Siah Berlatsky Archives - Chicago Reader

In the center we see a person in knee-length red boots and a costume vaguely suggestive of armor, standing with a sword upraised and mischievous grin on their face. They are surrounded by five other actors, who are all thrusting swords toward them. In the back is another person in a gold-and-red gown, standing with arms outstretched and looking excited by the action.

Bardfoolery

by Kimzyn Campbell November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Reminiscent of Shakespeare’s first play The Two Gentlemen of Verona, the new Shakespeare-inspired comedy titled Malapert Love by first-time playwright Siah Berlatsky would make the bard proud. Letters and sonnets are written by servants, plagiarized to woo a fleeting infatuation. Identities are swapped, fools are poets and poets are fools, friends become lovers, and the […]

Two Black dancers, a man and woman, performing for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

Agenda

Deeply Rooted, Malapert Love, and more

by Kerry Reid and Salem Collo-Julin November 5, 2022November 5, 2022

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) offers a full slate of conversations and programming exploring art and culture today at the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport). Highlights include a (sold out) conversation with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch at 1 PM; a 35mm screening of Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 silent The Kid accompanied by a live performance from […]

Arts & Culture

Siah Berlatsky shakes up Shakespeare

by Kerry Reid June 24, 2022July 8, 2022

Siah Berlatsky just graduated this month from ChiArts, but though she’s taking a gap year before college, the 18-year-old playwright-director-actor isn’t letting the grass grow under her feet. In August, she’ll be part of Artistic Home’s outdoor developmental series, “Summer on the Patio,” with her Elizabethan-style gender-bending rom-com, Malapert Love, which she also directs. (“Malapert,” […]