Category Archives: Great Lakes

Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.

Signs of Shakespeare in ‘R+J: The Vineyard’

Chicago’s Red Theater is translating Shakespeare for its new show: They’re putting his verse into American Sign Language.

The University of Michigan celebrates the 100th birthday of its pioneering theatrical alumnus.

Acclaimed productions of ‘Les Misérables’ and ‘All Our Tragic’ were among the 17 Equity productions recognized at the annual awards ceremony.

Theatre artists Allen Gilmore and Fawzia Mirza are among those honored with a $25,000 stipend.

For her bleak and biting new play about sexual assault in the military, Erin Lane sets the action at a bar and lets the sparks fly.

The sixth installation of the program will include four writers.

The slate includes plays by women, served up pay-what-you-can.

A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert’s storied romance to music.

The slate includes plays by Scott Woldman and Dana Lynn Formby, and a guest production of a Nambi E. Kelley play by Pegasus Theatre.

The theatre’s second season with a new management team offers a lineup of world and regional premieres.