{"id":850,"date":"2026-06-13T20:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:19:32","slug":"tending-to-the-mother-trace-june-25-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"Tending to the M{other} + trace June 25-28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presented as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/synapsearts.com\/new-works\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/synapsearts.com\/new-works\">Synapse Arts&#8217; New Works<\/a> program <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performances are different each day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thursday 06\/25, 7:00 pm<\/strong> &#8211; Tending to the {Mother} + trace &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works--2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works--2026\">TICKETS for Thursday<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 06\/26, 7:00 pm<\/strong> &#8211; trace ONLY &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-friday--0626\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-friday--0626\">TICKETS for Friday<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 06\/27, 2:00 pm<\/strong> &#8211; Tending to the M{other} + post-show discussion\/activity &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-saturday--0627\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-saturday--0627\">TICKETS for Saturday<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 06\/28, 2:00 pm<\/strong> &#8211; Tending to the {Mother} + trace, *ASL provided &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-sunday--0628\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/new-works-2026-sunday--0628\">TICKETS for Sunday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All events take place at&nbsp;Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ZT23SuszHbVqSNnEexo-cPEPL5eVVTfAQ9B7bHWhwWk\/edit?usp=sharing\">Berger Park Cultural Center &#8211; Access and Location Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-279-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Michelle Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tending to the M{other}: Home Work&nbsp;<\/em> <br><strong>Directed by<\/strong>&nbsp;Christine Shallenberg and Aurora Tabar<br><strong>Created and performed by <\/strong>Jess Baldissero, Noah Lepawsky, Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks, Christine Shallenberg, and Aurora Tabar<br>Costumes by Mary Tabar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tending to the M{other}: Home Work&nbsp;<\/em>is new, immersive site-specific performance at the Berger Park Gunder House. Exploring caregiving as labor, devotion, and radical love, the work centers practices that are often invisible and undervalued, yet essential to how we survive and imagine a shared future. This premiere is part of&nbsp;<em>Tending to the M{other}<\/em>, an ongoing umbrella project that brings together ensemble performance, community engagement, and an evolving archive to investigate the complex nature of caregiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are welcome and encouraged to attend the show! Please note that Tending to the M{other} will only be presented as part of Synapse New Works on June 25, 27, and 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.auroratabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WIP-Showing-4.25.26-by-Michelle-Reid-14.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Michelle Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>trace&nbsp;<\/em><br><strong>Composition + Direction: <\/strong>Q\u016b Ji\u00e9 \u66f2\u6d01<br><strong>Sound Design:<\/strong> Chien-An Yuan, Kyunghee Kim, Aliyah Jones &#8216;indigo&#8217; &amp; Rahila Coats&nbsp;<br><strong>Costume + Set Design: <\/strong>Kim Debord<br><strong>Mentor <\/strong>Chien-An Yuan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the site of rupture and repair,<strong> <\/strong><strong><em>trace<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>is an embodiment of the performance, the ritual, and the testimony of becoming while straddling the in-between. A firsthand account of what unfolds when otherness takes over and the landscape of difference is traversed. An invitation to see &amp; remember.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented as part of Synapse Arts&#8217; New Works program The performances are different each day: All events take place at&nbsp;Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd in Chicago. 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