Next month, the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the fifth annual Destinos Chicago International Theater Festival. But it will be bittersweet; the woman most responsible for making the festival a reality, CLATA cofounder and executive director Myrna Salazar, won’t be there to see it. Salazar died on Wednesday, August 3, two weeks after celebrating […]
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La Gran Tirana unpacks a diva’s baggage
La Lupe is in the house. She’s a diva, if you didn’t know. The diva is overwhelming, as divas usually are. The diva is needy and capricious—dare we call her a tyrant?—but the diva also commands our respect, our attention, and finally, our love. This particular diva is inspired by the life of Lupe Victoria […]
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Destinos showcases local and international theater companies
By definition, futurology is the study of current trends, the findings of which can be used to forecast future developments. It’s also a schema that applies perfectly to this current, uncertain era of Chicago theater, and one that is the driving ethos behind Teatro Vista’s 30th season, the first to be helmed by the company’s […]
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Kiev reveals the murky depths of a family’s guilt.
Aguijón’s U.S. premiere of Sergio Blanco’s Cherry Orchard update is dark and chilly.
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A heart transplant reveals old heartaches in Exquisita Agonía
Aguijón Theater’s production of Nilo Cruz’s drama is searing and sharp.
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Destinos sets a course for greater representation of Latinx stories
Now in its third year, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates artists at home and abroad.
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In Dolores Prida’s semiautobiographical play Casa Propia, a Cuban immigrant family deals with home ownership
Director Sándor Menéndez creates an adult fairy tale, complete with songs.
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Carnaval 2018 immerses visitors in Chicago’s Latinx theater community
The celebration lasts four days, with tours, workshops, and staged readings of six new plays.
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The documentary Uncle Fun: You’re the One and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Cheer-Accident and more goings-on 6/8-6/10.
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Ten best bets for fall theater
A satanic hand puppet, a live version of Cheers, and a Twelfth Night in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.
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Jackalope’s Prowess, Aguijón’s Adverses, and seven more new stage shows
Ike Holter does it again—and so does Rey Andújar.
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Le Switch, The Mutilated, and nine more new reviews worth your notice
On the off-Loop scene: the latest from local playwright Philip Dawkins, an obscure Tennessee Williams one-act, and a Neil LaBute funfest
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There’s sadism aplenty in La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Aguijón Theater’s dreamlike staging of Federico García Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba is worth the trek.