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Chicago Embraces The Pillowman

Raven Theatre Revisits Sam Shepard’s ‘A Lie Of The Mind’ Through Immigrant Lens

From Tehran to Tehrangeles

A SWANA Space to Exist

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Exploring queer Middle Eastern identity in Dummy in Diaspora

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Portfolio Highlights

National Coverage

Decentering Doom: A Word From Chicago Theatre Workers

The Understudy Opens a New Chapter for Chicago Bookstores

The Understudy Opens a New Chapter for Chicago Bookstores

Overworked, Underpaid, Unheard: Chicago Theatre Freelancers Speak Out

Overworked, Underpaid, Unheard: Chicago Theatre Freelancers Speak Out

A City Divided

A Dramaturg on ‘Jeopardy’ and a Dream Come True

A Dramaturg on ‘Jeopardy’ and a Dream Come True

One Way to Stop Whitewashing: It’s Got to Be Taught

One Way to Stop Whitewashing: It’s Got to Be Taught

How Theater Programs Are Adjusting to Online Learning

How Theater Programs Are Adjusting to Online Learning

Theatre Reviews

Riverboat romance

Riverboat romance

Travis Coe performs his personal solo work with rigorous grace

Travis Coe performs his personal solo work with rigorous grace

‘The Nourish Project’ does just that

‘The Nourish Project’ does just that

‘Alabaster’ Navigates the Hard and Soft Aches of Love and Grief

‘Alabaster’ Navigates the Hard and Soft Aches of Love and Grief

Lisa B. Thompson's play preaches from a Nineties perch

Lisa B. Thompson's play preaches from a Nineties perch

A Captivating Everyman and His Harms: 'I Call My Brothers' at Interrobang

A Captivating Everyman and His Harms: 'I Call My Brothers' at Interrobang

A black ex-cop's life veers into disarray in an apartment Between Riverside and Crazy

A black ex-cop's life veers into disarray in an apartment Between Riverside and Crazy

Curious Incident of this Play in Chicago: Young People Deserve Better

Curious Incident of this Play in Chicago: Young People Deserve Better

Babes with Blades gives us a visceral, devastating Othello

Babes with Blades gives us a visceral, devastating Othello

Housing is a Human Right in new radio play ‘A Tale of Two Citizens’

Housing is a Human Right in new radio play ‘A Tale of Two Citizens’

Profiles

With 'La Ruta' Isaac Gomez gives voice to Juarez's murdered and missing women

With 'La Ruta' Isaac Gomez gives voice to Juarez's murdered and missing women

Casting Beyond Binaries: A Profile of Catherine Miller

Pleasure and Resistance in the Face of Patriarchy: Melissa DuPrey and SEXomedy 2.0

Pleasure and Resistance in the Face of Patriarchy: Melissa DuPrey and SEXomedy 2.0

Beyond Representation: The Syndicate's First Read Festival Shows up for Trans* and Non-Binary Artists

Beyond Representation: The Syndicate's First Read Festival Shows up for Trans* and Non-Binary Artists

Features

Cultural Asset Mapping Project creates a ‘braided web’

Cultural Asset Mapping Project creates a ‘braided web’

Critical Generosity in the Face of Erasure: Free Street Theater is Still Here (50 Years and Counting)

Critical Generosity in the Face of Erasure: Free Street Theater is Still Here (50 Years and Counting)

Inside Look -- Free Street Youth Ensemble's "Parched: Stories of Water, Pollution, and Theft"

Inside Look -- Free Street Youth Ensemble's "Parched: Stories of Water, Pollution, and Theft"

Examining the Framework: And Intro to the Nationwide Theater Festival The Jubilee

Examining the Framework: And Intro to the Nationwide Theater Festival The Jubilee

Blogs

Dramaturgs' Network Invisible Diaries

Dramaturgs' Network Invisible Diaries

Fierce Femmes with Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

Fierce Femmes with Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel