The Mixtape New Works Festival Vol. 2 Presents Ikkan and the Sunweaver

Wed May 13 2026 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

UncommonGround - Lakeview | Chicago

Uncommon Ground
Publisher/HostUncommon Ground
The Mixtape New Works Festival Vol. 2 Presents Ikkan and the Sunweaver
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This is an intimate, seated dinner show featuring the Instrumental Theatre Company!
About this Event

Full dinner service is available during the show. Seating will begin 30 minutes before the start of the show. Seating is assigned to ensure efficiency of service. Ticket price DOES NOT include food and drink.

The Mixtape New Works Festival Vol. 2 Presents Ikkan and the Sunweaver by Bennett Petersen, with music by Samuel Perlman.

Uri, an immortal child of Helios and Gaia, lives on a hidden island with his Brother Tree and his animal friends, where he quietly maintains the natural world by weaving sunlight. On an island where he has everything he could need, Uri wants nothing... until Ikkan, a human, washes ashore with no explanation. Ikkan has everything that Uri doesn’t: cleverness, ambition, and a song in his heart that begs desperately to be heard. Uri has everything Ikkan doesn’t: humility, self-assuredness, and the ability to shape sunlight itself. But as they try to find a way off the island for Ikkan, the two men are inexorably drawn closer together, and Uri will discover just how much must be sacrificed for Ikkan to stay.This is a concert reading of a new play with music in development.

Instrumental Theatre Company is a Chicago based performing arts organization whose mission is to inspire harmony through ensemble storytelling crafted at the intersection of actors and musicians.ITC is excited to return to Uncommon Ground this year with a festival celebrating new musically inspired storytelling. This new work development process provides time and space to workshop new musicals and new plays with music, highlighting the talent of Chicago's theatre and music writers.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UncommonGround - Lakeview, 3800 North Clark Street, Chicago, United States

Tickets

USD 17.85

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