A tableau of six actors onstage, all wearing black At left a young man lays on the floor while a woman crouches over him in a grieving posture. Another woman is behind her, sitting on a bench and looking at another prone young man. At right, another woman cradles a man's head in her lap as they sit on a bench, and yet another man and woman in similar posture are in the background on what looks like an altar.

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and CIRCA-Pintig’s collaborative piece, Panther in the Sky, written by Lani T. Montreal and directed by Mignon McPherson Stewart, tackles difficult subject matter. Through its one-hour production, Panther grapples with gun violence, its victims, and the families (specifically the mothers) they leave behind, from the perspective of BIPOC moms and their sons. […]

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