Category Archives: Great Lakes

Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.

Black Ensemble Theater Announces ‘Season of Change’

The 2020 programming will celebrate musical and historical legends.

Two writers explore Chicago theatre, from the city’s ensemble ethos to the effects of racism on the contemporary theatre scene.

Among their findings: that New York’s small theatres and Chicago’s storefronts are billion-dollar economic drivers as well as cultural hotbeds.

Her contributions to the field of properties directing are paving the way for designers, especially women.

In Ohio-based writer Christopher Johnston’s new play, a disgraceful global trade hits close to home.

The Wisconsin summer theatre will present 9 shows in repertory, including works by Tom Stoppard, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Marisela Treviño Orta.

The annual Chicago theatre awards honored Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and Court Theatre with five awards each,

Some of the nation’s biggest theatrical questions are being asked, and vigorously answered, in Chicago.

The Windy City challenges and inspires the theatre ecosystem from coast to coast.

A town known for tight acting ensembles and distinctive writers may have another ace in the hole: its directors.