From an audience member- “It was beautiful! You guys make being multicultural normal and so exciting.”  Myra Kalaw

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​Let the celebration continue!
This season will close out our two-year retrospective celebrating 20 years of building community though the arts
​"One Voice, One Story, One Person At a Time”

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Donate to our Arts Education Programming Campaign

Help us raise $2,000 for Arts Education! Your donation will go directly towards our summer camp scholarships and sliding scale fees. Help a child come to our summer camp for free!

Click here to see our campaign progress!

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“In many ways, CDE is a stunning example of what a small storefront theatre company’s mission should be. Efforts to tell these often ignored stories and to share them with the community is noticeable and admirable - makes buying a ticket feel as much about supporting social justice as buying entertainment.”

- PerformInk

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Many Thanks to Our Funders

Artswork, Chicago Community Trust, Driehaus Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Innovation 80 Illinois Arts Council, Mardi Gras Fund, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, Dekalb County Community Foundation

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Photos for our website by: 
Al Zayed, Anna Gelman, Anthony Romero, Arjuna Capulong, Fernandez Foto, Constance White
as well as snapshots taken by our ensemble, staff and teaching artists over the years.