Water People Theater’s last full-length production was The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon, presented in September 2019 as part of the Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, written by and starring artistic director Rebeca Alemán under the direction of Iraida Tapias. Alemán’s story of a Venezuelan human rights reporter struggling to regain her memory […]
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Soul food, International Voices Project, Perturbator, Glassing
Jordan Wimby, aka The Melanin Martha, returns to Monday Night Foodball tonight with a prix fixe plate of “classic and reimagined” soul food, including crispy fatback and microgreens and a sweet fried buffalo chicken thigh. Advance orders are sold out, but a limited amount of food will be available for walk-in ordering. Get there early if […]
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Remembering Myrna Salazar 1947-2022
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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Believable: changing the story on how plays address violence against women
The fall theater season has brought several shows about women surviving trauma—and reclaiming their stories.
The fall theater season has brought several shows about women surviving trauma—and reclaiming their stories.
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In The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon, a journalist tries to recover her memory
Water People Theater’s contribution to Destinos is sobering but poetic.
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Destinos sets a course for greater representation of Latinx stories
Now in its third year, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates artists at home and abroad.
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Becky Shaw, Fun Home, and nine more notable new stage shows
A black comedy at Windy City Playhouse and a black musical at Victory Gardens are among this week’s best bets.