THE SWALLOW at Open Space Arts [Uptown]

Chicago Prime Timers are invited to attend THE SWALLOW at Open Space Arts on Sunday, September 20 at 3:00 PM.

Open Space Arts presents THE SWALLOW, an intimate and deeply moving two-character drama by internationally produced Catalan playwright Guillem Clua, author of SMILEY, which Open Space Arts presented in a successful extended run in June and July 2026.

Featuring Michelle McKenzie-Voigt and Jim Nally, THE SWALLOW is set during a private singing lesson between a choral director and a new student. As they work together on a song, what initially seems like a simple musical exchange becomes something more personal, more complicated, and more revealing.

With humor, tension, and emotional precision, the play explores grief, memory, family, faith, identity, and the stories people tell in order to survive. Music becomes both a refuge and a doorway, allowing two strangers to move toward truths that have been difficult to face.

THE SWALLOW is a powerful theatrical encounter about loss, compassion, and the possibility of connection when people are willing to listen.

THE SWALLOW
Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago
openspacearts.org

a post show discussion will be held after the show should you be interested in staying to talk with the artists. Please register for for the event on our site so we know you are coming but know that your ticket is not confirmed until you purchase one directly from open space arts at the following link: https://www.goelevent.com/OpenSpaceArts/e/THESWALLOW