A murder trial transcript that went missing, not to be found until 2004—decades after the murder of Emmett Till. The Black Chicago teen whose unfathomable death in 1955 sparked the Civil Rights Movement didn’t get justice through a broken court system. Now, decades later, audiences can witness scenes from the murder trial of Till’s killers […]
Tag: Anthony Moseley
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Encounter in Englewood
Collaboraction celebrates its current neighborhood while focusing on social justice in this performance series.
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Peacebook Festival turns four
Collaboraction’s annual anthology of short plays about peace, love, and understanding kicks off its season on the south side.
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In A Blue Island in the Red Sea, the best intentions go badly awry
An honest conversation gets buried in too many layers of contrivance.
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Collaboraction dedicates a new performance festival to racism and racial healing in Chicago
Following up on last fall’s Peacebook festival, the Encounter series features a range of programming and a tour of Englewood, Austin, and Hermosa.
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Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’
More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
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Mike Mother, Best of Enemies, The 180 Degree Rule, and eight more stage shows to see now
A Neo-Futurist show, a drama about an almost unimaginable alliance, and a satire of Hollywood’s golden age are among the hits this week.
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Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Festival is too big not to fail
In its 15th and final year, Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Festival is more about spectacle than about the sketches.
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Collaboraction’s festival of short plays doesn’t take us very far
Collaboraction’s future looks a lot like the present in Sketchbook 14: 2049, a festival of 17 short plays.
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Chicago Commercial Collective hits the road
Chicago Commercial Collective is booking Midwest college tours for five off-Loop theater productions.
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Collaboraction’s Sketchbook could use a little curation
A program of shorts is the standout at Collaboraction’s bloated 13th annual Sketchbook fest.
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El Grito Can’t Quite Imbue Its Bloody Violence With Meaning
The Collaboraction/Teatro Vista coproduction of Migdalia Cruz’s El Grito del Bronx, directed by Anthony Moseley and performed at the Goodman Theatre.
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Risk-Free Theater
The Driehaus Foundation offers a money-back guarantee on El Grito del Bronx, a joint production of Collaboraction and Teatro Vista.