Category Archives: Great Lakes

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Renaissance Theaterworks Announces Updated 2020-21 Season

The company has decided to push its season start to 2021, and has moved its annual new-play festival online.

The Chicago company welcomes Selemon to the leadership team.

The Chicago company will elevate ensemble member Kamille Dawkins to interim artistic director.

The Chicago company has also announced a new online Industry Training Institute.

Using crankies and shadow puppets, among other forms, the Chicago artist distills her experiences into live visual story events.

This Chicago-based performer’s on-again, off-again relationship with theatre takes another turn, but she’s not bowing out.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati set tentative reopening schedules.

The Chicago company will produce a virtual series this fall, and live programming will resume in February 2021.

The year-long fellowship for Black Chicago-area artists is aimed at creating lasting relationships between artists and theatres.

Midwestern orgs are hunkering down but not defeated in their plans to stay relevant as they restructure.