Pictured above: Melissa DuPrey, Coya Paz and Katrina Dion/Photo: Joe Mazza, Brave Lux Melissa DuPrey, Chicago-based multi-disciplinary artist, performer, and activist, has been awarded a major grant from the National…
Posts published by “Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel”
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel (she/her/hers) is a dramaturg and oral historian based in Chicago. She is a mixed-Persian girl, lover of writing, reading and listening. She consults for many arts and humanities organizations on the art of oral history interviews and prioritizing narrator agency in community-based projects. Yasmin also writes for other arts/culture publications, crafting reviews and pushing for POC representation and equity in theatre. Learn more about her and her work at her portfolio, or follow her on Instagram.
Pictured above: Catherine Miller/Photo: MB Stanton The stamina it takes to audition is striking. Actors play a numbers game, rinsing and repeating monologues around the city, baring themselves whole in…
Pictured above: Members of the Committee of The Jubilee in their introductory Youtube video/Photo: Provided by the Committee of The Jubilee “What if there was a yearlong, nationwide [theater] festival…
Pictured above: Free Street Theater’s Youth Ensemble and Company/Photo: Provided by Free Street Theater Though Free Street Theater has been rooted in Chicago for nearly 50 years, their programs and…
Pictured above: Photo of Melissa DuPrey mid-performance/Photo: Provided by Melissa DuPrey When I sit down with Melissa DuPrey, a modern-day renaissance woman of the arts, I realize this is the…
Pictured above: Free Street Theater’s original 1969 company ensemble/Photo: Provided by Free Street Theater Turn to the news and it’s sometimes unclear what decade we are living in. Racism continues…
Pictured above: Carolyn Waldee as Aggie (front) with the cast in the world premiere of Neverland at Prop Thtr/Photo: Beth Rooney Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel…
Pictured above: (L to R) Andrew Price Carlile and Javier Carmona in Man of the People/Photo: Man of the People Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel…