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Erica Daniels to Leave Victory Gardens

Erica Daniels and Steve Miller are leaving their posts at Victory Gardens after weeks of controversy.

Performer Leah Urzendowski talks Neo-Futurism, clowning during coronavirus, and bringing joy through movement.

Calamity West, Regina Victor, and Justin J. Sacramone will join the Chicago company.

Dates and venues for the 2020-21 season will be announced throughout the year to allow flexibility.

After 9 years at Victory Gardens, the writer/director reflects on what he’s learned from running, and fighting for, a theatre in Chicago.

Flanagan succeeds David Schmitz to become the first woman to hold the title in the company’s 45-year history.

Monty Cole, Georgette Kelly, Exal Iraheta, and Alex Lubischer will have readings in the all-digital festival.

In lieu of a 2020-21 season, the musical theatre-focused Minneapolis theatre will reinvest in artists.

The appointment of Daniels accompanies the creation of three new roles in the theatre’s executive structure.

The 2020-21 season will include a world premiere from Ali Viterbi and the Chicago premiere of Will Arbery’s ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning.’