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 — an interactive community theatre experience brought to life with the Healing Arts Chicago program, woven through the voices and memories of artists and participants.
This show features the powerful stories of four immigrants and highlights community discussions around self-agency, built through a series of four workshops leading up to the event. The performance begins with an invitation: bring an object that travels with you, a fragment of your life. As you share its tale, a "memory box" is crafted — 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.
The artists invite the audience member to bring an object that holds deep meaning for them, that reminds them who they are/who they want to be, or is something they always carry (or a photocopy of it).
Performances
Sunday, November 24 at 7pm
FEATURED ARTISTS
Project Leader: Chih-Jou Cheng (she/her)
Co-director: Agnotti (they/she)
Puppet Designer: KT Shivak
Sound Designer/Devised Ensemble: Otto Anzures Dadda (el/he/him)
Devised Ensemble
Rowena Liu (she/they)
De Momento (they)
Mari DeOleo (she/they)
Otto Anzures Dadda (el/he/him)
In collaboration with the Community
This event is supported by Healing Arts Chicago.