Chicago Shakes Announces MARY STUART Cast and Creative Team

Chicago Shakes Announces MARY STUART Cast and Creative Team

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team for MARY STUART  by Peter Oswald.

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Gift Has Its HANG MAN Cast and Creatives

Gift Has Its HANG MAN Cast and Creatives

The Gift Theatre has announced the cast and production team for its world premiere of Stacy Amma Osei-Kuffour’s HANG MAN, directed by Jess McLeod.

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Review: THE GOOD FIGHT at Babes With Blades Theatre Company

Review: THE GOOD FIGHT at Babes With Blades Theatre Company

The noted philosopher and essayist George Santayana wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Given today’s regularly shocking and dismaying political climate, these words ring now with an especially uneasy truth.

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Neo-Futurists Announce A STORY TOLD IN SEVEN FIGHTS Cast and Crew

Neo-Futurists Announce A STORY TOLD IN SEVEN FIGHTS Cast and Crew

The Neo-Futurists have announced the cast and creative team for A STORY TOLD IN SEVEN FIGHTS.

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Theo Ubique Sets SWEENEY TODD Cast & Creative Team

Theo Ubique Sets SWEENEY TODD Cast & Creative Team

Theo Ubique has announced their casting for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, running March 9 – April 29 in the intimate No Exit Café, which will be transformed into an immersive Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop. Opera Singer Philip Torre has been cast in the title role, with Jacquelyne...

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Inside HATFIELD & McCOY: Revisiting Your First Time

Inside HATFIELD & McCOY: Revisiting Your First Time

Pictured: Haley Bolithon and Kyle Whalen. Photo by Jessica Ridenour. In this 3-part series, PerformInk takes you inside The House Theatre of Chicago’s HATFIELD & McCOY through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes. To read past INSIDE articles, click here. By Director Matt Hawkins The House first produced HATFIELD &...

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Chicago Fringe Festival Scales Back, Submissions Begin Today

Chicago Fringe Festival Scales Back, Submissions Begin Today

The Chicago Fringe Festival has announced the performance dates for a shortened 2018 schedule, along with the opening of the participation lottery. 

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Inner Mission: Living and Working with Pain

Inner Mission: Living and Working with Pain

Like others of my generation, I was raised inside “the man box,” which insists that boys don’t cry and men don’t complain. I believed my story was thoroughly mundane. “Suck it up, go about your business and don’t go looking for sympathy. No one respects a man who appears weak or needy.”

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