DIVINE SISTER is Divine at Hell in a Handbag

DIVINE SISTER is Divine at Hell in a Handbag

Chicago theater boasts no shortage of pop cultural parody shows, but Hell in a Handbag’s production of THE DIVINE SISTER rises above this description. In the grand camp tradition, playwright Charles Busch’s witty and raunchy send-up celebrates the peculiar fascination Hollywood held with nuns in the 1960s. And what better subjects could there be for female impersonation? Cloisters of chaste, devout, dramatic, beautiful characters ripe for fictional scandal. Busch’s script takes advantage of every nun cliche in the canon—visions from God, desperate campaigns to build a new school for the children (the children!) and of course, sexual liaisons between the sisters.

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Silk Road’s Gillani on being Gay and Muslim in the Daily News

Silk Road’s Gillani on being Gay and Muslim in the Daily News

Malik Gillani and his husband Jamil Khoury. In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, Silk Road Rising’s Executive Director, Malik Gillani, was asked to put down his thoughts and personal reactions in an article in the New York Daily News. Gillani reached out to PerformInk in hopes of sharing his...

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Profiles Theatre to Close

Profiles Theatre to Close

Profiles Theatre, the 28-year-old storefront, announced late Tuesday night that they’ll be shutting down, effective immediately. This sudden, but much called for announcement posted to their Facebook page comes amidst a stinging backlash from the Chicago community over a Chicago Reader exposé documenting allegations against Darrell W. Cox for sexual misconduct, physical and psychological...

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