Spiel Chicago Episode Seventeen: Lavina Jadhwani
SPIEL CHICAGO is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the progressive and thoughtful work of women in Chicago theater.
White House Press Sec. Sean Spicer Takes in MAMMA MIA! Performance at Marriott
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer attended Friday night’s performance of MAMMA MIA! at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, accompanied by his wife, Rebecca Miller, and his two children. Spicer arrived promptly “5 or so minutes before curtain,” according to an usher who reached out to PerformInk, “without any security detail.”...
Required Reading: The Plays of George C. Wolfe
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. “The Colored Museum” is not a great play. It doesn’t have any...
Spiel Chicago Episode Sixteen: Lauren Sivak
SPIEL CHICAGO is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the progressive and thoughtful work of women in Chicago theater.
Creating 10 OUT OF 12 – Inside a Meta Tech
Upon entering the sunny rehearsal space for Theater Wit’s 10 OUT OF 12, I find two of everything: two stage managers at their duplicate tables; two directors alternately sitting back in pensive reflection, then hopping up to offer guidance; two sets of assistant directors noting their mentors’ every move. Watching the preparation of this ambitious play—which details, moment by moment, the process of a tech rehearsal—provides a double image of a singular experience.
Tympanic Theatre Closes after 10 Years
After 10 seasons, Tympanic Theatre Company is closing. “We realized during our current run of WAITING FOR GODOT that, as a company, our members are all moving on to other equally terrific things in life and the time for Tympanic to end has come,” the press release said. The company...
Spiel Chicago Episode Fifteen: Delia Kropp
SPIEL CHICAGO is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the progressive and thoughtful work of women in Chicago theater. To listen to past Spiel Chicago podcasts click here.
Lori Myers’ 10 Wishes for Your Own House
I have been waiting for the right time to approach a new change for Not In Our House Chicago Theatre Community … and I think the time is now.
Dead Writers Theater to Close in Wake of Harassment Allegations
“It is a type of emotional abuse; it’s all about power; it is disheartening, sickening, and everything the arts should not be.”
Chita Rivera, Melissa Manchester, Hamilton Cast to Headline CONCERT FOR AMERICA at the Auditorium
The creation of Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will play Chicago’s Auditorium Theater Monday, March 20, at 8 PM.