Lakecia Harris Archives - Chicago Reader

Two women stand on either side of a cardboard puppet set, manipuating small cardboard figures. The woman on the left is all in black, with part of her face obscured. The woman on the right wears a light orange turtleneck and a gray cardigan sweater. They are in shadow, with light coming through the center of the cardboard frame around the puppet stage.

Practical holiday magic

by Irene Hsiao December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Uncle Joe was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. The cardboard boxes littered the floor, filled with Joe’s tools, Joe’s college textbooks, Joe’s albums and manuals, Joe’s CDs, Joe’s tax returns, Joe’s unfinished projects, and all manner of Joe’s mess and memorabilia, stacked in a circle radiating outwards from a […]

Three people in exaggerated blonde wigs and blue dresses in a row.

Theater Review

Dictator dictation

by Melissa Renee Perry May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

The energy in the Den Theater last Thursday was electric, as The Secretaries, written by Omer Abbas Salem and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, made its highly anticipated debut with First Floor Theater. The dark comedic play was first developed through Goodman Theatre’s Future Labs and marks Salem’s first full production as a playwright in […]