Category Archives: Great Lakes

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

The Gift Theatre Announces 3-Show 2018 Season

The Chicago theatre will present works by Shakespeare, Stacy Amma Osei-Kuffour,and David Rabe.

‘Birdland’ will make its American premiere at the Chicago storefront company.

This small venue has a lot to give to the community of Jefferson Park.

A new lakefront flexible space gives Chicago Shakespeare Theater the room to expand, and not just physically.

Why my play ‘Pass Over’ inspired a whitelash—and a backlash against it from artists who felt targeted.

Local theatre artists rise in revolt against Sun-Times critic Hedy Weiss, raising questions about racism and free speech.

How Martha Lavey grew into a leadership role she was born to play, not only for her company but for her city and for the American theatre.

Under the title Destinos, the inaugural festival will showcase work by Latinx artists from around the globe.

The lineup will feature works from David Henry Hwang, Novid Parsi, and Anu Bhatt.

An ongoing study at Ohio State is developing both the science and the art of teaching students on the autism spectrum.