The Neo-Futurists Announce a Season of Development and Devising
The form-breaking troupe plans a brand new Neo-Lab, a quarterly experimental workshop called the Arrow, and riffs on Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, and Marsha Norman.
Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Darcy Addison Named Executive Director of Collaboraction
As part of an expansion of the company and its mission, she will share leadership with founding artistic director Anthony Moseley.
Gertrude Stein and Gertrude Stein Again
A new revival of Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty’s ‘Loving Repeating’ celebrates the life and language of the influential American expat writer.
First Floor Theater Announces 2015–16 Season
The roster includes plays by Ken Urban, J. Julian Christopher, and Johnna Adams, that tackle social issues and explore realms between fantasy and reality.
Steep Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
Writers from either side of the pond—Hamish Linklater, Sam Hunter, Simon Stephens, and Laura Wede—fill a season of premieres.
How to Honor PJ Paparelli’s Legacy at American Theater Company? With a Season of New Work
ATC’s 2015–16 season will feature plays by Dan LeFranc, Thomas Bradshaw, and Abe Koogler, plus a new spin on ‘The Wiz’ with Bailiwick Chicago.
Manual Cinema: The Life and Death of Objects, Including Humans
The hard-to-classify work of this multimedia Chicago company is coming out of the shadows.
Ordway Center Recognizes Minnesota Arts Community with 2015 Sally Awards
The Edge Center for the Arts, Cynthia Gehrig, Theresa Sweetland, the Steeles and the American Composers Forum have been lauded for their contributions to the local arts scene.
#TCG15 Plenary 4: Life-Saving, Game-Changing, and Stories That Matter
The TCG conference closed with a panel of artistic leaders discussing artistic risk vs. institution-building, and feted two dedicated field veterans, Rhodessa Jones and Jim O’Quinn.
#TCG15 Plenary 3: The How and the Why of Storytelling
Conference attendees listened to one of America’s great listeners, StoryCorps’ Dave Isay, as he shared both how he captures people’s lives on tape—and why it’s worth doing.
