‘Addams Family,’ ‘Clue’ Top High School Musicals and Plays List
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Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Marisa Macella Named Steep Theatre Executive Director
Macella joins the company as it establishes a new permanent artistic home following the purchase of a building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance Announces First Inicios Festival
Inicios: Chicago Latine Playwright Festival will June 2-4, featuring works by Nelson A. Rodriguez, Raul Dorantes, Emily Masó, and Claribel Gross.
Peninsula Players Names 2023 Scholarship Recipient
Graduating senior Hunter Malvitz, who will receive a $500 scholarship, plans to attend UW-Eau Claire this fall to pursue a BMEd in music education with a choral emphasis.
Jerry Zaks to Lead 10 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows at Ten Chimneys
The Tony-winning director will lead a week-long intensive for veteran actors Demetria Joyce Bailey, Anthony Fusco, Blake Hackler, Elizabeth Heflin, Bob Hess, Michael Manuel, Sandra Marquez, Zuhairah McGill, Lawrence Redmond, and Jomar Tagatac.
Rachel Fink Named Managing Director at Cleveland Play House
Fink, who grew up in Northeast Ohio, will join the company this summer after years working in theatre in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area.
First Stage Managing Director Betsy Corry to Retire
She has worked with the influential TYA theatre for 18 years.
Jerald Raymond Pierce to Return as American Theatre’s Chicago Editor
A former editor for this magazine from Chicago, Pierce will lead coverage of the Midwest’s great theatre city and its wider impact and influence.
Pillsbury House + Theatre Names Naked Stages Fellows
snem DeSellier, Yoni Light, and Dakota Blankenship will participate in a 7-month development program to provide time, financial support, and mentoring.
Black Arts MKE Announces Theatre Festival Lineup
The 3-week-long event will offer ticketed and free events at various venues throughout Milwaukee this summer.
