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Mary Houlihan - For the Sun-Times

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Oct. 6-12

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The youth-activist ensemble The Light will be part of the Peacebook Festival. (Willow James)

Theater

  • Playwright Rebecca Gilman returns to the Goodman Theatre with her new play “Swing State,” a contemporary portrait of America’s heartland set in a time when it seems like everyone has a different idea of what it means to be an American. Mary Beth Fisher, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Anne E. Thompson and Bubba Weiler star; Robert Falls directs. From Oct. 7-Nov. 13 at Goodman Theatre, 150 N. Dearborn. Tickets: $25+. Visit goodmantheatre.com.
  • Collaboraction’s 7th annual Peacebook Festival looks at theater that heals during a day of fellowship filled with workshops, panels and performances by Collaboraction’s youth artist-activist ensemble The Light, Aztec Dance Chicago, The Example Setters, The Happiness Club, Sandra Delgado, Brickheadz Crew and more. From 3-9 p.m. Oct. 8 at Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington. Tickets $15, $30. Visit collaboraction.org.
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