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Home » Will Davis

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Posted inArts & Culture

Lanise Antoine Shelley is opening up the House

by Kerry Reid March 11, 2021September 22, 2021

The new artistic director wants to take ‘amazing feats of storytelling’ into more diverse realms; Rick Bayless wants to give more money to local theaters.

Posted inNews & Politics

Straight white Americans are the worst, according to Chicago theaters

by Tony Adler December 21, 2017August 18, 2021

A handful of notable plays staged in the city this year explored SWA suckiness.

Posted inArts & Culture

American Theater’s Welcome to Jesus makes you want to Get Out

by Tony Adler November 8, 2017August 18, 2021

American Theater Company’s latest is a very nearly insufferable night in the theater.

Posted inArts & Culture

In the hands of Will Davis, Picnic becomes a fluid—and gender-fluid—ballet

by Tony Adler March 23, 2017August 18, 2021

American Theater Company’s tribute to playwright William Inge is all about the motion.

Posted inArts & Culture

There’s not a single WASP penis in the pants of Men on Boats

by Tony Adler January 18, 2017August 18, 2021

American Theater Company shoots the Colorado River in this drama set in 1869.

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.”

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