Forging From Fire

Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago

About the Show

Forging From Fire tells of the various journeys that individual ensemble members have taken to build lasting relationships and how circumstances, behaviors, and choices can create compromising situations. Through diligent deconstruction and self-discovery, each member worked through a heated process to understand ways to develop meaningful and healthy relationships, leading them to mold and refine a new space of love — for oneself and for others.

Among the life-topics addressed in Forging From Fire are physical, verbal, and sexual violence; the foster home system; incarceration within the transgender and gender nonconforming community, domestic violence, self-harm, mental health, and suicide.

Note: This show is recommended for ages 13 and up, due to references to adult situations.