Bolingbrook Middle Schooler Stars in Six Stories Up in Haunted Chicago Oct 13-22 in Chicago
Can a bunch of middle school kids solve Chicago's problems? Find out in Tellin' Tales Theatre's Halloween musical written and performed by middle school students and their adult mentors with and without disabilities - including 7th grader Miles Wilson of Bolingbrook. Six Stories Up in Haunted Chicago finds kids on a ghost tour that takes a turn toward the scary when they stop at Resurrection Cemetery.
They meet famous Chicago ghosts who have a lot to say about the current state of our city. These spirits include Al Capone, John Belushi, Resurrection Mary, Malcolm X, opera singer Mary Garden and playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
The result is a hilarious and often moving musical peppered with personal stories told by students and adults with cerebral palsy, blindness and dwarfism, as well as their non-disabled peers. Six Stories Up in Haunted Chicago is geared toward adults and children age 9 and up and runs Friday-Sunday, October 13-22, at Filament Theatre, 4041 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30pm and Sunday shows are at 2pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. Information and tickets are available at www.tellintales.org.
Miles Wilson, a 7th grader at Jane Addams Middle School in Bolingbrook, plays "Skye." His mentor is Di Reed of Chicago's Austin neighborhood who plays the ghost of Malcolm X. Wilson plays the trumpet in his school's marching band; this is his first acting experience.
The show length is approximately 90 minutes with one intermission. The Filament Theatre is ADA accessible and sign language interpretation and audio description will be provided at the Sunday, October 15 show.
The mission of Tellin' Tales Theatre is to shatter barriers between the disabled and
non-disabled worlds through the transformative power of personal story. They bring together children and adults from both communities to share their stories in theatrically innovative productions and programs to promote awareness, understanding and acceptance. The website is www.tellintales.org.