FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T Fights for Social Justice and #BlackLivesMatter Through Art
FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T: A PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE TO SHED LIGHT ON RACIAL INJUSTICE THROUGH EMPOWERING SPEECH, will host it’s 4th production on Sunday, July 31st at 9 p.m.
Partial Casting Announced for Chicago’s HAMILTON
Partial Chicago principal casting for HAMILTON was announced today.
Drury Lane Launches Cabaret Series
Drury Lane Theatre will launch “The Cabaret Room at Drury Lane” with LEADING LADIES OF CHICAGO THEATRE, a two-night event bringing some of Chicago’s top talent to an intimate setting.
Interrobang Theatre Project Announces “Flesh and Blood” Season
Interrobang Theatre Project announced today Season Seven: “Flesh and Blood,” featuring two Midwest premiere dramas.
Goodman Playwrights Unit Free Staged Readings July 21-31
Goodman Theatre’s first all-female Playwrights Unit presents “Women Rule The Stage,” a weekend of free staged readings devised by Kristiana Rae Colón, Sandra Delgado, Jenni Lamb and Calamity West. Over the past year, members worked with the Goodman’s artistic team to develop and discuss their plays-in-progress. The diverse line-up ranges...
Gift’s Season Features Three Premieres by Female Playwrights
The Gift Theater’s 2017 season will feature three world premieres all be female playwrights. Kicking off in February with the debuts of Mona Mansour’s war-torn drama UNSEEN, Claire Kiechel’s futuristic PILGRIMS and Janine Nabers’ time-hopping love story A SWELL IN THE GROUND.
Teatro Vista Announces ’16-’17 Slate
Three premieres by Mando Alvarado, Ike Holter, and Sandra Delgado fill out the season in residence at Victory Gardens.
The Comrades Announce 2nd Show in Inaugural Season
The Comrades, a new Chicago theater company, announced the second show in their inaugural season.
Rehearsal Accident Hospitalizes Chicago Folks Operetta Artistic Director
Gerald Frantzen—Artistic Director at Chicago Folks Operetta and a cast member in their imminent production of THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE—fell off a platform during rehearsals last week at Stage 773. He suffered a concussion, broken leg, broken shoulder, and fractured ribs. The opening of THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE has been postponed....
No Stakes 2017 Season Focuses on Body Image, Inclusion and Mental Illness.
No Stakes Theater Project’s third season will feature two workshop productions that focus on body image, inclusion and mental illness.