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.
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Online This Week: We Three Categories
Concerts, a ‘Carol’ or 3, and a surfeit of readings, benefits, and other virtual theatre kick off December in abundant style.
Online This Week: Naughty and Nice
New plays by Amir Nizar Zuabi and J. Nicole Brooks and a capture of Jefferson Mays’s ‘Christmas Carol’ are among the highlights of a busy week.
Online This Week: What Is Theatre?
From a ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ watch party to a Beethoven bio-play with music, this week offers many answers to the eternal question.
J. Nicole Brooks Awarded 3-Year Residency at Lookingglass Theatre
The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow Brooks to deepen her work on a series on Chicago mayors.
Lookingglass Theatre Company Announces 3-Show Season
The 2020-21 lineup will feature works by ensemble member Mary Zimmerman and artistic associates Sara Gmitter and Matthew C. Yee.
Stronger Together
What makes Chicago’s well-known ensemble ethos special, and where did it comes from? A new book finds some surprising answers.
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.
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.
How the Shows Went On After 9/11, With an Assist From Ovid
Broadway may have reopened its theatres on Sept. 13, but it was Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Metamorphoses’ that seemed to capture and transform NYC’s grief.
