What Was Caryl Churchill Smoking? And Other Chicago Highs
This month’s Sightlines checks in on a ‘smoky riff’ on a well-known Churchill play, Chicago theatre news, and a rising local lighting designer.
Stories by Jerald Raymond Pierce
Jerald Raymond Pierce is the managing editor of American Theatre. He studied acting at Ohio University and received his M.A. in arts journalism from Syracuse University. A member of the American Theatre Critics Association, he is also a freelance critic who has written for the Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @TheJRPierce.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This edition features artists, leaders, and educators bringing the heat in Arizona theatre.
‘Godspeed,’ Gunslinger
Terence Anthony’s new play is a different kind of Western, following a woman who escapes slavery to become a kind of avenging outlaw.
The Supernatural Scare Tactics of ‘Paranormal Activity’
When adapting a horror staple to the stage, the devil is in the details.
Seeking: New Chicago Theatre Hangouts
In this edition of Sightlines, we experience an inaugural WBEZ theatre event, tour TimeLine’s newest space in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, and hear from a rising costume designer.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This edition features leaders and artists who are standing out in the Boston theatre community.
Avery Willis Hoffman: Leading From Beyond the Stage
Court Theatre’s new artistic director talks theatre classics and joining a Chicago institution.
Getting Away With It in ‘Heist’
You’ve seen heist movies, but what about a heist play? A U.S. premiere at Arizona Theatre Company turns the challenge into an advantage.
Designing Scares: A Chicago Halloween
In the first edition of a new column, we visit a puppet haunted house and chat with a rising Chicago scenic designer.
Where There’s ‘FIRE!!’
Quintessence Theatre Group shares the story of how some of the Harlem Renaissance’s greatest minds came together to create the first all-Black literary magazine.
