Chicago Dramatists Names Meghan Beals Artistic Director
Beals, a longtime associate of founding artistic director Russ Tutterow, inherits his mission of championing new plays and playwrights in Chicago.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Dee Sandt Named Managing Director of American Theater Company
The administrator travels from Synchronicity Theatre to join the Windy City troupe.
What Price Goodness? Ten Thousand Things and the LAPD Have Kept Accounts
Two new books look at companies that serve audiences outside the institutional theatre’s cocoon of privilege.
Shattered Globe Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
The roster includes plays about family, friendship, and fate.
The New Colony Announces Season of World Premieres
Among the new plays is ‘Byhalia, Mississippi,’ which will debut in several cities at once in hopes of sparking an online conversation among audiences.
New Colony 2016 Season to Include 3 World Premieres
The theatre will present world premieres from Evan Linder, Chelsea Marcantel, and William Glick.
Griffin Theatre Company Announces Season of Premieres
The roster includes a three area premieres, including two plays and a musical.
Silk Road Rising 2015-16 Season to Feature Female Solo Work
The slate includes solo shows from Puja Mohindra, Marissa Lichwick, and Jameeleh Shelo, and a world premiere from Jamil Khoury.
Broken Nose Theatre Gives Audiences a Break With New Pay-What-You-Can Policy
The Chicago storefront is changing its mission to become one of the first theatres in the city with a pay-as-you-can policy.
A Carnaval of Latino Writing in the Windy City
Straight realism, magic realism, even ‘sausage’ realism were on offer at the latest new-play event staged by the Latino/a Theatre Commons.
