INFO
Collaboraction Theatre’s 31st season opens with MUD LIFE,
a world premiere drama by Chicago writing duo G. Riley Mills and Willie Round, drawn from Round’s life experiences as an emerging writer, rapper and producer.
Set in North Lawndale, Mud Life is a powerful new play exploring the bonds that hold us together, the forces that keep us stuck, and what we’re willing to risk for the chance at a better life.
Round and Mills are the Emmy Award-winning writing team behind Collaboraction’s acclaimed immersive docudrama, Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till.
Round also leads the cast in Mud Life as Anthony “Roc” Harris, and his new hip-hop single “Bottom to the Top” is featured in the play (listen to an excerpt on Tidal.)
Mud Life is recommended for ages 13 and up.
CLOSING DAY
Sunday, November 15, 2026
3PM
SHOWTIME DETAILS
TICKETS
$15 - $50
Email boxoffice@collaboraction.org for information on group discounts.
Performances of Mud Life run through November 15:
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Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30PM (no show on Saturday, October 31)
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Sundays at 3PM
Each show includes a pre-show lounge AND performances, WITH a SPECIAL open mic* BEFORE EACH FRIDAY SHOWING.
*Friday showings are preceded by a special edition of RADIATE, an open mic series (typically held every third Tuesday of the month) by Collaboraction's young adult ensemble, The Luminaries.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Mud Life first entered Collaboraction’s orbit in 2019 as the seven-minute short play Broke Down Drone in Collaboraction’s Peacebook Festival. That experience spawned an award-winning short film of the same name. More recently, Round returned to the script, which received workshops and readings earlier this summer at both Bramble Theatre and Definition Theatre.
Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley will direct Collaboraction’s world premiere of Mud Life. Martine Kei-Green Rogers, Dean, The Theatre School at DePaul University, is dramaturg.
Previews are Wednesday through Saturday, October 21-24 at 7:30 p.m. Press Opening is Sunday, October 25 at 3 p.m. Performances run through November 15: Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 pm; Sunday at 3 p.m. Industry Night is Monday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15-$50.
Interested sponsoring this production?
CONTACT:
Darlene Jackson
Anthony Moseley
THE HOUSE OF BELONGING
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Collaboraction's House of Belonging, now open in the Kimball Arts Center, is a sleek, 4,000-square foot space featuring a new 99-seat flexible studio theater and a 50-seat cabaret with cafe/bar.
TRANSIT
For CTA riders, the 82 Kimball-Homan bus stops right in front of the building. The theater is also a short walk from the Kimball stop on the 72 North and 73 Armitage bus lines. For bikers and pedestrians, the Kimball trailhead on The 606 leads directly to
the Kimball Arts Center.
PARKING
Free and nearby street parking is available.
Kimball Arts Center has a Parking Lot on the south side of the building for visitors. After 6PM, there is unrestricted street parking along Kimball Avenue and the surrounding streets.
