Pictured above: Capture from Ele Não event/Photo: Egon Schiele “The Trump of the Tropics,” they call him. But really, he’s worse. “Bolsonazi” is another nickname. He’s openly homophobic, misogynistic and…
Posts published in “Theater”
Pictured above: Production photo as part of Charged Spaces/Changing Bodies/Photo: Courtesy of Pivot Arts We were on Chicago’s North Side in the Institute for Cultural Affairs about to see the…
Pictured above: Beth Bradfish in Deep Green at High Concept Labs on November 14/Photo: High Concept Labs Editor’s Note: If you would like to be featured in future Scapi upcoming monthly…
Pictured above: Free Street Theater performers/Photo: Free Street Theater On October 23 at 2:15 PM, the Chicago Tribune posted an article entitled “Finally, a Chicago-style storefront theater for the South…
Pictured above: Sara Zalek/Photo: Noa/h Fields Performing at Cafe Mustache on a late Friday night variety bill, Sara Zalek was lustrous—literally: her skin was painted gold. Her 20-minute Butoh-influenced performance piece,…
Editor’s Note: The initially posted article contained incorrect information about the ritual performance Salt Water Women: Remembrance Ritual for the Disappeared. It has been updated to reflect that it was created and…
Pictured above: The Walls of Harrow House/Photo: Chrystyne Kozol A week before their opening, I had the opportunity to talk with the co-artistic directors of Rough House Theatre Claire Saxe and…
Pictured above: Danai Gurira is an award-winning playwright and actress. Gurira was most recently seen in Marvel’s blockbuster phenomenon Black Panther as “General Okoye” and reprised the role in the film…
Pictured above: Capture from the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the 1968 Chicago Surrealist Protest Show at the exhibit REVOLUTIONARY IMAGINATION: Chicago Surrealism from Object to Activism in June 2018/Photo: Featured on…
Pictured above: Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, aka CQQCIFRUIT, of TRQPITECA, and Natalie Murillo, aka LA SPACER/Photo: Colectivo Multipolar For nightlife artist/organizer duo TRQPITECA (comprised of Natalie Murillo, aka LA SPACER, and Jacquelyn Carmen…
Pictured above: Joe Kwaczala at Chicago Underground Comedy/Photo: Chicago Underground Comedy Facebook Page “WHAT ARE WE?” “CHICAGO UNDERGROUND COMEDY!” “WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?” “NOTHING IN PARTICULAR!” Led by host Meredith…
Pictured above: Circular by Laura Shamas received a reading in the 2016 Fall Festival. The two-hander play between one man and one woman in which a young army psychiatrist finds herself…