Going Dutch Festival 2025 - a celebration of female and nonbinary voices in the arts.
November 8 – 9 | Side Street Studio Arts, Downtown Elgin, IL
$10 per show | $30 Festival Pass
TICKET & PASSES ON SALE NOW!
Produced by Side Street Studio Arts with support from the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission.
Saturday, November 8 — All shows at Side Street Studio Arts
6:00 PM | Ambo Dance Theatre - Carmilla
Based on Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic tale Carmilla
A haunting and tender reimagining of one of literature’s earliest depictions of queer desire. Through a contemporary feminist lens, Carmilla unravels how femininity, power, and autonomy intersect with desire, reclaiming the so-called “monstrous” as resilience and self-possession.
7:00 PM | Eileen Tull - Kassandra at the End of the World
An exploration of the Greek prophetess cursed never to be believed, this solo work finds Kassandra on a mountaintop, bearing witness to the annihilation of humanity from climate collapse—at once mythic and urgently contemporary.
8:00 PM | Dance Showcase
A powerful collection of short works by festival artists:
Christine Hands
Ramya Ravi
kt williams + artists
ZBRI Dance Ensemble
Dani Oblitas & Ava Faber
Tiffany Lawson
Sunday, November 9
2:00 PM | Rachel Benzing - Memories in Motion
A one-woman, multidisciplinary performance weaving dance, spoken word, and visual art. This kaleidoscopic journey explores the way memory shapes identity, illuminating the shifting relationship between past and present self.
3:30 PM | Catie Early & Miller Hewson - suffRAGE
Selections from The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays, reinterpreted with a queer, contemporary lens—reclaiming the radical energy of women’s voices from a century ago.
✨ All events are held at Backspace at Side Street Studio Arts, 15 1/2 Ziegler Ct., Downtown Elgin. The space is not wheelchair accessible.
🎟️ Tickets: $10 per show or $30 festival pass.
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Workshop schedule to follow!
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