WorkersTEATRO: Exhibition & Performance
An Exhibition & Performance of 9 years of work
When
Jun 26, 2026
6:00pm–9:00pm
Cost
Tickets start at $20
All proceeds support WorkersTEATRO
Join us for the opening of the "Proximity/ Proximidad" exhibition.
- Exhibition Opens at 6:00 p.m.
- Performances start at 6:45 p.m.
Over the course of 9 years, WorkersTEATRO has created supportive spaces for working people to gather, share their experiences, seek support, and advocate for one another.
Through stories, tears, laughter, and comunidad (community), WorkersTEATRO has built scenes, performed all over the country, taught workshops, and listened to its community.
- $75.00: Believe in the Cause, Sustainers help WorkersTEATRO to dream forward
- $40.00: Make it Happen, Helpers making it happen
- $20.00: Celebrate the Work, Celebrants lifting WorkersTEATRO up
The ticket prices support WorkersTEATRO today and into the future. As a local collective, WorkersTEATRO does not generate money by selling anything and is not run by a board of directors. Working people come together to support each other, to advocate for workers' rights together, and collectively make decisions. Help from the community is necessary to do this work.
Even if you can't make the event, please purchase a ticket to support WorkersTEATRO. ¡Gracias! Con Cariño - Collectivo WorkersTEATRO
More About...
EXHIBITION: Proximity/ Proximidad
- How close are you to the harm? How close are you to the care?
- What is your proximity to the violence that workers experience daily?
Workers across America experience harm on factory floors, as street vendors, and as domestic care workers. Unsafe work conditions, wage theft, and abuse are real and happen every day.
ARTIFACTS OF THE JOURNEY: On display will be the fruits of their labor, worker tools used every day, photos, scripts, video, audio, publications, and props used to tell the stories.
Venue Parking and Directions
Parking
Street parking is available on 18th Street. Parking is also available by Harrison Park on Damen Avenue.
Directions
Located on 18th Street near Hoyne Avenue, the venue is accessible from the Damen Pink Line stop. Bike racks are in the front of the building for those who choose to bike to the location.
Get driving directions here.
Accessibility
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
18th Street Casa de Cultura
18th Street Casa de Cultura is an organization of artists, musicians, educators, and advocates dedicated to honoring and cultivating the legacy of cultural and artistic expression rooted in generational practices of Chicago’s Mexicano - Latino community by utilizing ancestral cultural conocimiento or knowledge.
WorkersTEATRO
WorkersTEATRO is an independent Chicago group of working people who have self-selected to collaborate with Theater Director & Activist Jasmin Cardenas, and Worker Organizer Isaura Martinez.
Members of WorkersTEATRO explore their working experiences of discrimination and exploitation using theater, storytelling, and other artistic forms of expression for the purpose of education, liberation, and change.
Contact
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Chicago, IL 60603
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