Three Panel Musicals: URINETOWN
On June 16, 1937 the cast of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK made history.
Inside THE COLUMNIST Part 2: Costume Design
In this 3-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes a look into American Blues Theater’s production of THE COLUMNIST through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes.
Spiel Chicago Episode Fourteen: Erica Vannon
Director Erica Vannon is drawn to the kind of work that makes you “giggle into a bit of horror.”
Required Reading: “What Every Woman Knows”
“What Every Woman Knows” teaches the lesson that even if a woman is unattractive, she can still trap a man into marriage with her wits, as long as she suppresses her own ambitions and intelligence in the service of convincing the world that her man is really the brains and power and excuse me while I kneel before the porcelain god and vomit my brains out.
Failing Well: What To Do When You DON’T Get The Job
INNER MISSION: Failing Well: What To Do When You DON’T Get The Job Psychotherapist and performer Bill Harrison’s column on life as an artist. There’s plenty of advice out there on how to succeed at auditions, from Michael Shurtleff’s classic Audition to our own Jane Brody’s recently published Actor’s Business...
Required Reading: “American Buffalo”
What plays should be considered culturally required reading? What plays that once might have held that honor no longer stack up? In this new series, Cavan Hallman explores touchstone works of theater and their place in today’s world.
Inside PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS Part Four: Lighting Is Reality…and Magic
In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of The New Colony’s production of PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes.
Why Take An Acting Class
In PerformInk’s series The Craft, we invite professionals in the educational field to discuss the benefits and the history behind the craft they teach. To read past blogs click here. Why Take An Acting Class? By Richard Poole co-founder of The Gatley/Poole Conservatory Why take an acting class? This is...
New Year’s Resolutions for Chicago Theater
‘It is one of the most important functions of both art and entertainment to help us transcend such times, sometimes by helping us to think things through, sometimes by helping us not to think at all.’ – Sheldon Patinkin
Inside PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS Part Three: Music For Two Worlds
In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of The New Colony’s production of PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes.