“On Record | Chicago: Black Women Directors, Makers + Leaders on Brilliance, GlassCeilings + What's Next”

Black women in Chicago direct, devise, produce, and lead at extraordinary levels. And the ecosystem doesn't match it. Directors without health insurance. Leaders building institutions with no safety net underneath them. Brilliance that the city celebrates and then fails to sustain. On Record puts that gap on the table. These leaders have shaped Chicago theatre across generations and institutions. Together they hold founding vision, ensemble practice, institutional transformation, and artistic risk as lived experience. We are asking them to speak plainly about what it actually takes to build legacy inside a city and an industry that was not designed to hold what they are building. We are examining the real architecture: what sustains the work, what threatens it, and what comes next. Watch Full Video Here