Bailiwick Chicago’s ‘The Wild Party’ Tops Non-Equity Jeff Awards
At last night’s ceremony honoring non-union productions, Bailiwick and Griffin Theatre Company were big winners, and a posthumous award went to Russ Tutterow.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Profiles Theatre Season to Include Neil LaBute Premiere, Return of ‘Hellcab’
The season is book-ended with by Beth Henley and Penelope Skinner, and also features Jez Butterworth’s ‘Jerusalem.’
Bonnie Metzgar Named Interim Artistic Director of American Theater
The company will conduct a nationwide search to find a successor for the late artistic director PJ Paparelli.
Christine Howey Traces Her Transgender Journey in ‘Exact Change’
She already crossed a gender line. Now this northeast Ohio critic is crossing another barrier to become a playwright/performer.
In Cleveland, Theatre Is Helping to Stage an Urban Renaissance
The site for the 2015 TCG conference is a city on the rebound, and Cleveland Play House and Cleveland Public Theatre are key players in the upsurge.
Light a Candle for PJ Paparelli—and Use It to Continue His Work
If the late director was tireless, it wasn’t for his own sake. He demanded as much from himself as he did from others, and we are all the richer for it.
Executive Director Amanda Farrar to Leave Barrel of Monkeys
She vacates the post after six years helping to lead the arts education theatre ensemble.
Steppenwolf for Young Adults Announces 2015–16 Season
George Orwell’s work returns to Steppenwolf, as well as a world-premiere devised performance by Michael Rohd.
Pillsbury House Names 3 Naked Stage Fellows
Marisa R. Carr, Junauda Petrus and Eliza Rasheed will develop new work in the theatre’s seven-month development program.
Mourning Russ Tutterow, Chicago’s New-Play Champion
The Chicago Dramatists leader nurtured generations of playwrights with weekly readings. They in turn formed the family that gathered around him as his health declined.
