SWITCHBOARD: Missed Connections From The S.S. Eastland

SWITCHBOARD is a Neo-Futurist puppetry show exploring themes of memory and communication through the lens of the S.S. Eastland disaster. The Eastland was a passenger ship commissioned to transport Western Electric laborers and their families to a company picnic on July 24th, 1915. Without ever leaving the dock, the Eastland mysteriously capsized downtown in the Chicago River, resulting in the deaths of 844 passengers and crew members. SWITCHBOARD is about missed calls and missed connections, losing and forgetting.

Created by Annie Share & Sivan Spector
Directed by Anna Gelman
Original Composition and Design by Spencer Meeks

𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟐𝟐 – 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
Thursdays Fridays & Saturdays @ 8:00pm
Sundays @ 3:30pm
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: $15 – 25

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝟏𝟕𝟎𝟎𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 (𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟎𝐍𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭).

𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭–𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟖. 

𝐀𝐧𝐀𝐒𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟓𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟏𝟐. For this performance wearing a mask throughout the entire duration of the live performance will be required. Please note, however, that the Steppenwolf is a public building and that there will be unmasked people in the building, including in the lobby space immediately outside of the theatre and the bathroom.