As a year filled with many losses in Chicago’s theater community wound down, word came in late December that Gustavo Mellado, a founding ensemble member of Teatro Vista, had died at age 69. A December 29 tribute on the company’s Facebook page noted that Mellado was “a wonderful actor with a beautiful singing voice,” and […]
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PrideArts hires Jay Españo as artistic director
Jay Españo brings international perspective as the new AD for PrideArts; plus Leaders for a New Chicago awards and a new fund in honor of the late Malcolm Ewen
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Will Silk Road still rise? Will we?
Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani have been facing more than COVID closure.
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Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival introduces American audiences to Chinese playwrights
“It’s interesting to be able to work on stuff that is clearly not rooted in an American perspective.”
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How Silk Road Rising teaches empathy through playwriting
The local theater company introduces a new kind of arts education.
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“That felt wrong”: Mary Zimmerman on The Jungle Book
The director on why she cast André De Shields as King Louie in The Jungle Book, and how she felt about a recent flap over her use of Silk Road stories.
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The Jungle Book sets off another rumble
Silk Road theater’s Jamil Khoury took aim at Mary Zimmerman and The Jungle Book only to be disarmed.
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CCT Fellows include Silk Road and Sones de Mexico leaders
Silk Road’s Malik Gillani and Sones de Mexico’s Juan Dies are CCT Fellows