Direct From Chicago
A town known for tight acting ensembles and distinctive writers may have another ace in the hole: its directors.
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A town known for tight acting ensembles and distinctive writers may have another ace in the hole: its directors.
Up for a post-show discussion? Four a.d.s explain why they are—and you just might be too.
Six people who came forward with stories of harassment at the theatre, and where they are now.
A new musical tells the tale of Albert Cashier, a Union soldier who was born a woman but fought—and lived—as a man.
A new lakefront flexible space gives Chicago Shakespeare Theater the room to expand, and not just physically.
This site-specific Chicago project takes audiences back to school, where the lessons aren’t all on the syllabus.
Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater scored an election-year win with a play about Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign.
International and local companies converge at Chicago Shakespeare Theater for the quadricentennial of the playwright’s death.
A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert’s storied romance to music.
Straight realism, magic realism, even ‘sausage’ realism were on offer at the latest new-play event staged by the Latino/a Theatre Commons.