AstonRep continually ups the ante, demonstrating why they’re a storefront theatre to be taken seriously.
— Chicago Theatre Review
We are an ensemble of artists creating theatre to move and engage our audiences and spark discussion through new works and re-imagined classics in an intimate setting.
The artists of AstonRep Theatre Company stand in solidarity with those grieving the loss of and seeking justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other Black lives that have been lost to racist systems and police brutality in this country. If you can, we encourage you to donate to those on the front lines. A list of some organizations is below.
Black Lives Matter Chicago – https://www.blacklivesmatterchicago.com/
Chicago Community Bond Fund – https://chicagobond.org/
Assata’s Daughters – https://www.assatasdaughters.org/
My Block My Hood My City – https://www.formyblock.org/
Black Lives Matter.
Acknowledgement of Indigenous Land
We recognize that the spaces where AstonRep creates theatre sits on Native land. As we welcome artists and audiences to our spaces, we must acknowledge that we do so on the traditional unceded homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes such as the Miami, Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Kickapoo, and Sac also called this area home. We recognize that Indigenous peoples are the traditional stewards of the land we currently occupy, living here long before Chicago came to be, and still thriving here today.
Native Land Digital - https://native-land.ca
Chi-Nations Youth Council - https://chinations.org
U.S. Department of Arts and Culture’s Guide to Honoring Native Land - https://usdac.us/nativeland
