This Month in Theatre History
From the Broadway debuts of Shaw and female impersonator Julian Eltinge to Dell’Arte’s move to Blue Lake and the beginnings of Chicago Dramatists, September has been a big month for theatre.
All Stories About Chicago Dramatists
Chicago Dramatists Names Carson Grace Becker Artistic Director
The theatremaker and arts educator, who began her playwriting career at the organization, will start the new post in May.
Chicago Dramatists Announces 2nd Class of Tutterow Fellows
The organization has selected six emerging playwrights.
Chicago Dramatists Names Tutterow Fellows
The program will offer developmental resources for playwrights who aren’t pursuing MFAs.
The Play Incubators: No Production, No Problem
Can a play get made without a production? At a few indispensable development hubs, that’s the only way.
Chicago Dramatists Adjusts to a New Generation
The company announces a new mission as well as its 2016-17 resident playwrights.
Chicago Dramatists Announces 2015-’16 Season of New Works
The slate includes plays by Scott Woldman and Dana Lynn Formby, and a guest production of a Nambi E. Kelley play by Pegasus Theatre.
Chicago Dramatists Names Meghan Beals Artistic Director
Beals, a longtime associate of founding artistic director Russ Tutterow, inherits his mission of championing new plays and playwrights in Chicago.
Mourning Russ Tutterow, Chicago’s New-Play Champion
The Chicago Dramatists leader nurtured generations of playwrights with weekly readings. They in turn formed the family that gathered around him as his health declined.
What Dramaturgs Want
Calling all dramaturgs, one-time dramaturgs, would-be dramaturgs! What production in the coming season have you heard about that you wish you were working on as a dramaturg? What is it about this show that afflicts you with dramaturgical envy?
