Melodrama gets a bum rap. It’s silly, the cynics say, unrealistic, it’s too much. But when melodrama is done well there’s nothing else like it. The genre appeals to the […]
The Trap Open Series is designed to bring non-traditional dramatic takes to Trap Door Theatre’s stage for short runs. The latest in the series is Antigonick, translated and adapted by […]
With summer temperatures beckoning us, Chicago theatergoers may start thinking about an escape to the lush, green countryside of Spring Green, Wisconsin, home of American Players Theatre. For nearly half […]
Seventeen unrelated scenes. Six actors playing nameless characters. Joy and celebration, sadness and grieving, terror and violence. But no discernible plot. Attempts on Her Life, an experimental play by Tuta Theatre, […]
The crowd was silent. You could hear a pin drop. I could feel the tension bubbling around me as everyone looked up at Marie (performed by Elayne Kramer), perched on […]
Otherworld Theatre’s world premiere staging of Garters opens with four ensemble members (Chloe Basset, Bruce Holtman, Quinton Walker, and Kylie Carroll) welcoming the audience with a fourth-wall-breaking prologue. The four remain in […]
A Little Night Music makes so many incisive points about aging that it ought to come with a trigger warning—or better yet, be required viewing—for people over 50. And what […]
At David Kwong’s The Enigmatist, an experience that is part immersive theater, part magic show and even part stand-up, the show begins before you even enter the theater. Theatergoers to […]
The world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution appears as America must be reminded that the power of a dedicated group can cause significant changes. It is also a reminder […]
Something told me that The Function would be a scene when I pulled up to a warehouse space in East Garfield Park. Fortunately, the people I am around most gave […]
Review by Nena Martins. Though the film world is no stranger to technological dystopias, it is rare to see a play take on the science fiction genre. Jackalope Theatre’s world […]
Kathleen Hanna, founding Riot Grrrl, Bikini Kill frontwoman and the person who told Kurt Cobain that he smelled like teen spirit, is currently on tour to promote her memoir Rebel […]