Great Lakes

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

Making Plays and Friends at Kenyon Playwrights Conference

Writing is a solitary pursuit, but not for a week each year on this idyllic Midwestern campus.

A new musical tells the tale of Albert Cashier, a Union soldier who was born a woman but fought—and lived—as a man.

Inspired but not daunted by Steppenwolf’s history, she lit up its stage for three decades.

The season will include plays by Joshua Harmon, R. Eric Thomas, and Bryna Turner.

The season will feature a world premiere by Daniel Damiano.

Michael Menendian and JoAnn Montemurro will step down from the Chicago theatre after 35 years.

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.