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Chicago Hope Academy Fundraiser Sunday with 'Amazing Grace' Cast

By Stephanie Lulay | October 30, 2014 5:12am
 A fundraiser on Sunday benefiting the Chicago Hope Academy features a showing of "Amazing Grace" and a meet-and-greet with the cast.
A fundraiser on Sunday benefiting the Chicago Hope Academy features a showing of "Amazing Grace" and a meet-and-greet with the cast.
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Chicago Hope Academy

TRI-TAYLOR — Special tickets to see the "Amazing Grace" musical and a meet and greet with the cast Sunday will benefit Chicago Hope Academy.

Tickets to the fundraiser include an open house reception with the show's cast from 12-1:45 p.m. Sunday at the Grillroom Chophouse, 33 W. Monroe St.; a 2 p.m. performance of "Amazing Grace" at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; and an autograph and question-and-answer session with the cast after the performance.

The world-premiere musical tells the true story behind the song "Amazing Grace." Sunday is the musical's last scheduled show in Chicago and the show's producers aim to take it to Broadway next year.

Tickets start at $150 and benefit the academy. For more information, call Toni Mills at 312-566-6079.

Chicago Hope Academy, a non-denominational Christian high school at 2189 W. Bowler St., opened in 2005 in the former St. Callistus school building. 

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