ROCO Chicago has the pleasure of inviting you to a unique theater performance "Homo Americanus" on Sunday, November 20 starting at 5 PM. Co-organized by ROCO and Stan Mansion, the event will be hosted at Stan Mansion, 2408 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago.

Kind note: All funds (less credit card fees) remitted to the artist

The performance in Chicago will follow the play's presentation at the world's biggest solo festival – United Solo Festival and its performance at the prodigious Off-Broadway ROW Theater and in Washington DC.

The American Dream now takes on a new form under this unique interpretation. The uniqueness of this universal language is determined by the freedom with which PAUL Cimpoieru uses alternate forms of performing arts (acting, movement, contemporary dance, martial arts) as vehicles to transmit ideas, experiences, and emotions. The images and symbols created have a special force that induces unique emotions.

Homo Americanus in fact, Homo Universalis, is telling the universal story of the dreamer-fighter-survivor hidden deep down inside of each of us. Homo Americanus is the first part of Paul's theater trilogy titled #ecceHOMO about the (contemporary) Human Condition. The shows speak the Language of the World (a universal theatrical mix of dance, theater, movements, and visuals) and go beyond the border of language and culture, and ethnicity. It is written and performed by Paul Cosma Cimpoieru and produced by the Two of Us Theater Company.

English & Romanian. Running time: 70 minutes.

Paul Cosma Cimpoieru is a Romanian independent artist from Bucharest. He is also the Artistic Director of the Romanian independent Theater Company Two of Us which gives him the freedom to explore different avenues of creativity and performance where he searches for a new combination of acting and dancing, non-verbal, and physical theatre.

Stan Mansion is one of Chicago's premier wedding and event venues. The Mansion is part of the 2 ½ mile-long Logan Square Historic District in the city of Chicago, which is an area that has remained virtually unchanged for over a century. The exquisitely beautiful building was first built as a Masonic lodge to house a chapter of the Knight's Templars.