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American Theater Company Announces 3 Premieres for 2017-18 Season

The season will also include the Chicago Open Residency Experiment.

At the helm of one of America’s great ensembles, she led Steppenwolf—and the American theatre—to ever greater height, depth, and breadth.

American Theater Co. of Chicago’s new artistic director looks for magic in small spaces.

Her comical ‘King of the Yees’ is not your average family play, but then her dad isn’t your average dad.

The Cleveland theatre will present seven plays, including a world premiere by Greg Vovos.

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.