INFO
Collaboraction Theatre welcomes the world premiere of Mud Life, a raw, intimate drama by and based on Chicago writer, rapper, producer and Collaboraction Company Member Willie Round’s experiences growing up on Chicago’s west side making music.
The plot spins around Anthony and Devontae, two aspiring hip-hop artists from Chicago’s North Lawndale community who are struggling to climb beyond their circumstances while creating music under the control of a manipulative strip-club owner. When an enigmatic outsider offers them a rare shot at escape, their loyalty fractures, and their bond is tested in ways that alter the course of their lives.
OPENING DAY
Sunday, October 25, 2026
3PM
SHOWTIME DETAILS
TICKETS
$20 - $60
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
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Sundays at 3PM
TBA
RUNTIME
includes a short Crucial Conversation after every performance
Willie Round, co-author, Mud Life
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
INFO
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.
