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February 2027

February 21, 2027
Doors @ 5:30 pm || Stories @ 6 pm

2nd Story's 28th season, On Purpose, is an exploration of what it means to live with intention — the communities we build, the choices we make, the moments we choose to stand up. Through live personal storytelling performances in Chicago, we invite you to examine your own life in a threshold time like this one. Check back closer to the date to learn more about the stories on tap for this evening, but while you’re here, go ahead and check out the artists working on this show and reserve your seat!

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Curators are 2nd Story pros who use their experience and craft to help guide the storytellers through the experience of writing and revising their stories. Check back for words from this performance’s curator about what you’ll hear and see at the show.

Black woman with curly dark hair, smiling and wearing rectangle earrings.

Earliana McLaurin

Company Member

Man with grey beard and dark collar shirt looking to camera.

Shawn
Cobb

First-Time Storyteller!

White woman with brown hair, bangs, wearing glasses and a white shirt staring to the left off-camera.

Gabby
Granada

First-Time Storyteller!

Elizabeth
Blondel

Company Member

Black woman with curly dark hair, smiling and wearing rectangle earrings.

Curator

Earliana McLaurin

Company Member

A smiling white person with shoulder-length brown hair with bangs and glasses, wearing a white blouse and beaded necklace.

Producer

Grace
Archer

Returning Collaborator

Woman with short curly dark hair, facing to the left of the camera smiling.

Director

Khanisha
Foster

Company Member

Sound Engineer

Coming
Soon!

Brown man wearing a pink t-shirt looks at the camera. His hair is long on top and dyed blonde while the sides are short and dark. Behind him are framed paintings of flowers on stands.

Zoom Tech

Shain Papalotl
Longbehn

Returning Collaborator

 

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