Karamu House Announces 2017-18 Season
The season will feature a Nina Simone musical, a Rajiv Joseph play, and a George Bernard Shaw adaptation.
Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Speaking of Sam, Whose Fierce Light Shines On
Chicago just lost one of its most valuable players, Sam Roberson Jr. of Congo Square Theatre. His friends and colleagues remember him in their own words.
A Pip in India: How ‘Great Expectations’ Translates to a New Setting
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and Silk Road Rising coproduce Tanika Gupta’s cross-cultural Dickens adaptation.
Adventure Stage Chicago Announces 2017-2018 Season
The lineup will feature a commissioned work by Lucas Baisch and devised piece from the theatre’s mentorship program.
American Blues Theater Announces 2017 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival
The event will feature four readings of new works.
Collaboraction Announces Season on Race and Healing
Along with themed 2017-18 slate, the company announces new social media platform, the Hive.
Pillsbury House Theatre Names 2017 Naked Stages Fellows
The fellowship will include a seven-month residency and a mentorship with Daniel Alexander Jones.
American Theater Company Announces 3 Premieres for 2017-18 Season
The season will also include the Chicago Open Residency Experiment.
Martha Lavey, Fearless Leader
At the helm of one of America’s great ensembles, she led Steppenwolf—and the American theatre—to ever greater height, depth, and breadth.
The Curiosity of Will Davis
American Theater Co. of Chicago’s new artistic director looks for magic in small spaces.
