When I was a kid I was very idealistic. One of my first acting gigs was performing the Chicago Free Street Theatre. It shaped my life – it shaped the lives of everyone involved. We went into turbulent South Chicago neighborhoods to bring them THEATRE. During the show we would hand over the stage to neighborhood talent of singers, dancers or whatever, and often they were better than we were. Yet we did - unwittingly - put ourselves in very dangerous situations. It was night, and the stage was lit. One woman was shot at 56th and Green Street during a show, and I was knocked out in Peoria by a crack on the head with a half-gallon wine bottle. We found ourselves in a situation where times were tough, many people were being evicted and the neighborhood was angry. We had attracted a problem. We learned more than we had ever expected, but Lately, I don’t Know.

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