Dawn Theatre Project

Dawn Theatre Project Through devised physical theatre, our hope is to explore the depths of love and loss with the commun

Dawn Theatre Project devises theater processes to create plays that awaken the curiosity of creators and audience alike towards the world beyond ourselves. We develop instances for story-sharing that embrace diverse experiences and knowledge. We strive to cross cultural barriers between audience and performers and empower marginalized communities. For this goal, we incubate different languages tha

t can lead to this story-sharing, including physical movement, visual, tactile, oral and written forms of expression. Our devised work frequently puts emphasis on communicating the internal processes of people’s stories. Our ideal is to create ‘collective emotional landscapes;’ moments in which audience and performers are attuned to someone’s story in empathy.

✨ Community Support Spotlight ✨A huge thank you to for supporting Unfinished Island Songs 💛For ticket holders attending...
05/08/2026

✨ Community Support Spotlight ✨

A huge thank you to for supporting Unfinished Island Songs 💛

For ticket holders attending the May 9–10 performances, Hello Jasmine is offering 18% off food orders ✨

🌱 Come to the show and make sure you get the secret code~

We’re deeply grateful for local community partners who help support independent immigrant-led art and create spaces where culture, gathering, and care can continue to grow.

Get your tickets, come see the show, then go enjoy some delicious Taiwanese food & drinks ✨

🎟️ Tickets — link in bio

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Happy opening night ✨We’re ready for you.All that’s left is your presence 💛Come explore, feel, and be in this space with...
05/08/2026

Happy opening night ✨

We’re ready for you.
All that’s left is your presence 💛

Come explore, feel, and be in this space with us.

Arrive early to enjoy the exhibition, Taiwanese food, drinks, and interactive experiences before the show begins.

📍 Wirtz Center Chicago (Northwestern Downtown)
Abbott Hall Black Box 203
710 N Lake Shore Dr

Please allow extra time for downtown traffic.

🎟️ Tickets — link in bio

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"✨ Community Support Spotlight ✨We’re deeply grateful to share that tonight’s show will include Taiwanese popcorn chicke...
05/08/2026

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✨ Community Support Spotlight ✨
We’re deeply grateful to share that tonight’s show will include Taiwanese popcorn chicken generously sponsored by taipeicafe 🍗✨

As an independent immigrant-led production, community sponsorship truly helps make this work possible—not only supporting the artists behind the piece, but also helping us share Taiwanese culture, food, and hospitality with audiences.

A huge thank you to Taipei Cafe for believing in this project and helping us create a space of gathering, memory, and home. And please go support them and enjoy some delicious Taiwanese food 💛

Come early to enjoy the pre-show exhibition, interactive Taiwanese cultural experiences, food, drinks, and community.

📍 Wirtz Center Chicago
🕢 Tonight — 7:30 PM

See you in the theatre 💛"

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Opening tomorrow ⏳Unfinished Island Songs 🌊 We’d love to share this space with you.✨ Come 20 minutes earlyto explore the...
05/07/2026

Opening tomorrow ⏳

Unfinished Island Songs 🌊

We’d love to share this space with you.

✨ Come 20 minutes early
to explore the smell, taste, and play of Taiwan—
and gently enter the world of the performance.

📍 Wirtz Center Chicago (Northwestern Downtown)
Abbott Hall Black Box 203
710 N Lake Shore Dr

Please allow time for downtown traffic.

🎟️ Tickets — link in bio
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A peek into the process— a glimpse inside Chih-Jou’s mind"I think people sometimes assume improvisation is easier,but ho...
05/05/2026

A peek into the process— a glimpse inside Chih-Jou’s mind

"I think people sometimes assume improvisation is easier,
but honestly, it asks for so much more.

More presence.
More awareness—
of myself,
of my body,
of the people I’m moving with.

And it takes time.
To stay in the room.
To sit with discomfort.
To face emotions that aren’t easy to hold.

There’s something really powerful about that kind of honesty.
When the movement is real,
it holds a raw energy—
something like controlled chaos.
it almost becomes a ritual—
inviting everyone in the space
to witness and feel together.

But I’m also constantly navigating this other voice—

“I’m not a good enough dancer.”
“This isn’t interesting enough.”
“My body can’t do this.”
"How can I dance with my knee injury."
“What if I look ridiculous?”

Especially with my knee,
there are moments I wonder
if I should even be doing this at all.

And somehow… I’m still here.
Still listening.
Still moving."

Unfinished Island Songs

🎟️ Tickets available — link in bio
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🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island SongsGuess what~ we have one more surprise cast, lovely human joining us 🌿 Irene Lo⚓...
05/04/2026

🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island Songs

Guess what~ we have one more surprise cast, lovely human joining us

🌿 Irene Lo
⚓ Lead Singer

A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, Irene has performed with the Yin He Dance Company, Chinese Arts Dance Ensemble, and in many International Art Dance Festivals in Europe. Theater: THE MUSIC MAN (Marriott Theatre, Fireside Theatre), CATS (Music Theater Works), THE KING & I, SOUTH PACIFIC (Interlakes Theatre), Avenue Q (Williams Street Repertory), She Loves Me (Dunes Summer Theatre), La Bohème, Medea, Salome (Lyric Opera of Chicago), AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (Taipei Opera Theater). National anthem at New York Mets Taiwan Day.

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🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island SongsStories that continue—across bodies, across borders.🌿 Daphne Agosin⚓ Technical ...
05/03/2026

🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island Songs
Stories that continue—
across bodies, across borders.

🌿 Daphne Agosin
⚓ Technical Support

Daphne Agosin is a designer focused on spatial and visual elements in theater and the built environment. She co-founded the outdoor performance group Grass Studio Theatre with Hamid Dehghani experimenting with retaining passerby audiences and public space interactions, and Dawn Theatre Project with Chih-Jou Cheng, a devising dance company. She has studies in architecture, design history and theory, and scenic lighting.

🌿 Isabella Castro
⚓ Lighting Design Assistant

Isabella Castro is a Brazilian lighting designer and MFA candidate in Stage Design at Northwestern University. With over a decade of experience in theater, opera, concerts, and dance, her practice integrates technical expertise and conceptual rigor to create atmospheres that challenge perception and invite reflection. Valuing collaborative processes, Isabella seeks to bridge technique and sensibility through lighting, transforming the stage into a space of belonging and continuous artistic dialogue.

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🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island SongsBecoming, between what we carry and where we are.🌿 Seojung Jang⚓ Lighting Desig...
05/02/2026

🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island Songs
Becoming, between what we carry and where we are.

🌿 Seojung Jang
⚓ Lighting Designer

Seojung Jang is a lighting designer based in Chicago, working across theatre, musicals, opera, and dance. Her credits include Birds of North America (A Red Orchid Theatre), Pot Girls, Gorgeous, and The Love Object (Raven Theatre), Passion (Greenhouse Theater), and Mirrored Pool (Center for Puppetry Arts). She has also served as assistant lighting designer at Steppenwolf Theatre (No Man's Land) and as associate lighting designer on The Castle (National Theater of Korea). She is the recipient of the 2025 USITT YDMT Barbizon Jonathan Resnick Lighting Design Award and Opera America's Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize, and holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Northwestern University.

🌿 Wisdom Murray
⚓ Asst SM/PM

Wisdom J. Murray is a versatile theatre director, producer, writer, and composer with a BA in Theatre directing from Columbia College Chicago. He has directed notable plays such as Doubt: A Parable and Gruesome Playground Injuries, and assisted in productions like Hamlet and Sunday in the Park With George. Wisdom also composes original music and creates digital content, including the Zayden Grey Vlogs. Currently based in Chicago, Wisdom hopes to be involved in more art that can create difficult conversations for those who attend.

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🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island SongsListening through the body.🌿 黃詩詠 Blake Huang⚓ Videographer/Video EditorBlake is...
05/01/2026

🌊 Meet the Team — Unfinished Island Songs
Listening through the body.

🌿 黃詩詠 Blake Huang
⚓ Videographer/Video Editor

Blake is an award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker based in Chicago, who has diverse experiences in production and post-production roles, such as Video Editor, Digital Imaging Technician, and Sound Designer. Her works blend a wide range of genres, including commercials, short films, documentaries and instructional videos.

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This work begins with real stories.Through oral history and live conversations,we listen to the lived experiences of Tai...
04/30/2026

This work begins with real stories.
Through oral history and live conversations,
we listen to the lived experiences of Taiwanese immigrants,
which shape the structure of the work.

Then we started asking—
how does the body change from day to day?
through emotion, hormones, and what we carry.

After many conversations,
we chose to take a creative risk.

Instead of fixing every movement,
we choreograph emotional arcs and intentions—
while keeping the movement open, improvised, and alive.

So each performance can stay honest
to the changing body—
including physical realities, like Chih-Jou’s knee injury.

A process of listening,
adapting, and becoming.

Unfinished Island Songs

🎟️ Tickets available — link in Bio

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