SKIN FOR SKIN Tackles Post 9/11 Military Chaos and Muslim-American Fear

SKIN FOR SKIN Tackles Post 9/11 Military Chaos and Muslim-American Fear

Paul Pasulka’s SKIN FOR SKIN takes us to Iraq where the search for members of Al-Qaeda is fierce and the US military is hungry for answers. On a set that is decorated with pictures of George W. Bush on one side and the other side a chicken-wired box, which will later be used to imprison someone, we are reminded of a time when fear was used to as a tool by the government to get what they wanted.

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NightBlue Has Its TARZAN Cast

NightBlue Has Its TARZAN Cast

NightBlue Performing Arts Company has announced casting for the Chicago premiere of TARZAN: The Musical based on the Disney film of the same name, adapted from the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Music and lyrics by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang.

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Full of Heart, THE YEAR I DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL Magically Brings the Book to Life

Full of Heart, THE YEAR I DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL Magically Brings the Book to Life

If you (or your child) ever wished you could open up a book and bring the illustrations and words to life, you needn’t look much further than the newly adapted page-to-stage production directed by Heidi Stillman.

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FUN HOME Will Kick-Off Victory Gardens 17/18 Season of Premieres

FUN HOME Will Kick-Off Victory Gardens 17/18 Season of Premieres

Victory Gardens Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Chay Yew and Managing Director Erica Daniels, have announced the lineup for its 2017-2018 Season.

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Audra McDonald Joins Steppenwolf’s Lookout Series

Audra McDonald Joins Steppenwolf’s Lookout Series

Record-breaking six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will perform at Steppenwolf as a part of the LookOut Series on May 22 for one night only.

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Tympanic Theatre Closes after 10 Years

Tympanic Theatre Closes after 10 Years

After 10 seasons, Tympanic Theatre Company is closing. “We realized during our current run of WAITING FOR GODOT that, as a company, our members are all moving on to other equally terrific things in life and the time for Tympanic to end has come,” the press release said. The company...

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