REMNANTS
an eco-mythic public spectacle
Giant spirits walk the paths of restored native ecosystems in Chicago's parklands, inviting us to reawaken the wild within. REMNANTS weaves together ecology, history, futurity and collective awe in a site-specific movement performance. REMNANTS was originally performed at Horner Park and Humboldt Park, August–September 2025.
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Director: Cooper Forsman
Producer: Katie Mazzini
Costume Design: Kate Grube
Installation & Spirit Creature Design: Gillian Butcher
Original Spirit Creature Design: Paul Scudder and KT Shivak
Original Music Composition: Cooper Forsman
Dramaturgy and Writing: Cooper Forsman
Partnership Coordination: Olivia Gregorich
Poster Design: Alex Rodriguez
Marketing Support: Dana Murphy
Musicians: Carlos Pecciotto Jr., Amelia Gutfeldt, Francesca Giannis, Graham Nelson, Juliann Wang, Olivia Gregorich and Hasani Cannon
Special thanks to: Patrick Riley, Mac Dowd-Whipple, Kaye Forsman, Ryan Lothian, Zhenya Nemirovsky, Elsa Godtfredsen, Marina Post, Alonso Abarzúa Vallejos, Poppy Golland and Amber Schwartz
Devised and performed by Nigel Brown, Mackenzie Jones, Claire Kaplan, Emily Loar, Nika Nemirovsky and Alex Rodriguez
A Wender Collective Project
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