Chicago’s Equity Jeff Awards Announce 2019 Winners
The annual Chicago theatre awards honored Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and Court Theatre with five awards each,
All Stories About Goodman Theatre
Our Kind of Town
The Windy City challenges and inspires the theatre ecosystem from coast to coast.
Direct From Chicago
A town known for tight acting ensembles and distinctive writers may have another ace in the hole: its directors.
Who Belongs on Chicago Stages? Everyone
Artists of color have had to work hard just to get to work in the Windy City, and in the process they’ve changed its theatres for the better.
Small Is Beautiful
We asked leaders at some of the nation’s small theatre companies which shows, both large and small, they were most looking forward to in the coming season.
Octavio Solis’s Journey to ‘Mother Road’
The Texas-born, Oregon-based playwright imagines a Steinbeck sequel with timely resonance.
Kerry Reid, Windy City Witness
The longtime critic and reporter, now theatre and dance editor at the Chicago Reader, gives her take on the city’s vibrant, often misunderstood theatre scene.
Goodman Theatre Names 2019-20 Playwrights Unit
Four Chicago-based writers will develop new works as part of the year-long residency.
A Short Amount of Time With David Cale
The monologuist is telling his most personal story ever at the Public Theatre, and he finds that music helps the medicine go down.
This Month in Theatre History
From landmark productions of O’Neill, Charles Gordone, Wole Soyinka, and Deborah Rogin to the opening of Michigan’s Farmers Alley Theatre, May has been an eventful month.