It's the week of the show, y'all! We are so excited. Join us virtually here: https://www.bethere.events/aliandchris The stream will be embedded into this page once we are live on the wedding day. Our streaming vendor will use this page to communicate with the guests on the day of the event. In-Person Guests can view our most up-to-date COVID plans here: shorturl.at/btAJS Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We met as theatre students at Loyola University Chicago in September of 2010. The first big theatre event of the year was a 24 hour theatre festival, an event where students write, cast, direct, and perform a series of new plays in 24 hours. Chris was a sophomore director and Ali was a freshman actor. Ali auditioned for the festival by reciting “The Nanny” theme song as a monologue. Needless to say, that audition piece won her the lead in The Notebook Part Two (nobody said the plays were supposed to be good). They were fast friends, and stayed that way through all of college. After her sophomore year, Ali and her roommates moved into the second floor of Chris’s building. With Chris and their three roommates on top, Ali and her three roommates in the middle, and a largely absent 1st floor landlady, Ali and Chris ran what has gone down in Loyola theatre history as a party and gathering space. That apartment space remains in the Loyola theatre family to this day. It wasn’t until after both graduating (and many clueless missed encounters) that they got together for the first time at a going away party in, of all places, Wrigleyville. They’ve been dating ever since, and because of the origins of their relationship, consider “Wasted” by Tiesto (ft. Matthew Koma) to be their “Song.” By the time they get married, Ali and Chris will have been friends for 10 years and dating for 6. They're already the proud parents of a cat named Dad and a dog named Daisy.