Theater Wit Announces Cast & Staff for “Admissions”
Theater Wit has announced the cast for the Chicago premiere of Joshua Harmon’s “Admissions,” a satire about liberal white America through the lens of racial diversity in private schools.
Review: Shatterd Globe and Theater Wit’s THE REALISTIC JONESES
The unremarkable is hilarious in The Realistic Joneses, a peculiar show that is a co-production between Shattered Globe Theatre and Theater Wit.
CBS Picks Up THE RED LINE, Based On Hit Chicago Play A TWIST OF WATER
Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss. Photo by Joe Mazza. THE RED LINE, a Warner Brothers Television pilot drama based on the 2011 hit Chicago play A TWIST OF WATER, has been picked up by CBS to premiere on the network next season. THE RED LINE is written and co-executive produced by...
Remy Bumppo Leaves Greenhouse for Theater Wit
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has announced it will leave the Greenhouse Theater Center to perform its 2018-2019 season at Theater Wit as a new resident company. Producing Artistic Director Nick Sandys said “this move will afford us the opportunity to strengthen not only the quality of our productions but also...
Theatre Wit Announces Complete Season Casting and Creatives
Theater Wit, along with Artistic Director Jeremy Wechsler, has announced the complete cast for the company’s 17/18 season.
Theater Wit Announces Next Season
Theater Wit has announced their ’17-’18 season, which will include the return of Mitchell Fain’s THIS WAY OUTTA SANTALAND
Creating 10 OUT OF 12 – Inside a Meta Tech
Upon entering the sunny rehearsal space for Theater Wit’s 10 OUT OF 12, I find two of everything: two stage managers at their duplicate tables; two directors alternately sitting back in pensive reflection, then hopping up to offer guidance; two sets of assistant directors noting their mentors’ every move. Watching the preparation of this ambitious play—which details, moment by moment, the process of a tech rehearsal—provides a double image of a singular experience.
10 OUT OF 12 Tackles Tech Rehearsal with Raw, Exacting Detail
Theater Wit’s Chicago premiere production of Anne Washburn’s 10 OUT OF 12 presents a novel concept: audience members don headsets as they dive into tech rehearsal for a fictional theatrical production.
Dozens of Chicago Theaters Will Pledge Inclusion and Compassion on Eve of Inauguration
On Thursday night at 5:30 PM, thousands of theater practitioners will gather outside of hundreds of theaters across the country to participate in a ceremony promising to create a “light for dark times ahead.” The event is called “The Ghostlight Project,” and is organized by many theater luminaries. Inspired by...
WHAT OF THE NIGHT? Rewards an Important and Worthwhile Commitment
Photo: Kate Black-Spence and Nelson Rodriguez in WHAT OF THE NIGHT? (Ian McLaren) Review: WHAT OF THE NIGHT?, Co-Produced by Cor Theatre and Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit By Bec Willett WHAT OF THE NIGHT? is a play that for both artist and audience requires intellectual and emotional commitment...
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