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Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble

Written by Ensemble Member Maria Burnham.

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Ghostlight Ensemble will present the premiere of Drink the Past Drya site-specific piece of immersive theatre about the connections we have to the past and how sometimes to move forward, we have to go back. Check out photos from the show.

Written by Ensemble Member Maria Burnham, this original piece of site-specific theatre is set in a nondescript neighborhood bar in the middle of Chicago that looks like every other bar in every other neighborhood in the city. But this bar has a secret. It can take you anywhere in time…but only once and only within the walls of the bar, so it turns out not to be as popular a place as one might think.

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Catherine Councell, Alex Albrecht, and Khnemu Menu-Ra

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
From left: Dianne Wawrzyniak and Catherine Councell

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Alex Albrecht, Khnemu Menu-Ra and Catherine Councell

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Valerie Cambron, Alex Albrecht and Khnemu Menu-Ra

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Abbie Brenner and Valerie Cambron

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Alex Albrecht and Katharine Jordan

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Katharine Jordan and Stephen Dunn

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Katharine Jordan and Khnemu Menu-Ra

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Alex Albrecht, Valerie Cambron, Khnemu Menu-Ra and Katharine Jordan

Photos: DRINK THE PAST DRY World Premiere At Ghostlight Ensemble Image
Katharine Jordan and Stephen Dunn

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