SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
Doors @ 7:30pm CT, Stories @ 8:00pm
Great Central Brewing Company | 221 N Wood St, Chicago, IL 60612
PRODUCTION TEAM
Curated by Amanda Delheimer*
Directed by Dorothy Milne
Produced by Ali Drumm*
Sound Designed by Mikhail Fiksel*
FEATURING STORIES BY
Matthew Braun
LaTanya Lane*
Sarah Zematis*
*denotes 2nd Story company member
A NOTE ABOUT TICKETS:
2nd Story offers tiered ticket prices to increase financial accessibility. There are three ticket options available:
Leader - $100
Standard - $80
Access - $50
This show will not be live streamed or recorded. This particular party is in-person only.
YEAR 26: VIII
Sunday, May 18, 2025
DOORS @ 5:30PM CT, STORIES @ 6:00PM CT
Haymarket pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60661)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Curated by Julie Ganey*
Directed by Grace Dolezal-Ng
Produced by Kasey Trouba
Music by Jake Sorgen
FEATURING STORIES BY:
Madeline Bourdenko*, Earliana McLaurin*, Timothy Rey
*denotes 2nd Story company member.
YEAR 26: IX
Sunday, June 1, 2025
DOORS @ 5:30PM CT, STORIES @ 6:00PM CT
Haymarket pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60661)
A Message from show Curator Aimy Tien
“I am obsessed with celebrating and sharing queer joy. It's why this is an annual show. Queer people and queerness can be found everywhere and in everything, and yet giving life to our queer selves and finding (or building) a queer community can still be incredibly difficult. We’ve been curating queer and queer joy shows for years now because queer joy is important and essential to celebrate.”
About 2nd Story’s "Point of View'' Programming
Given the nature of 2nd Story's work and the diversity of artists we collaborate with, we have the unique opportunity to build community among and share the stories of marginalized groups by building teams for our shows that share a particular point of view. It is our honor to be a conduit for these collaborations. Created and produced entirely by a team of LGBTQIA+ artists, this show our annual celebration of unbridled queer joy.
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Curated by Aimy Tien*
Directed by Christine Thoren
Produced by Stephen Patrick Bell
Sound designed by Yongwoo
FEATURING STORIES BY:
Kirsten Baity, Karla Estela Rivera*, Mo Shipley
*denotes 2nd Story company member.
YEAR 26: X
Sunday, June 22, 2025
DOORS @ 5:30PM CT, STORIES @ 6:00PM CT
Haymarket pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60661)
About 2nd Story’s "Point of View'' Programming
Given the nature of 2nd Story's work and the diversity of artists we collaborate with, we have the unique opportunity to build community among and share the stories of marginalized groups by building teams for our shows that share a particular point of view. It is our honor to be a conduit for these collaborations. This show is created and produced entirely by a team of artists with significant relationships to immigration, migration, and the complex idea of where we are “from.”
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Curated by Jim Lupo
Directed by RJ Silva
Produced by Julia Alvarez
Sound designed by Yongwoo
FEATURING STORIES BY:
Kimberly Acosta, Jenan Mohajir*, Coya Paz
*denotes 2nd Story company member.
““There is just something so humane about a 2nd Story show. The emotions from story to story run the gamut—fear, joy, grief, celebration, surprise, insight, irony, humor. But running through all of them is this endearing and enduring sense of humanity, unshaded by a commercial angle or necessity, just civil, thoughtful, and always memorable.””
““We know that 2nd Story events are always going to be good.””
“I don’t know the last time I didn’t look at my phone for two hours.”