TaRon Patton Steps Down as Executive Director of Congo Square
Pictured: TaRon Patton Congo Square Theatre Company has announced that Executive Director TaRon Patton will step down from her position at the end month, a position she has held since 2015. “I was privileged to become an Ensemble member as Congo Square rose to become a prominent African-American theater company,”...
Review | “PROPHET$” at The Factory Theater
Pictured (l-r): Eric Roach, Anthony Tournis, Eric Wang. Photo by Michael Courier. By Aaron Lockman As the lights come up on “PROPHET$,” we meet three scam artists in their mid-forties – Vic (Anthony Tournis), the leader of the group, Seth (Eric Wang), the nervous and tightly wound one, and Owen...
Victory Gardens Announces IGNITION Lineup
Victory Gardens Theater has announced the lineup for the 2019 IGNITION Festival of New Plays, including “The Tasters” by Meghan Brown; “The Gradient” by Steph Del Rosso; “” by Erika Dickerson-Despenza; “#NEWSLAVES” by Keelay Gipson; “Reckoning: Furies from a New Queer Nation” by Geraldine Inoa; and “They Could Give No...
Exit 63 Announces Cast and Design Team for HORSE GIRLS
Pictured: Ari Kraiman and Bailey Castle Exit 63 Theatre has announced the cast and design team for Jenny Rachel Weiner’s HORSE GIRLS, the final production in their 2019 season. Directed by Artistic Director Connor Baty, HORSE GIRLS will feature Ari Kraiman, Bailey Castle, Liz Lengyel, Jenni Hadley, Marisa Lazar, Jackie...
Babes With Blades Announces 22nd Season
(L to R) Lauren Katz, Stephanie Mattos, Hayley Rice, Amy Tofte, and Maureen Yasko Babes With Blades Theatre Company has announced its 22nd season, entitled “Take Control. Take Action. Make History.” In the coming year, the company will present two full productions, along with three developing scripts as part of the Fighting Words Festival....
AstonRep Announces 19/20 Season
Pictured: AstonRep Theatre Company’s 2019-20 Season directors (top, l to r) Co-Artistic Directors Derek Bertelsen and Sara Pavlak McGuire and playwrights (bottom, l to r) Sarah Treem and Peter Shaffer. AstonRep Theatre Company has announced its 2019-20 season, to be presented at its new artistic home, The Edge Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The two show season kicks...
Chicago Shakes Announces “Wizard of Oz” Cast and Designers
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and design team for “The Wizard of Oz.”
Theo Ubique Announces 19/20 Season
Photo by Cody Jolly Photography Theo Ubique has announced the partial lineup of musicals that make up the company’s 19/20 season. Theo Ubique’s second season on Howard Street will open in September with Michael John La Chiusa’s “Hello Again,” directed and choreographed by Brenda Didier, followed by “Working” based on...