Southeast Spotlight: ETA Creative Arts Foundation

Chicago Reader: In 1971, a vision was planted on the South Side of Chicago that would grow into one of the most important Black theater institutions in the country. ETA Creative Arts Foundation was not just built to give Black artists a stage. It was built to give Black stories a home, told in first person, by the people who lived them. Fifty five years later, that vision is very much alive, and board president Markena Peavy is making sure the next generation inherits every bit of it.