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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A Song That Old Was Sung by Gabriela

This month, Gabriela describes visceral reactions to Chicago stages, Jerald highlights Steppenwolf, plus we get a Halloween preview from two local costume designers.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:47PM
Monday, October 28, 2024

How to Survive an Election: Laugh With ‘POTUS’ by Gabriela

Selina Fillinger’s popular farce about women taking control of the White House hits different this fall.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:05PM
Friday, October 18, 2024

Offscript: Chicago Shakes With the World by Gabriela

In this month's Offscript, we hear from three leaders who bring the world together through Shakespeare and new work. Plus, we learn about a new generative arts journalism fellowship.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:41PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The Sound of Hysteria by Gabriela

Deaf and hearing artists are looking for the timeless rage in a new staging of Green Day's 'American Idiot,' a collaboration between Deaf West Theatre and Center Theatre Group.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PM
Friday, October 4, 2024

The Subtext: Rachel Jendrzejewski on Presence, Poland, and Padua by Gabriela

This month Brian speaks with the Playwrights' Center core writer and co-artistic director of Minneapolis's Red Eye about chance encounters and her relationship to future thinking.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:50PM

Offscript: Most-Produced With Heidi Shreck, Rajiv Joseph, and Kate Hamill by Gabriela

On this episode we broke the news of which plays and playwrights will be the most produced this season. Listen in on a conversation between the editors and some most-produced playwrights on …

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:17PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

A Space Between Abundance and Loss by Gabriela

This month we recap a fast-paced, eventful month and get to hear from visionaries Miranda González and Raquel Torre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:25PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Voces y Votos by Gabriela

With apt new comedies programmed around election seasons, theatre companies have been complicating audience notions of the Latine vote and community.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:44AM
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Coffee Chronicles by Gabriela

Brian Quijada plants the seeds for a new play, with Hero Theatre's Nuestro Planeta commissioning opportunity and a research trip to El Salvador.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:24PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Staffing Changes Announced at TCG Publications by Gabriela

Three multi-hyphenates on this magazine's editorial staff are promoted as Theatre Communications Group restructures and creates new positions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:03PM
Friday, September 6, 2024

Offscript: Chukwudi Iwuji’s Cyrano Is Larger Than Life by Gabriela

This month, the editors talk with the acclaimed actor about modernized classics, language, and how "Oppenheimer" led him back to the stage.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

NAMT Grants, Geffen Writers’ Room, and More by Gabriela

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PM
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

From Chicago: All the World’s a Stage by Gabriela

This month we analyze the intersection between politics and theatre, plus get to hear from teatristas Sandra Delgado and Carlos García León.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:00PM
Friday, August 23, 2024

MTC Champion Fellowship, Prince Fellowship, and More by Gabriela

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Three-City Artistic Director Charles Fee Announces Retirement by Gabriela

Since 2010, Fee has served as producing artistic director for Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AM

11 New Plays to Receive 1st Round of 2024-25 Edgerton Awards by Gabriela

Totaling over $600,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AM
Friday, July 12, 2024

‘So Many Truths’: Reflecting on the 2024 TCG Conference by Gabriela

The Theatre Communications Group National Conference in Chicago offered much-needed interconnectedness, resources, and hope to a culture at crossroads.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:39AM
Monday, June 10, 2024

Wish You Were Here by Gabriela

A roundtable on how to create radically welcoming access at the theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PM
Friday, June 7, 2024

All the Lonely People by Gabriela

We say theatre can be healing, but what if that were literally true?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AM
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Nicole Watson Wants Playwrights’ Center to Be a Lighthouse by Gabriela

In her early days as the org's producing artistic director, she discusses process and the state of new-play development in American theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:32AM
Monday, May 20, 2024

Bramble Theatre Company’s Lofty Ambitions by Gabriela

Putting down roots in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, the Bramble Arts Loft is both a home for the theatre company and a community-centered rental space.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:12AM
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Ten Thousand Things Artistic Director Marcela Lorca to Step Down by Gabriela

Set to depart at the end of 2024 after six years at the helm, Lorca discusses her people-centered approach and love for the company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:31AM
Thursday, March 28, 2024

6 Theatre Workers You Should Know by Gabriela

This Miami-focused roundup includes folks focused on developing Latine work, stage management, lighting design, immersive theatre, and more.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:58PM
Friday, March 22, 2024

Tomorrow’s Tamoras and Titanias: How to Heal the High School Space by Gabriela

High school theatre programs have often been sites of harm, particularly for femme and non-binary kids of color, but some are already paving a better path forward.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:01PM
Friday, March 15, 2024

Jennifer Morrison Realizes a Childhood Dream by Gabriela

The film and television actor talks returning to Chicago, acting training, and tackling Margaret Atwood's 'The Penelopiad' at the Goodman.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:57PM
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Best Damn Book Shop: The Understudy’s New Frontier by Gabriela

As it nears its birthday, the Chicago bookstore is staging a show in its space, by a playwright who's logged some quality writing at the café.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PM
Monday, January 22, 2024

Plateias Cheias: Report from Brazil by Gabriela

In Rio and elsewhere, theatre often spills into the streets, as part of an ongoing effort to expand access and expression across the nation's socioeconomic and political divides.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:43PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Joe Mazza’s Brave Lens by Gabriela

How one iconic Chicago theatre photographer captures the 'now' not only with his camera but with whole body and soul.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

Destinos Honors Ancestry, Posterity, y the Creative Alchemists de Hoy by Gabriela

This year's 6th annual Latiné festival prepares to crack open the possibilities of the American theatre with 'un poquito de todo.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:54AM
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Chicago Companies Partner to Celebrate Pearl Cleage by Gabriela

Goodman Theatre has announced a month-long, city-wide celebration honoring Pearl Cleage with partnerships across six Chicago theatre companies.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:28PM
Monday, August 7, 2023

Dos Hermanos Sueñan: Marvin and Brian Quijada’s Shared Story by Gabriela

Their styles may differ, but these Chicago-hailing brothers have honored their history and innovated for the future with works made together and apart.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:34AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic