BY MADELINE SAYET
DIRECTED BY MEI ANN TEO
“★★★★”
(out of 4)– Chicago Tribune

Jun 24 – Jul 24, 2022 in Goodman's Albert Theatre
90 minutes with no intermission
An Indigenous theatre-maker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies; in search of a place to belong.
In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet travels to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare. Madeline finds a country that refuses to acknowledge its ongoing role in colonialism, just as the Brexit vote threatens to further disengage the UK from the wider world. In this intimate and exhilarating solo piece, Madeline echoes a journey to England braved by Native ancestors in the 1700s following treatise betrayals – and forces us to consider what it means to belong in an increasingly globalized world.
Content Transparency: This production contains flashing lights, depictions of racism, and discussions of borders, war, loss of language, residential schools, colonial theft of human remains and repatriation.

A “powerful one-woman performance…★★★★ (out of 4).”
– Chicago Tribune
“Madeline Sayet proves herself to be a powerful and magnetic storyteller…She packs a punch with this play.”
– BroadwayWorld
“Mei Ann Teo’s direction– set[s] Sayet’s soaring soliloquies among the clouds and cosmos.”
– Washington Post
“Witnessing that kind of passion for storytelling on stage is a kind of theater magic.”
– BroadwayWorld
Where We Belong “will inspire and demand your utmost attention, from beginning to end.”
– Times Square Chronicles
“Sayet is a captivating storyteller and an important voice.”
– Chicago Tribune
It was a wonderful experience. Highly recommend to everyone!!
Anne W. via Facebook
A moving telling of an important story.
@Kelsey_Ridge via Twitter
A tour de force!
William K. via Email
You come away seeing the world in a different way. Don’t miss it!
@comunidadysalu1 via Twitter
Amazing Show!! Everyone in Chicago, go see Where We Belong.
@dchitto via Instagram
It was very impressive! She didn’t miss a beat for 90 minutes!
Barbara G. via Facebook
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