The Understudy Opens a New Chapter for Chicago Bookstores
The new bookstore and café aims to fill a niche for theatre-loving readers, book-loving stage folks, and anyone else who’s been missing a sense of community.
Stories by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
A Dramaturg on ‘Jeopardy’ and a Dream Come True
Last month Madison Mae Williams, a dramaturg with a focus on new plays, did the field proud in a national TV appearance.
One Way to Stop Whitewashing: It’s Got to Be Taught
Too often, comfort with culturally inappropriate casting starts in educational settings—precisely the places these practices should be interrogated.
A City Divided
How Chicago’s theatre scene reflects its legacy of racism—and what can be done to fight it.
