Children’s Theatre Company Announces 2017-18 Season
The company will present two world premieres, four musicals, and partner with three theatres.
The company will present two world premieres, four musicals, and partner with three theatres.
A group of 17 artists will develop a new work together.
Like the characters in Anne Washburn’s post-apocalyptic pop-culture extravaganza, the company often had to choose which ideas to save and which to kill.
The slate includes productions of new and classic works from the likes of Royal Shakespeare Company, Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Boundary-busting troupes like the Civilians, Pig Iron and Native Voices have staged plays in partnership with—and in counterpoint to—the art on the walls.
Director Steve Cosson explains how his troupe’s new show fits into a tradition of backstage musicals—and not just because of the crescendos and climaxes.
This 49-seat venue in a small suburb west of Chicago serves its neighborhood with new plays at neighborly ticket prices.
A producer with experience at several New York indie theatres, most recently with Ping Chong + Company, joins NY’s premier investigative-theatre troupe.
Whether brainy or gutsy, Mimi Lien’s sets are arresting architectural formations in space.
Climate change is real, and the results will be catastrophic. Scientists are collaborating with theatre artists such as the Civilians and Cynthia Hopkins to spread the word.