Lucky Plush Productions presents:
Right Here
Lucky Plush Productions presents Right Here, created by Melinda Jean Myers in collaboration with Lucky Plush ensemble members and composer/musician Lex Leto. This new dance-theater work explores how the body holds opposing states of motivation and apathy, abundance and loss, and hope and despair during a climate crisis. Through visual storytelling and shared choreographies, the ensemble seeks a roadmap for greater awareness and collective action.
TICKETS
General Admission: $25
Team Plush: $50
*Right Here Champion: $100
Champion ticket holders will receive 1 complimentary drink ticket during the May 4th Post-Show Celebration
*POST-SHOW CELEBRATION!
Ticket holders are welcome to join us Saturday, May 4 from 8:15-10pm. Right Here composer, Lex Leto, will share a short set from their collection that will roll us into a lively dance party to close the night.
*RSVP is highly recommended.
Small bites will be offered
Cash/credit bar accessible
Right Here Champion ticket holders receive 1 complimentary drink ticket
Chat with the Right Here collaborators + Lucky Plush team
FEATURED ARTISTS
Concept / Direction:
Melinda Jean Myers (she/her)
Collaboration / Performance:
Kara Brody (she/her), Kim Goldman (she/her), Isabella Limosnero (they/them), Lex Leto (they/them), Melinda Jean Myers (she/her), Jacinda Ratcliffe (she/her), Meghann Wilkinson (she/her)
Composer / Musician:
Lex Leto (they/them)
ABOUT LUCKY PLUSH PRODUCTIONS
Lucky Plush Productions is an ensemble dance-theater company based in Chicago, led by founder and Artistic Director Julia Rhoads. The company is committed to provoking and supporting an immediacy of presence—a palpable live-ness—shared by performers in real time with audiences. A unique hybrid of high-level dance and theater, Lucky Plush’s work is recognized for its layered choreography, nuanced dialogue, surprising humor, and socially relevant content. Lucky Plush is equally dedicated to engaging students and community members with the company’s ensemble practices through tailored arts education programming.
Since its founding in 2000, Lucky Plush has created 30+ original dance-theater works including 13 evening-length productions. In addition to regularly performing in Chicago, the company has presented work in over 55 US cities from Maine to Hawaii, and its international partners span from New Zealand to Cuba. Commissioning and development partners include the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Krannert Center at University of Illinois, The Yard (MA), Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (MD), Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (VT), Door Kinetic Arts Festival (WI), and Links Hall Chicago. Presenting partners include the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (MA), Joyce Theater (NYC), ODC (CA), TITAS Presents (TX), Spoleto Festival/USA (SC), NC State LIVE (NC), Portland Ovations (ME), Skirball Center (NYC), and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (D.C.), among others.
SUPPORT FOR Right Here
This performance was made possible with generous support of Lucky Plush Productions’ Embodied Research Project, the University of Iowa’s Office of the Vice President for Research and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa’s Department of Dance, and the University of Illinois.
SPECIAL THANKS
Extensions Dance Center, Links Hall, bim bom studios for studio space, University of Iowa Dance Company 2022-2023, University of Iowa Production Unit for costume and set support.