Chih-Jou Cheng and Agnotti present:
Lost & Found
How do we reclaim the agency of our lives, piece by piece, story by story? Lost and Found is a journey into this question — a highly interactive community theatre experience, woven together through the voices and memories of artists and participants, brought to life with the Healing Art Chicago program.
The performance begins with an invitation: bring forth an object that travels with you, a fragment of your life. As you share its tale, a "memory box" is crafted to hold it — a home for the journey it represents. Together, we trace the lines of where we’ve come from, where we stand now, and where we are headed.
Guiding this journey is the wanderer, a puppet creature on a ceaseless quest, gathering forgotten tales and treasures along its path. It invites you to pause, to reflect, to join in its voyage of discovery. Alongside the wanderer’s quest is the story of our main character: newly arrived in the city, overwhelmed by the noise and demands of the world, drained by the weight of mental struggle.
Too weary to unpack their own life, they stumble upon a mysterious box—an artifact not their own, yet brimming with stories from those who came before.
Through shared memories, found objects, and the wanderer’s endless search, Lost and Found delves into the act of reclaiming our agency, of finding threads of connection in the chaos. It becomes a reflection on the paths we take and the courage to ask: What can we do now, and what lies ahead?
This event is free.
Performances
Saturday, November 23 at 7pm
FEATURED ARTISTS
Project Leader: Chih-Jou Cheng (she/her)
Co-director: Agnotti (they/she)
Sound Designer/Devised Ensemble: Otto Anzures Dadda (el/he/him)
Devised Ensemble
Rowena Liu (she/they)
Eme Ospina-López (they)
Mari DeOleo (she/they)
This event is supported by Healing Arts Chicago.