Braden Abraham Leaves Seattle Rep to Lead Chicago’s Writers Theatre
A Washington state native who advanced from intern to Seattle Rep’s leader over 2 decades, he will lead a prestigious Chicago theatre almost half the size of the Rep.
All Stories About Writers Theatre
The Canon, Reloaded: 3 Playwrights Respond to 20th-Century Classics
In riffing on works by Arthur Miller and Lorraine Hansberry, 3 new plays by Kimberly Belflower, Kelundra Smith, and Eleanor Burgess alternately explore and explode what was missing from the originals.
Michael Halberstam Resigns from Writers Theatre
His departure, agreed upon after multiple allegations of inappropriate backstage conduct, ends his three-decade run at the theatre.
Writers Theatre Announces Updates to 2020-21 Season
The season will include productions from Black Lives Black Words International Project and Manual Cinema.
Writers Theatre Announces 4-Show Season
Dates and venues for the 2020-21 season will be announced throughout the year to allow flexibility.
The Actor’s Life Goes On, Minus a Script
The pandemic shutdown is a crushing blow for theatres, but it is individual artists who are absorbing the brunt of the pain.
No Show
If we can’t have theatre until we can gather again safely, what are U.S. theatres and artists going to do in the meantime, and after?
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.
Writers Theatre Announces 2019-20 Season
The Chicago theatre will program a Manual Cinema play about death and a new adaptation of ‘A Doll’s House.’
This Month in Theatre History
From Jane Addams’s co-founding of Chicago’s Hull House to Jane Alexander as a fictional first female Supreme Court justice, October has been a notable month for theatre.
