As its title implies, Rebecca Gilman's new play, Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, is set during the American bicentennial"but its roots are very much in the present day, notably the 2011 protests in Madison, Wisconsin, after Governor Scott Walker proposed eliminating collective bargaining for public sector unions in order to alleviate the state's budget crisis. Gilman has never belonged to a union herself"…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:35PM on May 31, 2016