Soul Theatre is on a mission to create radiant joy, infectious laughter, to scatter its seeds on fallen dreams and watch them rise again. Scatterbrain sweetness runs through our veins and we believe that every meeting should end with something delicious.

Soul Theatre is on a mission to create radiant joy, infectious laughter, to scatter its seeds on fallen dreams and watch them rise again. Scatterbrain sweetness runs through our veins and we believe that every meeting should end with something delicious.

We got started in 2005 with Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon at the Chopin Theatre, then in 2006 we came back with 365 days/plays and did our week at the Peace Museum and the Little Black Pearl Art Gallery. We also did a dance piece at the Full Circle Festival sponsored by Chicago Danztheatres and then in 2008 we returned to the Full Cicle Festival, and we also did The Bear by Anton Chekhov and Red.Stop. Green. Go. Mix. Memory + Desire (a multi-media show), both at Gorilla Tango.

Ravi Batista is an actor who has appeared in plays at the Lookingglass Theatre, Piven Theatre, at Donny’s Skybox at Second City and other theatre companies in and around Chicago. She has appeared in award-winning short films and on commercials. She is a member of SAG and AFTRA. She is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf.

Mac Jenkins is a producer & sound designer with diverse interests in music direction and acoustic design for film and stage, and field recordings. His work has been featured though venues ranging from Computer Music Magazine to the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He is the host of etc-radio, a program focusing on experimental and dance music on WNUR FM, and is a contributor to Timeout Magazine Chicago.