TimeLine Announces Inaugural ‘First Draft’ Play Festival Slate and Casting
Photo: TimeLine’s 2017 – 2018 Playwrights Collective members (from left): Tyla Abercrumbie, Will Allan, Maureen Gallagher and Calamity West. TimeLine Theatre Company has announced its inaugural “First Draft: A TimeLine Playwrights Collective Festival,” the culmination of the company’s latest two-year new-play incubator program offering residency to Chicago-based emerging and established...
Barbara E. Robertson is Firebrand’s Queen of the Mist
Barbara E. Robertson. Photo by Janna Giacoppo. Firebrand Theatre has announced Barbara E. Robertson will headline as Anna (Annie) Edson Taylor in its Chicago premiere of QUEEN OF THE MIST featuring book, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party, Marie Christine) direction by Elizabeth Margolius and music...
Cuckoo’s Theater Project Announces MISSED OPPORTUNITIES Cast and Design Team
The Cuckoo’s Theater Project is excited to announce the cast and design team for the world premiere of MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
Kokandy Announces New Artistic Director, Associates
Kokandy additionally announced three new artistic associates: Adrian Abel Azevedo, Leda Hoffmann and Nik Whitcomb.
Pride Films and Plays Announces Cast and Designers for I KNOW MY OWN HEART
Pride Films and Plays has announced the cast and design team for the US premiere of I KNOW MY OWN HEART by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. Directed by Elizabeth Swanson, the production features Vahishta Vafadari, Jessie Ellingsen, Eleanor Katz, and Lauren Grace Thompson. Pictured: Top – Jessie Ellingsen (left), Eleanor Katz...
Chicago Theatre Workshop Launches Developmental Lab Series with IDIOT ACTOR SYNDROME
Chicago Theatre Workshop has announced the cast for the world premiere comedy IDIOT ACTOR SYNDROME.
Chicago Improv Festival Shutters
Chicago Improv Productions has announced it will retire the Chicago Improv Festival. The annual week of improv shows and workshops first launched 20 years ago. “Over the past 20 years we have achieved all we set out to,” said Executive Director, Jonathan Pitts. “I’m proud that we brought improvisers from...
This Isn’t Kansas Anymore: Inside COSMOLOGIES with Darci Nalepa
Our “Inside” series takes you behind the scenes of productions through blog posts written by the artists in the trenches. To read past “Inside” pieces, click here. (left to right) Darci Nalepa and Kenny Mihlfried in The Gift Theatre’s Midwest premiere of David Rabe’s COSMOLOGIES, directed by Artistic Director Michael Patrick...
Red Tape Announces IN THE BLOOD Cast
Red Tape Theatre has announced the cast for Suzan-Lori Parks’ IN THE BLOOD.