Inside IN THE HEIGHTS: Porchlight Responds to Casting
“Our job was to assemble a company for a work that has unique casting responsibilities. We fell short.”
Columbia Theater Chair to Step Down, Department Combining With Dance
Theater Department Chair John Green will be stepping down at the end of the summer, and the administrative staffs of the Theater and Dance departments will be combining.
Actors’ Equity Rolls Out Major Changes to Audition Process
In an email to its members, Actor’s Equity Association announced that effective immediately, the process will be handled online through the re-vamped member portal
Harding/Kerrigan Ice Skating Scandal Musical Coming to Underscore Theatre
(left to right) Amanda Horvath and Courtney Mack will play the title roles of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, respectively, in Underscore Theatre Company’s Chicago premiere of TONYA AND NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA. Underscore Theatre Company, in association with Harborside Films, will present the Chicago premiere of TONYA AND NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA, a dark musical comedy based...
THE BARDY BUNCH Announces Casting for Chicago Run
THE BARDY BUNCH musical, which gained cult status during its Off-Broadway run in 2014, has announced casting for its limited engagement in Chicago
LuPone. Ebersole. WAR PAINT.
WAR PAINT is a master class in acting taught by Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole. It’s also damn good reminder that women can not only carry a show, but they can slather it in face cream and wrap it up in a pretty pink bow, all while bringing down the house just for walking on stage.
Inside WASTWATER Part 4: Dramaturgy
In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of Steep’s production of WASTWATER, directed by Robin Witt.
Broken Nose Theatre: Setting Goals and Carving an Identity
In the Chicago storefront scene, there’s always a new company debuting—and another one disbanding. It’s hard to peg which fresh collectives have begun an exciting trajectory and which will flame out after a handful of shows.
FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T Fights for Social Justice and #BlackLivesMatter Through Art
FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T: A PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE TO SHED LIGHT ON RACIAL INJUSTICE THROUGH EMPOWERING SPEECH, will host it’s 4th production on Sunday, July 31st at 9 p.m.
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,”