performance of Out Here, featuring a post-performance dinner and conversation with David Levin, the Alice H. and Stanley G. Harris Distinguished Service Professor of Germanic Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, and Theater and Performance Studies and Jo Selmeczy, College Class of 2026 on Wednesday, April 15th as part of our Spring ArtsPass Exclusives program. David & Jo have been involved with Out Here for the past four years: David as a member of the creative team, and Jo as a student participating in numerous workshops that led to the Court Theatre production beginning in their first year in the College.
Attendees will have a chance to attend Court Theatre’s newly premiering musical Out Here and discuss the production as well as the multi-year preparation process that led up to it.
Life happens outside of your comfort zone. Out Here is a courageous new musical, developed through a dynamic collaboration with the University of Chicago. Audiences will have the rare opportunity to be the first to experience this fresh and intimate look at a family reconfiguring itself and rediscovering joy.
Dawn has a house, a husband, and a family, but she wants more. She wants her ex-girlfriend, Robin. She wants nothing to change and she wants everything to change, and she wants to control all the terms. As she’s caught between what’s been and what’s next, Dawn must learn to reimagine her expectations, harmonize with loved ones, and trust the process. If she can do all that, she might just learn a new song. Strikingly original, Out Here explores the unexpected freedom in relinquishing control, and how, sometimes, you have to break something apart to create something better.
Schedule:
7 pm - Tickets available for pick up in Court Theatre Lobby
7:30 pm - Performance Begins
9:05 pm - Performance Ends
9:15 pm - Post Performance Pizza Dinner and Discussion begins
9:45 pm - Event Ends
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A program of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the UChicago ArtsPass is supported by a generous gift from Anne Van Wart and Michael A. Keable, AB’88, MBA’96. Additional support is provided by the Robert M. Rudolph Arts Endowment, the University of Chicago Women’s Board, the College, Michael Barin, AB’04, Bharath Dwarakanath Nath, AB’00, and Kara Braciale, AB’98 and the generosity of other alumni, friends, and partnering cultural institutions.