From Chicago, Contraction and Expansion
This month, theatres are still making tough programming choices as they look hopefully toward growing into the future, plus thoughts from Willow James and Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
Features
$10 Million Gift at 59E59 Means Rent-Free Runs for Producing Companies
Companies who stage works at the NYC venue now won’t have to worry about rental costs.
Vanessa Severo, Joanie Schultz, and Theatre That Sticks With You
From an instant connection at a workshop to world premiere productions, the creative duo’s working relationship has continued to blossom over the years.
Shaina Taub: Making Feminism Sing in ‘Suffs’
Her musical about the suffragists behind the 19th Amendment comes to Broadway with a few amendments of its own (and with Hillary Clinton as a producer).
Into the ‘Babble Lab’ With Autumn Ness
A new Dada-influenced work from this longtime Children’s Theatre Company member explores the intersection of sound and language.
The Unpredictable Experiment: 25 Years of Sloan Science Plays
From ‘Proof’ to ‘Behind the Sheet,’ the Sloan Foundation has supported hundreds of plays about science and scientists. What can we learn from this still growing body of work?
Life Imitates Art in Hampshire High’s Contested Staging of ‘The Prom’
First it was cancelled, then it wasn’t, then the students couldn’t talk about it. Now that the show actually went on, it’s worth asking: Were this school district’s precautions about safety or silencing?
Black Feminism Finds a Niche in Austin’s Alt Theatre Scene
In Lisa B. Thompson’s new play, ‘Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body,’ the playwright and professor seeks a softer life for Black women as they age.
TCG’s 2024 Gala: Telling ‘Our Stories’ of Lives in the Theatre
This year’s event recognized several vital industry changemakers and raised approximately $200,000 in support of TCG’s mission to lead for a just and thriving theatre ecology.
Jennifer Morrison Realizes a Childhood Dream
The film and television actor talks returning to Chicago, acting training, and tackling Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Penelopiad’ at the Goodman.
