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CHARGES (THE SUPPLICANTS)
Experimental
Runs Feb 26Mar 29, 2026
A powerful elegy for the plight of refugees, from ancient times to the present.

Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek’s Charges (The Supplicants) is a cry for the displaced.
Originally written to address the global refugee crisis, Theatre Y’s production—co-directed by Melissa Lorraine and Héctor Álvarez— turns the lens squarely on modern-day America. In Chicago’s own neighborhoods, the threat of removal looms over our neighbors every day.

3611 W Cermak Rd
Chicago, IL 60623
773-908-2248
Theatre Y wants to participate in people’s lives in ways that matter, here and now.
Rather than telling stories about a community,
we seek to participate in our community’s story.
Theatre Y serves to manifest imagined realities,
claiming global citizenship to better understand our shared humanity.