Casting for First Three Shows of Northlight’s 16/17 Season Complete
Northlight Theatre has announced casting for the first three shows of its 42nd season. The cast of the Midwest Premiere of Anthony Giardina’s THE CITY OF CONVERSATION includes: Greg Matthew Anderson (Colin Ferris/Ethan), Tim Decker (Chandler Harris), Mattie Hawkinson (Anna Fitzgerald), Brian Keys (Donald Logan), Tim Monsion (George Mallonee), Lia Mortensen (Hester...
Chicago Theatre Workshop Announces Inaugural Season
CHICAGO THEATRE WORKSHOP opens it’s inaugural season this fall as the company takes up residence at The Edge Theatre in Edgewater. Featuring two Chicago premiere musicals and one world premiere pop opera, Artistic Director Tom Mullen says the season is “indicative of the unique and thrilling kinds of shows CTW will produce...
Babes With Blades 16/17 Season Explores Women on the Battlefront
THE PROMISE OF A ROSE GARDEN boot camp/first rehearsal. Photo by Elyse Dawson Babes With Blades Theatre Company, the long-standing all-female stage combat focused ensemble, is slated to open their 19th season with THE PROMISE OF A ROSE GARDEN by Dustin Spence, winner of their JOINING SWORD & PEN playwriting competition,...
XANADU is Unadulterated Musical Theater Joy
American Theater Company’s production of the musical XANADU (based upon the flop of a film bearing the same name) bursts with infectious energy and non-stop fun.
43rd Annual Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners
The cast of RENT at Theo Ubique. Photo by Adam Veness “The Hairy Ape”- Eugene O’Neill’s expressionist play presented in a stark, brutal and imaginative setting; “Byhalia, Mississippi”- a new work of southern love and forgiveness, and “Rent”- the musical update of “La Boheme” performed in a small storefront theatre, took...
Jackalope Theatre’s 9th Season Features Three Premieres
Jackalope’s current production of PROWESS. Photo by Joel Maisonet. Jackalope Theatre Company announced its 16/17 season today. The company’s 9th season features three productions: a world premiere, a U.S premiere, and a Midwest premiere and will take place at Jackalope’s space at The Broadway Armory Park in the Edgewater neighborhood....
INSIDE WASTWATER Part 1: Why This Play? Why Now?
In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues it’s INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of Steep’s production of WASTWATER, directed by Robin Witt.
OUT OF THE BLUE—Does the Russian Drama Translate?
Adam Zaininger and Will Burdin. Photo: John Jennings. Review: OUT OF THE BLUE at Organic Theater By Tonika Todorova The Russian word goluboi—or light-blue—entered the gay slang lexicon because of the light-blue shirts gay men would wear to recognize one another when cruising in a homophobic post-Soviet Russia. A year...
Interrobang’s THE NORTH POOL—A Pressure-Cooker of a Play
Rajiv Joseph’s pressure-cooker of a play reveals that you are not merely an audience member, but a spectator at a turbulent tennis match—power volleying feverishly between student and teacher. Psychological crucible THE NORTH POOL ultimately culminates in an oddly cathartic detonation, cutting both captor and captive down to their common denominator—maddening guilt.
Pegasus Theatre Chicago Receives Matching Grant for RUTHERFORD’S TRAVELS
l-r: Chicago Dramatists Artistic Director Meghan Beals, Pegasus Theatre Chicago Artistic Director and Rutherford’s Travels co-adapter Ilesa Duncan, author Charles Johnson, and co-adapter David Barr, III. Photo from Pegasus Theatre Chicago Archive Pegasus Theatre Chicago recently became the recipient of The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation grant for the production of Pegasus’s...