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Home » Michael Menendian

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A headshot of Cody Estle, a young white man. He is cleanshaven, with short light brown hair, wearing a black knit top and brown-framed glasses.
Posted inGhost Light

Cody Estle flies north for his career’s Next Act

by Kerry Reid November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

The very first Ghost Light column I wrote back in summer of 2020, I interviewed Markie Gray, the incoming managing director for Raven Theatre. Gray was hired to work alongside artistic director Cody Estle, who assumed the job in November 2017 from founders (and married couple) Michael Menendian and JoAnn Montemurro. (The board’s decision to […]

Posted inColumns & Opinion

In search of a happier ending

by Deanna Isaacs December 10, 2019August 18, 2021

Raven Theatre has wiped its founders from its history.

Posted inArts & Culture

Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2017August 18, 2021

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago, Lady X: The Musical, and seven more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader May 3, 2017August 18, 2021

The hometown return of an iconic show and the tuneful reboot of a camp classic are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now

by Chicago Reader March 8, 2017August 18, 2021

A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Baudelaire in a Box: Unquenched, The Burials, and nine more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Highlights this week include episode nine of Theater Oobleck’s stage translation of Les Fleurs du Mal and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults drama by Caitlin Parrish.

Posted inArts & Culture

Belarus Free Theater’s King Lear, the Hypocrites’ Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader February 10, 2016August 18, 2021

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the theater highlights this week.

Posted inArts & Culture

Raven’s New Roost

by Deanna Isaacs February 1, 2001August 19, 2021

Just as the walls were closing in on his theater company, artistic director Michael Menendian stumbled on the space of his dreams.

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