Artemisia Theatre Archives

A white woman with blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail stands in front of an office desk. She is wearing a purple turtleneck sweater and a long beige skirt, holding a sign that reads "It's a child, not a choice."

Monologuing: Title Ten at Artemisia Theatre

by Amanda Finn November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

Int. messy Chicago apartment, unseasonably hot end of November. Being a theater critic can be so isolating when you don’t fit the story being told. Most of the time, I sit through shows that center on the cishet male experience or at the very least shows that don’t pass the Bechdel Test. I am not […]

A white woman in a brown shirt and black face mask stands left, holding a script. On the right is a Black man, also holding a script and wearing a black face mask. He is pointing upward with his right hand

Arts & Culture

Our bodies, but whose choice?

by Jack Helbig November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

It was around 2010 that writer-actor-director Julie Proudfoot was sitting in a Starbucks at the IC station downtown, waiting for the South Shore line to take her home, when she became aware of two young couples sitting at an adjacent table. “And the males were not only saying sexist things to the young women,” Proudfoot […]

Image of brick building with realtor sign on fence

Ghost Light

Steep plans a big move—just down the street

by Kerry Reid February 9, 2022February 11, 2022

In summer of 2020, Steep Theatre announced that they were losing their longtime Berwyn Avenue home (just next to the Red Line stop). The landlord was selling the building, which contained both the flexible-seating 60-seat black box theater and the adjoining Boxcar bar and performance lounge that Steep opened in 2018. At the time, Steep […]