Arlington Heights

On a vacant lot in Arlington Heights, he’s created a small but verdant oasis that hosts exhibitions, poetry readings and performances.

For me, I sat in the warehouse’s lobby — the show is run out of Hatch Escapes in Arlington Heights — for a good 45 to 50 minutes, contemplating how easily I was willing to offer up professional ambitions and personal connections for something I believed would make me happy.

“Great Gold Bird,” a theatrical mystery that touches on love and grief, turns audience members into participants who must travel from Arlington Heights to Los Feliz.

The motor home is parked in a secure lot in Arlington Heights.

Indeed, noticing it would take me an hour to get from Arlington Heights to the Los Feliz area on a Friday evening, I opted to finish “Great Gold Bird” the day after I began it.