Megan Carney Named New Artistic Director of About Face

Megan Carney Named New Artistic Director of About Face

Pictured: Megan Carney. Photo by Nicci Briann. About Face Theatre Company has announced the appointment of Megan Carney as its new Artistic Director. Carney, who founded the company’s youth theater, and currently serves as the Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will begin...

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Rivendell’s WINTER Explores Death With Dignity

Rivendell’s WINTER Explores Death With Dignity

The idea of “Death with Dignity” has been emotionally evolving since Jack Kevorkian–AKA Dr. Death. In 2009, a friend diagnosed with ALS taught me the euphemism “Going to Switzerland.” Then last summer the internet wept waterworks of inspiration as incurably ill California resident Betsy Davis hosted a celebration culminating with her self-chosen death. Rivendell Theatre’s production of WINTER left me unsure about the issue.

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