Letters for November 2019
Readers respond to our about our October special issue on small theatres.
Category Archives: November 2019
Crucial Connections: Theatre Facts 2018
The latest edition of TCG’s annual industry report finds theatres focusing on relationships.
Featured Contributors, Nov. 2019
Two writers explore Chicago theatre, from the city’s ensemble ethos to the effects of racism on the contemporary theatre scene.
This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of William Wells Brown and Ellen Stewart to the beginnings of Memphis’s Playhouse on the Square and McNally’s ‘Love! Valour! Compassion!,’ December was a noteworthy month.
Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.: Vision and Mission
The co-founding leader of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble prepares to take the helm of the similarly community-minded HartBeat Ensemble in Connecticut.
Trigger Warnings: How to Handle Guns Onstage and Off
Whether the weapons are real or fake, part of the show or not, your theatre needs to be prepared.
An ‘Inheritance’ Deferred
In his long-gestating gay-legacy epic, Matthew Lopez speaks back to a work that helped shape him, ‘Howards End.’
A Windy City Mirror
Some of the nation’s biggest theatrical questions are being asked, and vigorously answered, in Chicago.
Our Kind of Town
The Windy City challenges and inspires the theatre ecosystem from coast to coast.
Direct From Chicago
A town known for tight acting ensembles and distinctive writers may have another ace in the hole: its directors.
