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Wards aren’t buildings. Or streets. Or lines on maps. Wards are people. Characters even, like the subject of Lookingglass Ensemble Member Phil Smith’s short film. Follow his keen eye as he enters Le Piano (a Rogers Park Institution) to soak up the unparalleled jazz percussion chops of Ernie Adams (an institution himself.) Ernie’s hard-earned wisdom? People are here for the music…he’s just the messenger.

Created and Directed by: Phil Smith
Featuring: Ernie Adams
Produced by: Phil Smith, Sarah Burnham, and Nikolaj Sorensen
Cinematography by: John Ford and Phil Smith
Additional Photography by: Phil Smith
Location Sound and Mixing by: Gene Nemirovsky
Sound Design by: Phil Smith
Original Music by: Ernie Adams
Additional Music Credits: Dylla (Stay Golden) and Andrew Langdon (Waiting)
Edited by: Phil Smith
Opening Animation by: Matthew C. Yee

Special Thanks to: Kareem Bandealy and J. Nicole Brooks, Chad Willett and Le Piano, John Ford and Scott Silberstein at HMS Media, Louise Lamson, Grace Gershenfeld, Lisa Bailey and Joanna Sevim.

Originally produced by Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, IL in September 2021