For decades, percussionist Hamid Drake and reedist Ken Vandermark have sustained a partnership founded upon a deep engagement with the history of free jazz. Both within and outside the DKV Trio, their long-running ensemble with bassist Kent Kessler, their improvisations often arise from rhythmic foundations. But they’re also restless explorers, and on Open Border a […]
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From Hull House to Second City, Ensemble-Made Chicago documents a distinctively democratic way of making theater
A new book by Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg makes a persuasive case that devised performance is in Chicago’s DNA.
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Facility Theatre’s mesmerizing Phoebe in Winter is an unlikely success
This astounding production packs a year’s worth of theatergoing into 100 minutes.
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Art gets in the way of Madeline’s Madeline
A story of a 16-year-old and her experimental theater troupe, Madeline’s Madeline is marred by the creative process of director Josephine Decker.
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This year’s Rhinofest salutes a homegrown king of fringe theater
Curious Theatre Branch’s 26th annual extravaganza features six plays and a concert by cofounder Beau O’Reilly.
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Too Much Light at 25: An oral history
The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.