Milwaukee Rep Founder Mary John Dies at 96
A producer on and Off-Broadway, she founded Drama Inc., now Milwaukee Rep, in 1954.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Indiana Arts Orgs Announce 3-Way Merger
The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP), Cardinal Stage, and Pigasus Institute will join forces starting in July 2022 to establish a comprehensive performing arts organization in Southern Indiana.
Thinking Again: A New Play Challenges Old Certainties
In ‘The Mytilenean Debate’ at Forward Theater, Quan Barry puts 4 characters at a crossroads after a cataclysm to ponder the ever timely question: What comes next?
Barbara Gaines Bids Farewell to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The theatre’s founder and artistic director will step down in 2023 after an acclaimed 36-year run.
Sara Gmitter Receives Inaugural Adrienne Shelly Award
The $3,000 prize from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation will support the writing of Gmitter’s new play, ‘The Night Witches,’ about a group of Soviet female combat pilots.
Martine Kei Green-Rogers Named Dean of DePaul Theatre School
She will succeed Coya Paz Brownrigg, who has served as interim dean since July 2021.
American Blues Theater Announces Blue Ink Winner
Mardee Bennett’s ‘The Reapers on Woodbrook Avenue’ has taken the award, which comes with $2,500 prize.
Flint Audiences See Their Reflection in ‘Wrong River’
Appropriately enough, Josh Wilder’s play about the water crisis is having its world premiere in the Michigan city where it happened.
BAMtheatre Students to Compete in Theatre Fest in California
Delegation will join participants from around the world for a weekend of performances and workshops.
Richard Christiansen: A Critic Who Made a Difference
As the Chicago Tribune’s lead theatre critic from 1978 to 2002, he helped build the city’s unique theatre scene, both by covering it and by getting to know its major players.
