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Home » Rebecca Spence

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Posted inArts & Culture

Top Girls remains heartbreakingly relevant

by Kerry Reid January 21, 2020August 18, 2021

Remy Bumppo revisits Caryl Churchill’s 1982 play with a stellar ensemble.

Posted inArts & Culture

In dark days, you have to treasure Every Brilliant Thing

by Kerry Reid October 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Windy City Playhouse’s production is a poignant showcase for Rebecca Spence.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time bloats up on its journey to the stage

by Dan Jakes October 11, 2018August 18, 2021

But patient audiences will find something to like in Steppenwolf for Young Adults’s new production.

Posted inBlogs

Stephen Cone’s Princess Cyd is a masterful study of friendship, sex, and psychology

by Ben Sachs November 6, 2017August 18, 2021

The latest feature by the Chicago-based writer-director explores the budding relationship between a solitary novelist and her outgoing niece.

Posted inArts & Culture

Boys will be boys in a play for girls

by Tony Adler September 17, 2015August 18, 2021

God vs. science gives rise to a High Plains hell in Rivendell’s How the World Began.

Andrew White, John Francis Babbo, and Caroline Heffernan
Posted inArts & Culture

Lookingglass’s In the Garden is more diorama than drama

by Jack Helbig April 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Lookingglass Theatre’s In the Garden has impressive acting and a terrific staging and that’s it.

Scenes from a marriage
Posted inFilm

Present imperfect

by Drew Hunt January 23, 2013August 18, 2021

Frank V. Ross plays with time in Tiger Tail in Blue, his somber meditation on a marriage.

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