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Chicago Shakes Announces 2017-18 Season

The season will welcome the new performance space, the Yard.

Baskin will serve a three-year term on the board of the Educational Theatre Association.

Globe practitioners will run workshops for students, teachers, and the public during the free April festival.

The lineup features world premieres by Jacqueline Goldfinger and Karen Hartman.

The Milwaukee theatre will also present a new-play festival as part of the season.

The leader of the LGBTQIA-identified company will leave at the end of the 2016-17 season.

The season will include Sarah DeLappe’s ‘The Wolves’ and the Young Vic production of ‘View From the Bridge.’

From Lola’s heels to Aaron Burr’s simmer, the improv and TV star feels at home onstage.

The Wisconsin theatre will present a world premiere by Steven Peterson and the ‘Bridges of Madison County’ musical.

The scholarhsip, in memory of the longtime ETC employee, will support students pursuing lighting technology.