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A white woman with blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail stands in front of an office desk. She is wearing a purple turtleneck sweater and a long beige skirt, holding a sign that reads "It's a child, not a choice."

Monologuing: Title Ten at Artemisia Theatre

by Amanda Finn November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

Int. messy Chicago apartment, unseasonably hot end of November. Being a theater critic can be so isolating when you don’t fit the story being told. Most of the time, I sit through shows that center on the cishet male experience or at the very least shows that don’t pass the Bechdel Test. I am not […]

A white woman in a brown shirt and black face mask stands left, holding a script. On the right is a Black man, also holding a script and wearing a black face mask. He is pointing upward with his right hand

Arts & Culture

Our bodies, but whose choice?

by Jack Helbig November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

It was around 2010 that writer-actor-director Julie Proudfoot was sitting in a Starbucks at the IC station downtown, waiting for the South Shore line to take her home, when she became aware of two young couples sitting at an adjacent table. “And the males were not only saying sexist things to the young women,” Proudfoot […]