Anna Shapiro to Succeed Martha Lavey as Steppenwolf Artistic Director
Big changes at a Chicago mainstay: Martha Lavey to step down, Anna Shapiro to step up; the executive director changes over; plus, expansion plans.
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Big changes at a Chicago mainstay: Martha Lavey to step down, Anna Shapiro to step up; the executive director changes over; plus, expansion plans.
PigPen Theatre Company creates a new folktale using shadow puppetry and a homegrown aesthetic.
A Chicago improv and theatre pioneer with so much to give, and who gave it freely.
The play ‘All our Tragic’ includes food breaks and the chance for audience members to sit down with the ensemble.
Gina Vernaci takes on a new leadership role at Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare, where she’s worked since 1984.
Jeffrey Sweet on ACT’s momentous days in Chicago.
Though the San Jose Repertory Theatre in San Jose and the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia are closing, Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor reopens under new leadership.
Both the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre and the American Blues Theater have taken an interest in play adaptions of Richard Wright’s “Native Son.”
American Theatre sat down with Sandra Oh to talk about her work on “Death and the Maiden” at Victory Gardens Theater.
Northville, Michigan’s new production of James Kuhl’s play about a secret brotherhood, marks its maiden foray into new-play production.