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Tomorrow Lin joins Peter Taub and Vanessa Damilola Macaulay for “Performance Art in Chicago,” a conversation moderated by Leon J. Hilton at @mcachicago

The conversation takes High Performance magazine’s extensive engagement with Chicago performance as one of its points of departure. Pictured: a 1984 issue of High Performance featuring Lin’s Hey John, Did You Take the El Camino Far?

Sunday, September 20
11am–12:30pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

The event is currently at capacity; standby tickets will be available in person one hour before the program! by @evryhshsadr

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Our very own Matthew Goulish is part of “if-if-if-,” a new exhibition organized by @otherchrisreeves around language falling apart & coming together.

Opening tomorrow, Saturday, September 19
6–10pm
@the_plan_chicago by @evryhshsadr

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Every house has a door with @leaf_bootleg are part of 82 Nights Only*, opening tomorrow(!) as part of @chicagoexhibitionweek

The exhibition unfolds from September through December, with performances and events appearing throughout its run. Our contribution comes at the very end in December—we’ll share more about that soon.

Opening Wednesday 9/16 @gertie.chicago by @evryhshsadr

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Matthew joins Hamza Walker, Sharon Udoh, and Anna Martine Whitehead for readings celebrating the publication of Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years, with performances by Jason Roebke and Ken Vandermark.

Monday 9/14, 7pm
@constellationchicago by @evryhshsadr

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Its father has the form of a lion, and its mother that of an ant.

Its father eats flesh but its mother grains.

If then they engender the ant-lion, they engender a thing of two natures such that it cannot eat flesh because of the nature of its mother, nor grains because of the nature of its father.

It perishes, therefore, because it has no nutriment.

Come see the strange interventions of the antlion this Saturday and Sunday at @constellationchicago. Both shows at 2pm. Tickets still available but moving quickly!

Video by Yoni Goldstein and Hadley Austin by @evryhshsadr

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Performances this weekend! Dedicated, “without metaphor, to the lion.”

Tickets still available.

Royal March of the Lion
Every house has a door and Essi Kausalainen

July 25-26, 2026, 2pm
@constellationchicago

Photos by Yoni Goldstein and Hadley Austin by @evryhshsadr

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Royal March of the Lion

Only two performances.

Join us July 25 & 26 at @constellationchicago

Tickets at the link in our bio.

Video by Yoni Goldstein and Hadley Austin
Edit by @ennui2 by @evryhshsadr

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Following its January premiere, Royal March of the Lion returns to Constellation for two afternoon performances.

A performance by Every house has a door and Essi Kausalainen, Royal March of the Lion derives from themes of dedication, the symbolism of the Lion as King, and the strange interventions of the antlion insect.

Tickets on sale now | Link in Bio

July 25–26, 2026, 2pm
@constellationchicago

Directed and choreographed by Lin Hixson
Original writing and dramaturgy by Matthew Goulish
Costumes and set design by Essi Kausalainen
Live music by Sima Cunningham (@simaamis) and V.V. Lightbody (@vvlightbody)
With performances by Elise Cowin, Kenya ‘KaoRaZen’ Fulton (@kaorazen), Bryan Saner (@bsanerb), Corey Smith (@ennui2), Lorenzo Lago, Elliott Popovic Schuh, and Stella Dmytrenko-Hreczuch.

Design by @lucasreif
Photos by Yoni Goldstein and Hadley Austin taken in Constellation Chicago by @evryhshsadr

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4 months ago

Newsletter #7.1: ‘Rehearsing the elephant’ read by Every house co-founder and dramaturg Matthew Goulish.

Video by @ennui2, featuring rehearsal footage of @bsanerb, @nakiyahtianna, Elise Cowin, and Matthew Goulish

Subscribe to our newsletter and see more at the link in bio. by @evryhshsadr

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Newsletter 7.1: Rehearsing the elephant by Matthew Goulish

“This moment requires a newsletter of a different sort.
These days demand that we keep channels open.
Keep connections live.
Toss out a line.
Hold on to a concept that moves us and keeps us moving.
And keep moving.“

Read (or listen to!) this newsletter of a different sort at the link in our bio. by @evryhshsadr

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We are beyond grateful for the support of @chicagodancemakersforum as a 2026 recipient of a Dance Project Grant! by @evryhshsadr

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Royal March of the Lion, January 2026, @constellationchicago
Photos: @formidable_entities

a performance by Every house has a door and Essi Kausalainen, derives from themes of dedication, the symbolism of the Lion as King, and the strange interventions of the antlion insect. This co-devised ensemble performance, directed and choreographed by Lin Hixson, with original writing and dramaturgy by Matthew Goulish, continues the Carnival of the Animals series of modular performances focusing on endangered species and the concept of extinction. With handmade costumes and set design by Finnish artist Essi Kausalainen, live music by Sima Cunningham, and performances by Elise Cowin, Kenya ‘KaoRaZen’ Fulton, Bryan Saner, Corey Smith, and special guest young people performers, Elliott Popovic Schuh, Stella Dmytrenko-Hreczuch
and Lorenzo Lago, the intricacies of non-human life provide the foundation of this new work. by @evryhshsadr

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