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Home » The Humans

Tag: The Humans

A family sits at a table as an older woman reads a prayer
Posted inTheater Review

A somber Thanksgiving unfolds in The Humans

by Dmitry Samarov October 14, 2021October 15, 2021

Redtwist Theatre presents Stephen Karam’s celebrated family holiday drama to open its new season. It’s Thanksgiving 2015 on New York City’s Lower East Side and the Blake family has gathered at younger daughter Brigid’s rundown apartment to celebrate. As with virtually every family ever, each member nurses grudges, guards secrets, and leaves much of what […]

Posted inBlogs

A special Valentine’s Day version of Mortified and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Rachel Yang February 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The Humans at Cadillac Palace Theatre and more goings-on February 9-11

Posted inArts & Culture

After a life-changing transition, Will Davis sets out to transform a Chicago theater

by Novid Parsi December 30, 2016August 18, 2021

American Theater Company’s fresh-faced artistic director credits his gender transition with a creative awakening. Now the 33-year-old looks to turn the venerable North Center playhouse into a place of “wild theatricality.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

American Theater Company’s artistic director leaves a worthy legacy

by Deanna Isaacs June 1, 2015August 18, 2021

American Theater Company artistic director PJ Paparelli, killed in Scotland last month, leaves a worthy legacy in The Project(s).

(Clockwise from front) Lance Baker, Keith Kupferer, Hanna Dworkin, Sadieh Rifai, and Kelly O'Sullivan
Posted inArts & Culture

Oh, the humanity of American Theater Company’s The Humans

by Tony Adler November 26, 2014August 18, 2021

Stephen Karam’s new play The Humans anatomizes one family’s Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted inBlogs

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by Tony Adler December 8, 2011August 19, 2021

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