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.
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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.
Last month Madison Mae Williams, a dramaturg with a focus on new plays, did the field proud in a national TV appearance.
Too often, comfort with culturally inappropriate casting starts in educational settings—precisely the places these practices should be interrogated.
How Chicago’s theatre scene reflects its legacy of racism—and what can be done to fight it.