Review: Southbridge/Chicago Dramatists by Johnny Oleksinski

Throughout Reginald Edmund’s “Southbridge,” which opened in a world premiere on Saturday night at Chicago Dramatists, my mind repeatedly wandered to author Toni Morrison. More specifically, the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s novel “Beloved.” Morrison’s book, set in the close aftermath of the Civil War, occurs in 1873 Cincinnati, Ohio; Edmund’s play takes place in 1881 Athens, …

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