Theatre at the Center Announces ANNIE WARBUCKS Cast
Pictured: Emily Zimmerman. Theatre at the Center has announced casting for its holiday production of ANNIE WARBUCKS. The sequel to the 1977 Tony-Award Winner ANNIE. Directed and choreographed by Linda Fortunato, the production features Emily Zimmerman (Annie) David Girolmo (Oliver Warbucks), Elizabeth Telford (Grace), Iris Lieberman (Commissioner Doyle), Heidi Kettenring (Mrs....
Crushing Performances Reveal the Heart and Soul of BARE.
Boy, girl, boy girl. Plaid skirt, khaki pants, plaid skirt, khaki pants. This is the strict pattern in which we sat during Mass at my Catholic elementary school. I think the purpose of that was to stop us from giggling with our girlfriends during the homily, but now it seems like a larger metaphor.
Cultivating Resilience: Managing the Risks of the Biz
Resilient people do not let adversity define them. They find resilience by moving towards a goal beyond themselves, transcending pain and grief by perceiving bad times as a temporary state of affairs…
Steep Extends BOBBIE CLEARLY
Steep Theatre has announced it’ll extend BOBBIE CLEARLY by two weeks. Slated to originally close November 5th the show will now run till November 19th. Directed by Josh Sobel, the production features Melissa Reiner, Nick Host, Joel Reitsma, McKenzie Chinn, David Fisch, Roy Gonzalez, Tom Jansson, Erika Napoletano, Paloma Nozicka,...
Chicago Inclusion Project Partners With Hypocrites
Pictured: Emjoy Gavino The Chicago Inclusion Project Founder and Producer Emjoy Gavino announced today a new partnership between The Chicago Inclusion Project, a collective dedicated to championing inclusion and diversity in Chicago theater, and The Hypocrites. The new partnership will expand on TCIP’s casting consultation initiative, launched earlier this year....
Dandelion – Making Theatre to Attract a Company
Consider the dandelion.
There’s the daffy, yellowy, flowery kind, that sprouts up in fields or from cracks in the curbside, and that children hold beneath their chin to see if they like butter (if the color reflects onto your skin, you do.)
Joseph Drummond to Receive Corona Award
Eclipse Theatre Company announces its Eighth Annual Corona Award, to be presented to Joseph Drummond, recently retired Goodman Theatre Production Stage Manager of 42 years.
New Board Leadership at Steppenwolf
After 7 years, Nora Daley will step down for Eric Lefkofsky, venture capitalist and co-founder of Groupon, to come in as the new Board Chair.
Managing and New Play Development Directors Appointed at Route 66
Route 66 Theatre Company announced today the appointment Rachel Wendte and Deborah Blumenthal as its new Managing Director and New Play Development Director, respectively.
The 2016 Equity Jeff Award Winners Are…
The Best Ensemble Jeff Award-Winning Cast of The House Theater’s UNITED FLIGHT 232, which also won the Best Play: Midsize Award, in the presence of a flight 232 survivor who was in the audience. (Michael Brosilow) The 48th Annual Equity Jeff Awards were held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on...