Laura Sturm of Rogers Park Performs with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble

Laura Sturm from Rogers Park performs as part of the ensemble in Chicago Danztheatre Ensembles (CDE) This is Not a Pipe, November 5 - 19, at Auditorium at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster, choreographed and directed by Executive Artistic Director Ellyzabeth Adler with the company. The performance is timeless and timely and goes to great depth to explore and enlighten.

This is Not a Pipe, first premiered in 2006 at Chicago Moving Company at Hamlin Park. The updated 2022 production of This is Not a Pipe features an all-female and nonbinary identifying cast. This is Not a Pipe will take the works of Sigmund Freud, Rene Magritte and the birth of modern psychology and will pull it all apart to question what is identity, sexuality, womanhood and dream interpretation while bringing some of Magritte’s images to life.

“My desire to bring ‘This is Not a Pipe' back to Chicago audiences is led by the importance of continuing to move conversation forward. Through a 2022 lens, we will revisit Sigmund Freud’s writings, highlighting identity and dream interpretation. This will lead us to questions such as ‘what do these objects really mean to you? What if Freud was a woman? What if a necktie is simply a necktie or what if it is representative of our anxiety, rather than Freud’s phallic interpretations,” explained CDE Executive Artistic Director Ellyzabeth Adler.

Performances will be held Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., November 5 – 19, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Tickets are on sale now for $20 general admission (adult non-students), $13 student general admission (high school students over the age of 16 and college students) and free general admission (under the age of 16). Ticket sales online end two-hours before the performance but will be available at the door for $25. Information and tickets are available at Danztheatre.org.

Founded in 2001, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble is Chicago’s only multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to social justice and socially conscious work that builds community through the arts ``one voice, one story, one person at a time.” CDE’s mission is to engage, inspire, and challenge the community, both onstage and in the classroom, through innovative and collaborative multidisciplinary storytelling to illuminate aspects of social issues. We do this in the genre of Danztheatre, "which unites all art media to achieve an all-embracing, radical change in humankind.” Through our school-based art and performance programs, CDE helps students in Chicago schools explore their own creativity, supporting their social and emotional learning. CDE provides a physical and emotional space where community conversation and cultural change can happen.