Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Slates New Comedies, Returning Favorites
Season to include world premieres by Karen Zacarías and Lauren Gunderson, revivals of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Secret Garden,’ and a new play about Satchel Paige.
Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Season an Ensemble-Driven Slate of History, Romance
In kicking off the Bard’s ‘Henry VI’ trilogy and closing with a Caesarian double bill, the troupe puts its ensemble talent front and center.
Heavy-Hitting ‘Hammer Trilogy’ Envisioned as an American King Arthur Myth
Fantasy and mythology cross-breed with early American history in Nathan Allen’s ambitious three-play series, now at last running in repertory.
Halcyon Theatre Announces a Season of Otherworldly Plays by Women
The small Chicago theatre, newly affiliated with Actors Equity, plans an ambitious slate of new plays by Madhuri Shekar, Charise Castro Smith and Callie Kimball.
How Chicago Theatre Week Builds Audiences for Theatres Big and Small
The event offers $15-30 tickets to more than 100 productions at Chicago theatres, and experts and theatre leaders say it’s putting more (and new) butts in seats.
Theatre Nova Announces Inaugural Season Devoted to New Plays
New theatre plans two world premieres and several local premieres, including works by George Brant, Lauren Gunderson and Jonathan Tolins.
TimeLine Theatre Company Slates Another Season of History Plays
The BP oil spill, the Tiananmen Square massacre and the legacy of the Black Power movement are among the inspirations for plays in the theatre’s next season.
Milwaukee Rep Season to Include 3 World Premieres, Ayad Akhtar and ‘Dreamgirls’
The theatre’s 2015–16 seasons spans three stages with a variety of musicals and dramas. World premieres include a new John Denver revue and Joanna Murray-Smith’s ‘American Song.’
Joseph Haj to Succeed Joe Dowling as Guthrie Theater Artistic Director
To replace its longtime a.d., the venerable Minneapolis company taps an actor/director with a wide-ranging—you might even say ‘diverse’—history in U.S. resident theatres.
Kelli Strickland to Replace Megan Wildebour as Hypocrites’ Managing Director
It’s not just the artistic directorship that’s changing hands at the growing Chicago ensemble.
