Circle Announces Cast/Creative Team for VENUS IN FUR

Circle Announces Cast/Creative Team for VENUS IN FUR

Pictured: Arti Ishak Circle Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for their Winter production of David Ives’ dark comedy VENUS IN FUR. Directed by Charlotte Drover, the production features Arti Ishak (Vanda) and Zach Livingston (Thomas). The creative team includes Emily Boyd (set designer) Elsa Hiltner (costume designer), Maya...

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Cast and Creatives Announced for FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY)

Cast and Creatives Announced for FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY)

Pride Films and Plays’s has announced the cast and creative team for its world premiere FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY) by Gina Femia, which will begin previews March 16 under the direction of Rachel Edwards Harvith.

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Halcyon Announces 17-18 Season and $50K Grant

Halcyon Announces 17-18 Season and $50K Grant

Halcyon Theatre has announced its 2017-18 season, which will feature Bekah Brunstetter’s Midwest Premiere of THE OREGON TRAIL (Sept. 14 – Nov. 4) and Caridad Svich’s Midwest Premiere of DE TROYA (May 10 – Jun. 20). Halcyon Theatre operates out of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3253 W. Wilson Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood, with a mission to “present new voices from inadequately represented communities and works to recast classic works in order to showcase contemporary relevance.”

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Inside THE COLUMNIST Part One: Interview with Phillip Earl Johnson and Kymberly Mellen

Inside THE COLUMNIST Part One: Interview with Phillip Earl Johnson and Kymberly Mellen

From the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author of Proof, THE COLUMNIST is a drama about power, sex, and betrayal. At the height of the Cold War, Joe Alsop is the nation’s most influential journalist – beloved, feared, and courted by the Washington world. But as the 60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political dramas Joe is embroiled in become deeply personal as well. For this article, Elyse Dolan interviewed two of the actors about the show. THE COLUMNIST runs February 17th through April 1st at Stage 773.

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With DIAMOND DOGS, The House Theatre Levels Up to a New “Planetary Level” of Awesome

With DIAMOND DOGS, The House Theatre Levels Up to a New “Planetary Level” of Awesome

I love science fiction because the most common of human emotions resonate more deeply when taken out of the realm of “everyday life.” Unrequited love has a much more profound impact when your lover is about to be frozen in carbonite, and greedy villains always seem way more sinister when their selfish whims hinge on the destruction of a planet.

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