CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods is an intimate & immersive work for a brave audience of two.

Winner of No Proscenium’s Best Shows and Experiences of 2019, originally performed in New York City in 2019, the show was originally performed for a total of only seven people; this is the Chicago debut and first time it has been remounted in nearly six years.

Attendees are encouraged to communicate their accessibility needs and review the content advisories here.

TICKETS PWYC at the door. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Reservations are currently full for the run of the show. If you’d like to join the waitlist, please email Links Hall Programs Associate Dana Pepowski at dana@linkshall.org.

Dates:

Sun, June 15th

Tue, June 17th

Wed, June 18th

Sun, June 29th

FEATURED ARTISTS

Kevin Michael Wesson

FALL 2024 CO-MISSION RESIDENT

Kevin Michael Wesson (he/they) is a proudly unrepresented puppeteer/deviser based in Chicago, originally from Tampa, FL; Recent credits include: Leonardo! & Christmas Carol (Manual Cinema), “Where we go together” or The Flashlight Play (Theatre Nobody), Dog or Cats; Augmented Body (Steppenwolf LOOKOUT), House of the Exquisite Corpse I-IV (Rough House Theater), Deepen the Heart (Stop Motion plant), Elements of Style (The Neo-Futurists). His works have been featured in American Theatre Magazine, The Chicago Cultural Center, No Proscenium, NPR, The Puppetry Journal, nomination for the National Puppet Slam, and various curation for/residencies with Agitator Artist Collective, Links Hall, Chicago Puppet Lab, The National Puppetry Conference, Valdez Theatre Conference, & The Intuit: Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. A firm believer in DIY ethos, they currently organize works-in-progress & community programming for the Chicago-based puppet theatre company, Rough House Puppet Arts, the devised theatre ensemble, Stop Motion Plant, Physical Theater Festival Chicago, and the experimental free theatre outfit, Theatre Nobody.

Theatre Nobody

Theatre Nobody is a radical experimental free theatre outfit based in Chicago.

COLLABORATORS

Maddison Wise (co-creator)

Lily Emerson

Michele Stine

ABOUT THE CO-MISSION PROGRAM

This event is part of Links Hall’s 2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events.

Representing some of the most talented makers in Chicago from dance, performance art, installation, and performance as social practice, six artists present works developed while in-residence at Links during the 2024-2025 season. Featured artists include: Links Hall Residents Dani Oblitas, Selena Lasley, Kevin Michael Wesson, and Amanda Maraist; and Fellows Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas & Jacinda Bullie and Tuli Bera.

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