Meet the Cast of OUT HERE
The courageous new musical Out Here has arrived on Court’s stage—a project six years in the making that asks crucial questions about family, joy, and the choices we make, and does so with an unbridled sense of play.
Featuring (left-right, top-bottom):
Becca Ayers as Dawn
Cliff Chamberlain as Brian
Ellie Duffey as Cleo
Alex Goodrich as Martin
Z Mowry as Jett
Amanda Pulcini as Gina
Bethany Thomas as Robin
Life happens outside of your comfort zone. Out Here is a courageous new musical, developed through an extended and dynamic collaboration between Court Theatre and the University of Chicago. Audiences will have the rare opportunity to be the first to experience this fresh and intimate look at a family reconfiguring itself and rediscovering joy.
The Story: Dawn has a house, a husband, and a family, but she wants more. She wants her ex-girlfriend, Robin. She wants nothing to change and she wants everything to change, and she wants to control all the terms. As she’s caught between what’s been and what’s next, Dawn must learn to reimagine her expectations, harmonize with loved ones, and trust the process. If she can do all that, she might just learn a new song. Strikingly original, Out Hereexplores the unexpected freedom in relinquishing control, and how, sometimes, you have to break something apart to create something better.
Conceived by Leslie Buxbaum, David J. Levin, and Erin Mckeown, and led by acclaimed director Chay Yew, Out Here arrives as a bold, innovative work that invites Chicago audiences to be among the very first to witness its evolution.
Out Here runs April 10 – May 10, 2026. Tickets are available now, and can be purchased online or by calling the Box Office at (773) 753-4472.