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Chicago theater on the page
A very incomplete guide on what to read (or listen to) now from Chicago’s theater scene.
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Steep Theatre searches for a new home
The company’s leadership discusses how to create community in times of COVID.
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The Leopard Play, or Sad Songs for Lost Boys examines a fractured Mexican American family
Isaac Gomez’s world premiere at Steep takes us over the border of trauma and truth.
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La Ruta lacks drama, but it presents a persuasive series of snapshots of life in Ciudad Juárez
Isaac Gomez’s play feels drawn directly from lived experience.
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Isaac Gomez wanted to know more about the women who were abducted on their way to work in Juarez. So he wrote La Ruta.
The El Paso-born playwright’s newest work premieres this week at Steppenwolf.
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In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
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The teens at the Albany Park Theater Project have crafted a beautiful Ofrenda
It’s a powerful example of theater as activism.
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How do you stop whitewashing Chicago theater?
The theater community gathered to work on a solution.
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Victory Gardens Ignition Festival of New Plays roundup
Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival of New Plays returns with a group more diverse than ever.
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Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival sets off
Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival of New Plays returns with a group more diverse than ever.