Ashley Yates Archives - Chicago Reader

Four women in pajamas sit in a circle on the floor of a cabin. There is a piece of cardboard and a box of chalk on the floor between them. A lot of beer cans are visible on the coffee table behind them.

Cabin in the woods

by Katie Powers November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

In Cat McKay’s queer comedy Plaid as Hell, Cass (Reagan James) hopes that a weekend away in the Wisconsin woods will be a fitting opportunity for her best friend Emilie (Cayla Jones) to bond with her new girlfriend Jessica (Ashley Yates)—who Emilie hasn’t been so keen on getting to know, thanks to an unrequited crush […]

A group of 11 people or stand on a set representing a backyard patio. In the center, a man and a woman are seated on a bench, locked in a passionate embrace.

Theater Review

Handmaids’ tales

by Kerry Reid September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

Factory Theater takes a stab at stories like The Handmaid’s Tale and The Stepford Wives (that suburban dystopia envisioned originally by novelist Ira Levin in 1972, and then translated to screen in 1975 and 2004). In The HOA, written by Angelina Martinez and directed by Christy Arington, a couple of the characters even use “SWP” […]