

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FREE EVENT! - Stories Connect Us: A Cross-Community Story-Sharing Event
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: FREE EVENT! 

Everyone has a story to tell. What if you could share your story and watch it come to life before your eyes? Join us for "Stories Connect Us," a cross-community story-sharing event, currently touring with The Connecting Routes Project. Attend a performance of storytelling and improvisational theater featuring your true stories of building community, connection and solidarity interpreted onstage by the Chicago Playback Theatre Ensemble. The performance begins at 7:00pm and is approximately 90 minutes long. 

Doors will open at 6:00pm for pre-show activities, a recording station, and free mini-tours of Glessner House. Following the performance, the storytelling continues through recording stations, written prompts, and interactive activities. 

Visit www.connectingroutes.org/storiesconnectus for more information about this multi-year project! 

This program is partially sponsored by grants from the League of Chicago Theatres, ComEd, and the Illinois Arts Council; as well as additional support from Patrick Gallardo and Lauren Pace.

FREE EVENT, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/free-event-stories-connect-us-a-cross-community-story-sharing-event/200029669098852
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.glessnerhouse.org/events/stories-connect-us?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=chicago-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60616
- **lat**: 41.8578
- **long**: -87.62109
- **full address**: 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60616

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Glessner House (https://allevents.in/org/glessner-house/9211072)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60616
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Glessner House
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about FREE EVENT! - Stories Connect Us: A Cross-Community Story-Sharing Event ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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