Shakeup Aims to Put Karamu House in Order
The African-American theatre cut programs and staff to restructure the company and reshape its focus.
Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Chicago’s House Theatre Announces 2016–2017 Season of Magic
The season will include work by Kara Davidson and Phillip Klapperich.
TimeLine Theatre Company Slates 2016–17 Season of Premieres
The four plays explore stories that are inspired by the past and bring light to current issues.
Writers Theatre Slates 2016–17 Season, First in Its New Space
The season will include works from Theresa Rebeck, Pig Pen Theatre Co., and Jason Robert Brown.
Chicago Actors to Launch Female-Focused Firebrand Theatre
The new company will work toward gender parity in musicals by reimagining classics, commissioning new work, and producing unknown shows.
Life After ‘August’: Tracy Letts and Anna D. Shapiro in Conversation
The playwright and director came up together in Chicago theatre. Now they’re kicking off Shapiro’s Steppenwolf regime with Letts’s ‘Mary Page Marlowe.’
At Wayne State, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Meets Both Its Sequels
How three plays about Lorraine Hansberry’s Younger family and their house resonate with each other—and with our current moment.
Park Square Theatre Announces 2016–17 Season
The Minnesota theatre will present three world premieres, alongside some contemporary classics.
Steppenwolf Sets 2016–17 Season, First Programmed by Anna D. Shapiro
The Chicago theatre’s season will feature world premieres from Tracy Letts, Antoinette Nwandu, David Rabe, and Erika Sheffer, and the opening of a new black box space.
Guthrie Theater Announces Joseph Haj’s First Mainstage Season
Among a mix of classics and new works is a world premiere from the Moving Company.
