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Home » Seth Bockley

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Whale Song from Sea Change
Posted inArts & Culture

A Sea Change for a time of upheaval

by Catey Sullivan July 19, 2021August 18, 2021

Cabinet of Curiosity sets sail with a new live show about mermaids, whales, sharks, seagulls—and climate disaster

Posted inArts & Culture

Pivot Arts Festival switches it up online

by Kerry Reid June 2, 2020August 18, 2021

The annual celebration of multidisciplinary performance adjusts for the times.

Posted inArts & Culture

Redmoon may be over, but Frank Maugeri is still going strong

by Tony Adler September 14, 2017August 18, 2021

The onetime artistic director of the defunct theater has a new nonprofit, the Cabinet of Curiosity Events.

Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s Constellations and Voice Lessons, and 13 more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader June 8, 2016August 18, 2021

An endless meet-cute and an off-key farce are among this week’s notables.

Posted inArts & Culture

The horrors of surrogacy get barely a whisper in Victory Gardens’ lightweight Samsara

by Justin Hayford February 18, 2015August 18, 2021

The horrors of the Indian surrogacy trade get barely a whisper in Victory Gardens’ lightweight new comedy Samsara.

Alex Stage and Robyn Scott
Posted inArts & Culture

The Goodman’s wan Ask Aunt Susan could really use some help

by Zac Thompson June 4, 2014August 18, 2021

The Goodman’s wan Ask Aunt Susan, Seth Bockley’s take on Miss Lonelyhearts, has none of the book’s boldness or bite.

Posted inArts & Culture

Nearly 60 plays in 3,600 seconds (give or take)

by Chelsea Hohn June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater hosts the third annual One Minute Play Festival.

The Elephant and the Whale
Posted inArts & Culture

The Elephant and the Whale plot an escape from the circus

by Justin Hayford April 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Cross-species friendship in The Elephant and the Whale, from Redmoon and Chicago Children’s Theatre

A pocket watch being displayed as a charm, if this show didn't have enough of that
Posted inArts & Culture

Failure: A Love Story fails to get by on its charm

by Tony Adler December 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Seth Bockley directs Philip Dawkins’s Failure: A Love Story at Victory Gardens Theater

Dartmoor Prison
Posted inArts & Culture

Sailors, cross dressers, and Milton Friedman

by Jordan Larson October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

Goodman Theatre’s New Stages Amplified amps up its play-development series with three new plays

Punkplay
Posted inArts & Culture

Cannibal Love, Twisted Sisters, Likable Punks

by Tony Adler March 4, 2010August 19, 2021

Steppenwolf hosts a trio of new plays from young local companies.

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