Next month, the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the fifth annual Destinos Chicago International Theater Festival. But it will be bittersweet; the woman most responsible for making the festival a reality, CLATA cofounder and executive director Myrna Salazar, won’t be there to see it. Salazar died on Wednesday, August 3, two weeks after celebrating […]
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Encounter in Englewood
Collaboraction celebrates its current neighborhood while focusing on social justice in this performance series.
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A streamlined version of A Doll’s House races through Writers Theatre
Even without a door slam, Henrik Ibsen’s classic hits home.
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La Havana Madrid returns, bringing cha cha, salsa, and love
Sandra Delgado’s immersive musical about a legendary 1960s Latinx nightclub is as heartfelt as ever.
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La Ruta lacks drama, but it presents a persuasive series of snapshots of life in Ciudad Juárez
Isaac Gomez’s play feels drawn directly from lived experience.
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Collaboraction dedicates a new performance festival to racism and racial healing in Chicago
Following up on last fall’s Peacebook festival, the Encounter series features a range of programming and a tour of Englewood, Austin, and Hermosa.
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Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’
More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
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Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days
A “queer as f**k riot grrrl musical” and Chicago Dance Crash’s latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week’s best bets.
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Live from La Havana Madrid
Teatro Vista’s immersive show re-creates a Latino nightclub in its 60s heyday.
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Everymotherfucker: The Motherfucker With the Hat is about all of us
Steppenwolf Theatre stages Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Motherfucker With the Hat
