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Listen to theater, Above the Water, Patriarchy at Empty Bottle, and more

by Micco Caporale, Kerry Reid and Salem Collo-Julin November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

During the pandemic shutdown, A Theater in the Dark was one of the most reliable sources for online radio drama—no surprise, since even when they produced live and in person, the company’s aesthetic (as the name tells you) was to leave audiences in the, well, dark and let aural storytelling and soundscapes create the world […]

A young Black woman in yellow trousers and a sleeveless green shirt kneels, holding onto a long strip of red fabric stretched behind her. Five Black performers (two women, three men) in clothing representing various eras stand behind her. There are bottles and rocks on the floor around them.

Agenda, City Life

Performance art on film, 1919, and more

by Salem Collo-Julin and Kerry Reid November 1, 2022

Steppenwolf for Young Adults brings its acclaimed production of 1919, J. Nicole Brooks’s stage adaptation of Eve L. Ewing’s poems about the “Red Summer” race riots and white supremacy in America, from their Halsted Street venue to a short tour this week with Chicago Park District’s “Night Out in the Parks” program, starting tonight at […]