How Jim Shiflett built the church of off-Loop theater
The founder of Body Politic died in December, but the seeds he planted 50 years ago played an immeasurable role in the growth of Chicago's small theater scene. If you had founded a small professional theater company in Chicago before the mid-70s and wanted to open it in a storefront, you couldn't have done it without the risk of getting closed down by the city. Before that, you had to cal…