How Do We Pay People More? Walk Away from the Kitchen Sink
In her plenary address at the TCG conference last month, Anna Deveare Smith talked about the ways in which theaters can walk the walk in their anti-discriminatory initiatives. Among the many ways she cited, she encouraged theaters to “no longer assume that people are willing to starve to work in the theater,”
It’s About More Than Just Laughs in A JEWISH JOKE
In ShPiel Performing Identity’s production of A JEWISH JOKE, Hollywood screenwriter Bernie Lutz has a few jokes up his sleeve. In fact, he has an entire green plastic box full of jokes carefully written out on index cards.
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...
Spiel Chicago Episode Two: Adia Alli
Spiel Chicago logo designed by Jon Kurtycz This week I spoke with actress and stage manager Adia Alli about working in Chicago, representation in the theater and the kinds of shows she loves to see. Adia recently stage managed The Hairy Ape at Oracle Theatre and is currently understudying for Kristiana Rae...
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.
Overcoming Performance Anxiety
Some folks combat their social anxiety by avoiding the kinds of situations that provoke these responses. But if you’re a performer, avoiding is not an option; you’ve chosen an endeavor that requires you to put yourself in emotional harm’s way every time you take the stage.
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....
Inside WASTWATER Part 3: Sound
My favorite thing about designing sound is that it exists for an audience in a primal, subliminal way. They can’t see or touch it, but it’s intertwined with all of our perceptions of reality and being.