Halcyon Theatre Slates Female-Focused 2016–17 Season
The Chicago theatre will feature works by María Irene Fornés, Marisela Treviño Orta, and Debbie Tucker Green.
Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Goodman Theatre Sets New and Classic Works for 2016–17 Season
Robert Falls’s 30th season as artistic director will include a ‘Wonderful Town’ directed by Mary Zimmerman, and world premieres from Andrew Hinderaker, Charles Smith, and Dael Orlandersmith.
A Leg Up: Disability as an Advantage in ‘The Matchmaker’
The Goodman Theatre’s diversity and inclusion efforts, thankfully for me and others, include disability.
Shakeup Aims to Put Karamu House in Order
The African-American theatre cut programs and staff to restructure the company and reshape its focus.
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.
