Hot Kitchen: THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
Hot Kitchen returns with the premiere of their first ensemble-made work since 2022.
THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU is a strip of magnetic tape. It’s the memory you thought you lost. It’s the feeling you’re not alone. In a world constructed of CRT TVs, Hot Kitchen relies on VHS tapes to explore what lies beyond, and within. Their live performance becomes a signal… a prophecy… lost in the ether, waiting to be found. Can you feel it? That feeling? That knowing? It’s inside you, too. Allow yourself to relax. To receive. This show was made for you.
August 20-23 & August 27-30, 2026 (Thursdays at 8:00pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and 10:30pm, Sundays at 7pm)
Directed and designed by: Jiana Nicole
Created and performed by: Kaylyn Carter, Carol Crosby, Alex Hovi, Eddie Miller, Jiana Nicole, and Colleen Rose Trundy
Tickets are $20 and are available to purchase at: https://link.dice.fm/A827b2f3a5eb
Hot Kitchen is a Chicago based performance collective formed in 2016 rooted in a collaborative theater making process. Our work usually begins with an image, a phrase, a piece of pop culture, or other idea. Through a process of generating, regenerating, regurgitating and repeating, we arrive at a performance once it feels just right. We’ve premiered work at Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series, HighConcept Labs, basements, garages and other venues across Chicago. Our annual variety show, 13 Love Songs, had its 11th year at the Chicago Athletic Association in April 2026.
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Tags: Alex Hovi, Carol Crosby, Colleen Rose Trundy, Color Club, Eddie Miller, Hot Kitchen, Irving park, Jiana Nicole, Kaylyn Carter, THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU
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