This event is made possible by the General Activities Fund (GAF)
Presented by THE GEORGE & JOY ABBOTT CENTER FOR MUSICAL THEATER
MFA Musical Theater Collaboration Thesis
CHANCE THE SNAPPER
Concept and Book by Rose Freeman
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Spicer W. Carr
Directed by Rose Freeman
Streaming on video April 9-10, 2021
This production will be FREE
"Urbs in Horto" meaning "City in a Garden" is the latin motto of the great city of Chicago, Illinois. But in the summer of 2019, that garden was invaded by a large reptile spotted lurking in one of the windy city's glorious public park features: The Humboldt Park Lagoon. Now the city with big shoulders, the second city, the whole smelly onion, is in crisis. Based on a true story about an alligator (dubbed Chance the Snapper) that brought a major metropolitan area to its knees, this fun and touching musical follows park officials, corrupt politicians, city flag obsessed Chicagoans, anxious herpetologists, and one plucky young alligator in peril as they work together to find the meaning of allyship, friendship, community, and home.