The Chicago Humanities Festival and Chicago Tribune are proud to announce that Pulitzer, Emmy, Tony, Grammy, Olivier and MacArthur “Genius” Grant award-winning actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda will appear as part of Chicago Humanities Festival’s Fallfest/16: Speed. In advance of HAMILTON opening in Chicago, Miranda will appear with Chicago Tribune Theater Critic Chris Jones on Friday, Sept. 23rd at the Lyric Opera of Chicago to discuss his life, inspiration, and past creative works including IN THE HEIGHTS and HAMILTON. With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. For more information on tickets, visit chf.to/CHFMiranda. Discounted tickets will be available to students and theatre industry professionals. To become a CHF member, visit supportchf.org.