Directed by Co-Artistic Director Aileen Wen McGroddy

June 30th - September 28th 2025 - TUTA
(Chicago Premiere)

Tom & Eliza is a dual meditation on the choices we make (and those we don't) in a world that spins relentlessly into the future. Performed in one long breath by two virtuosic actors, TUTA Co-Artistic director Aileen Wen McGroddy directs the Chicago premiere of this idiosyncratic work by Celine Song, writer of Oscar-nominated film Past Lives and recently-released Materialists.

FEATURING

Clifton Frei: Tom
Seoyoung Park: Eliza

DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Scenic & Costume Design: Tatiana Kahvegian
Lighting Design: Keith Parham
Sound Design: Alex Trinh
Stage Manager: Becky Warner
Creative Producer: Helen Lattyak
Co-Artistic Director: Aileen Wen McGroddy
Co-Artistic Director: Jacqueline Stone
Managing Director: Brad Gunter

★ ★ ★ - Chicago Tribune

“the performances in the small TUTA space draw us into the void along with the characters” - Chicago Reader

“will be appreciated by those willing to take a risk to enjoy something a little out of the ordinary” - Chicago Theatre and Art

“left me with a feeling of awe of what theater can do” - Chicago Theatre and Concert Review

“a symphony of performance that concludes with a single gesture that is as heartbreaking as it is perfect” - Stage and Cinema

ACCESS

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