Donnelley Grants 3rd Wave of COVID-19 Relief
The $2.1 million in expedited arts funding includes $1.6 million for Chicago small arts organizations and $576,000 for general operating renewal grants.
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
Detroit Public, Harlem9 Bring Back 48-Hour Play Fest
6 new short plays with an Afrofuturist focus will be created by native Detroit artists over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday, March 27.
Cleveland Play House A.D. Laura Kepley to Step Down
She’ll leave in June after 9 years in the top spot, and a dozen years with the theatre.
Milwaukee Rep Founder Mary John Dies at 96
A producer on and Off-Broadway, she founded Drama Inc., now Milwaukee Rep, in 1954.
Indiana Arts Orgs Announce 3-Way Merger
The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP), Cardinal Stage, and Pigasus Institute will join forces starting in July 2022 to establish a comprehensive performing arts organization in Southern Indiana.
Thinking Again: A New Play Challenges Old Certainties
In ‘The Mytilenean Debate’ at Forward Theater, Quan Barry puts 4 characters at a crossroads after a cataclysm to ponder the ever timely question: What comes next?
Barbara Gaines Bids Farewell to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The theatre’s founder and artistic director will step down in 2023 after an acclaimed 36-year run.
Sara Gmitter Receives Inaugural Adrienne Shelly Award
The $3,000 prize from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation will support the writing of Gmitter’s new play, ‘The Night Witches,’ about a group of Soviet female combat pilots.
Martine Kei Green-Rogers Named Dean of DePaul Theatre School
She will succeed Coya Paz Brownrigg, who has served as interim dean since July 2021.
American Blues Theater Announces Blue Ink Winner
Mardee Bennett’s ‘The Reapers on Woodbrook Avenue’ has taken the award, which comes with $2,500 prize.
