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Schedule —
Fri, Sept 5 · 7–10 pm — Performances
Sat, Sept 6 · 4–6:30 pm — T4T Open Mic
Sat, Sept 6 · 7–10 pm — Performances

This September, Resurge Chicago: Queer Performance Uprising takes over Co-Prosperity in Bridgeport for two nights of radical, experimental performance by queer and trans artists.

On September 5–6, 2025, the Resurge festival gathers some of the city’s most daring performers in movement, ritual, drag, installation, storytelling, and audience-engaged work that suggests as fascist racist homophobic empire gets bolder and more brazen, we can too.

Resurge is launching a response from the Co-Prosperity Programming Council to the recent hits Chicago’s experimental performance ecosystem has experienced since COVID.

Earlier this year we collaborated on the Bridge Performance Incubator (with Hyde Park Art Center), which culminated in June 2025 showcases at Co-Prosperity. Resurge builds on that momentum, and we hope both programs return annually to keep space, resources, and visibility to the Chicago performance community.

Featured Artists —
This year’s lineup brings together a formidable group of artists working across movement, ritual, drag, installation, storytelling, and audience-embedded performance. Expect durational transformations, shimmering acts of queer joy, embodied histories, intimate exchanges, and radical reimaginings of self and community.

2025 artists include:

Efrén Arcoíris · Kezia Waters · Ále Campos · Sungjae Lee · Amari Amai · Camila Arévalo · Hesam Salehbeig · Erika Ordosgoitti · Rosé Hernandez

Detailed Schedule:

Fri, Sept 5 · 7–10 pm · Performances by:
Camila Arevalo, Hesam Salehbeig, Kezia Waters, Alé Campos + Sungjae Lee (with music from Young Joon Kwak)

Sat, Sept 6 · 4:00-6:30 pm
T4T Open Mic
come perform a short queer something on a stage presented by Genderfucked Productions

7–10 pm · Performances by:
Rosé Hernandez, Efrén Arcoiris, Érika Ordosgoitti, Amari Amai

For more info on the featured artists, go to the link below.