Congo Square Announces “Day of Absence” Cast
Congo Square Theatre Company will commemorate its 20th Anniversary season with a production of the 1965 satirical fantasy “Day of Absence” at the Richard Christiansen Theatre (housed inside Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.), February 27-March 22, 2020. The cast includes Congo Square ensemble members Ronald L. Conner,...
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Congo Square Announces First Sam Roberson Award Recipient
Congo Square Theatre Company has announced that their inaugural “Sam Roberson Artist | Activist: Believe, Conceive, Achieve Award” will go to artist Cassandra Bell. The Sam Roberson Award recognizes a Chicago-based artist who has demonstrated a strong sense of activism, justice, and equity in their work and lives. Bell is being recognized...
Congo Square Announces 18-19 Season
Congo Square Theatre has announced its nineteenth season, which the company has entitled “Imperfect Perfection,” focusing on exploring “characters who pushed against obstacles to thrive.”
Review: JITNEY at Congo Square Theatre
One would flag a Jitney down and jump in with other passengers and tell the driver where you wanted to get off. Blacks have always been forced to use their ingenuity so that we can still exist with some form of normalcy when being left out of the equation.
Congo Square Announces Complete JITNEY Cast and Creatives
Congo Square Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for August Wilson’s JITNEY.
Congo Square Announces Next Season
Congo Square Theatre Company has announced the lineup for its eighteenth season entitled Enlightenment. The three show season will feature A NATIVITY TRIBUTE, August Wilson’s JITNEY and the multifaceted JAMBALAYA SERIES, which includes the August Wilson New Play Initiative. “For more than 18 years, Congo Square Theatre has empowered, educated,...
Samuel G. Roberson Jr. Dies
Photo by Joe Mazza Samuel G. Roberson Jr. — Chicago-based director, actor, teaching artist, and the artistic director of Congo Square Theatre — died Sunday night. He recently directed THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS for Porchlight Music Theater and Assitant Directed KING OF THE YEES at the Goodman. As an actor, he appeared on...
HOBO KING Gives a Heartbeat and Voice to Forgotten Homeless Community
HOBO KING calls into question the bully culture of a city’s government and police officers that is bestowed upon an already vulnerable homeless community.
Congo Square’s 16/17 Season Focuses on the Great Migration.
Congo Square’s 2015 production of TWISTED MELODIES. Congo Square Theatre Company has announced its 2016/2017 season, with a focus on the Great Migration and the historic movement of African-Americans from the South to the North. The 16/17 season will highlight several areas of concern in the African-American community such as:...
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