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Performer | Choreographer | Instructor
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
UIUC Alumna 🧡💙
Jazz, Hip-Hop, Majorette, Contemporary-Modern 💃🏽

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Some beautiful photography by @rhyssteelephoto from Future Artists, 2026! ✨

Future Artists, 2027 applications close next month! Link to info & application in bio.

NEW VENUE! @ruthpagecenter ♥️

#stillinspired #futureartists #dancefestival #youngchoreographers collaboration

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OPENING NIGHT | Ritual & Rhythm Part II:
RHYME DEFERRED by @kamilahf x @chadwickboseman
Was a success! Shout out for the support and keep coming through the weekend!
Limited run through Sunday, July 19

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MARK JAMES HEATH HAS ENTERED THE CYPHER.

Cool, calm, and calculated... until the beat drops.
Don't let the composure fool you. Mark James Heath steps into the circle with razor-sharp bars and a quiet confidence that's dangerous. Some MCs scream for attention. He lets the lyrics do the talking.
The battle lines are being drawn. Whose side are you on?

See Mark James Heath live in
RHYME DEFERRED by Kamilah Forbes & Chadwick Boseman.

🔥 Only through July 19 🎟️

Tickets: www.pulsetheatrechicago.org/events-tickets⁠�
#RhymeDeferred #PulseTheatreChicago #HipHopTheatre #ChicagoTheatre #ChadwickBoseman KamilahForbes

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It's Opening Night!!!!
Rhyme Deferred @pulsetheatrechicago
Located at @etacreativearts
Only 4 Performance through Sunday!

$25 online | $30 at the door!
#LinkInBio #ChicagoTheatre #BlackTheatre #BlackStories #Bible

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🔥 KRIS BRYANT (THE MASTER) HAS ENTERED THE CYPHER.

By day, he's balancing work. By night, he's chasing a Master's degree.

But when it's time to step into the circle...

Kris clears the deck.

Books down. Mic up.

He's bringing sharp lyricism, relentless energy, and fire bars that prove hard work never goes out of style.

🎤 Catch Kris Bryant live in Rhyme Deferred, an immersive hip-hop reimagining of Cain & Abel by Kamilah Forbes & Chadwick Boseman.

📍 Pulse Theatre Chicago 🗓️ July 17–19

Some people study the game. Kris came to change it. 🔥

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🔥 THE DIVINE SOFÍA... with an F... HAS ENTERED THE CYPHER. 🇬🇹🇵🇷

Don't let the smile fool you... Sofía Roldan came to RAP.

A proud Guatemalan and Puerto Rican, and the daughter of immigrants, Sofía carries generations of resilience, culture, and strength into every verse. The stories that built her are the same stories that helped build this country—and her bars hit just as hard.

Lyrical. Fearless. Unapologetic.

The cypher just got a whole lot more dangerous.

🎤 Catch Sofía... with an F. live in Rhyme Deferred, an immersive hip-hop reimagining of Cain & Abel by Kamilah Forbes & Chadwick Boseman.

📍 Pulse Theatre Chicago 🗓️ July 17–19

One mic. One family. Infinite bars. 🔥🇬🇹🇵🇷

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👑 Mama's home.

While these boys have been busy arguing... EVE has entered the chat.

And when the Mother of Rap speaks... Everybody listens.

🎤 Whose side is she really on?
See it unfold in Rhyme Deferred 📍 Pulse Theatre Chicago 🗓️ July 17–19

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"Found Gabe's family reunion. 🤡" - Invincible Suga Kain

Y'all can argue in the comments all you want... but this beef is just getting started.

Think the Instagram posts are wild?

Wait until these brothers go bar for bar LIVE.
🎤 Rhyme Deferred 📍 Pulse Theatre Chicago 🗓️ July 17–19

Who's taking Round 2... Team Gabe or Team Kain? 👀🔥

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🚨 Y'all wanted a response... here it is.

Kain heard every joke. Every comment. Every "Clarence."

He didn't waste time explaining himself.
He picked up the mic.

🎤 The clap back has arrived.

But this is only the beginning...
See Round 2 LIVE at Rhyme Deferred, where these brothers settle it face-to-face.

🎟️ July 17–19 | Pulse Theatre Chicago

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🚨 NAHHHH... Gabe couldn't have just posted this.

He really hit Kain with the...

"This guy's a gangsta? His real name is Clarence." 😭💀

The disrespect is astronomical.

The comments are about to be a war zone, and the timeline is already picking sides.

⏳ Kain has less than 24 hours to respond.

Does he clap back... or is Gabe already up 1-0?

🍿 Who's taking this round? Team Gabe or Team Kain?

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🚨 BREAKING: Gabe just dissed Kain. 🚨

RAP BEEF? KAAAAAAIN?

Meet Willie Round as Gabe in Rhyme Deferred.

The internet has questions...

Did Gabe win Round 1?
Is Kain writing a response right now?
Or...

Is Kain ducking the smoke? 👀👀👀👀👀👀

Response expected later today!!!

But this is more than a rap beef.

In Rhyme Deferred by Kamilah Forbes , two brothers collide in a lyrical battle where hip-hop becomes confession, competition becomes survival, and every verse uncovers years of love, jealousy, loyalty, and betrayal.

Experience the full story live as part of Pulse Theatre Chicago's Ritual & Rhythm immersive reading series.

🎟️ Get your tickets now, then come decide for yourself...

Who really won the battle?

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HERC | Mikha'el Amin

Before the first verse... there were brothers.

Inspired by the story of Cain and Abel, RHYME DEFERRED by Kamilah Forbes & Chadwick Boseman reimagines an ancient conflict through the language of hip-hop. As two brothers collide over legacy, loyalty, ambition, and survival, rhythm becomes both a weapon and a path toward redemption.

Part of Pulse Theatre Chicago's Ritual & Rhythm: An Immersive Reading Series, this immersive experience fuses poetry, movement, music, and storytelling into a visceral theatrical event.

🗓 July 17–19
🎟 Tickets: $25
📍 eta Creative Arts Foundation

Reserve your seat: www.pulsetheatrechicago.org/events-tickets

#RhymeDeferred #PulseTheatreChicago #RitualAndRhythm #ChicagoTheatre #BlackTheatre HipHopTheatre ChadwickBoseman KamilahForbes ImmersiveTheatre Brotherhood CainAndAbel

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