Scapi Magazine’s monthly column about the history of experimental history in Chicago has a name! Makers and Breakers features 500 Clown in this installment by Scapi contributor Felix Abidor. Through a decade of clowning and physical innovation, 500 Clown has left a performance legacy that has endured long after the group’s dissolution.
Posts published in “Theater”
Pictured above: A still from Transparent Bodies, an Opera Butoh Lab performance occurring on January 11/Photo: Opera Butoh Lab Editor’s Note: If you would like to be featured in future…
Bros do Prose is a creative team composed of founding members Ella Raymont, Christian Libonati, and Omen Sade. Their mission: to create epic works of physical theater with two actors.
Pictured above: Photo of Molly Hewitt performing at Vogds’ music video release party/Photo: Greg Stephen Reigh Molly Hewitt is Glamhag is… well, there’s no one else quite like them. Recently…
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: Tulga, the strongman in MSA & Circus Arts’ Fly-By-Night Circus/Photo: Angela Fernandez Friends, families, students, professional performers and curious new faces alike gather once a month for MSA…
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: Part of the cover of Joshua Chambers-Letson’s After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life/Image: Provided by Joshua Chambers-Letson Joshua Chambers-Letson is a writer and performance…
Pictured above: Production photo from Filament Theatre’s Snow Queen, based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The production continues through December 23/Photo: Provided by Filament Theatre Editor’s Note: If…
Pictured above: Frank Okay on the set of Earth Motel/Photo: Courtesy of Frank Okay “Art Director, Touring Musician, Creative Director, Toy Store Manager, Sr. Design Consultant, Illustrator, Talk Show Host,…
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…
When I asked to write about Improvised Dungeons & Dragons at Otherworld Theatre Company, I wasn’t too familiar with the roleplaying game growing up until I got to college and…