From left to right: Ryan Cashman, Laurel Zoff Pelton and Jordan Wilson in Striking Out: A Gay Baseball Musical at the Annoyance Theatre/Photo: Jeremy Kanne When Glenn Burke signed with…
Posts published in “Impressions”
Pictured above: Tia Pinson as Maggie/Photo: Steve Bryant If you live in Chicago, you might seldom find yourself pondering: why? Why do you live in Chicago? And that begs the question:…
Pictured above: The first Not In Our House Meeting/Photo: Sally Blood This is the second installment in a four-part series entitled “Building Consent Culture,” which defines and explores Consent Culture as…
Pictured above: Kri Van Sloun in Danielle Levsky’s bathtub just before being interviewed by Levsky/Photo: Danielle Levsky CW: Mentions of alcoholism, addiction, abusive relationships, anxiety Kri Van Sloun came over…
Pictured above: The Nest/Capture: Google Maps Playwright and actor Jillian Leff seems like your run-of-the-mill audience member whenever you encounter her at a theater event or show. She usually has a…
Pictured above: Capture from Ordinary Peepholes/Photo: Glitter Guts After the success of his production #thegrelleyduvallshow, Alex Grelle has been exploring and discovering new mediums within the Chicago DIY performing scene. When…
This post will be the 400th on the site. It’s a departure from format, in that I’m pulling from a facebook post I wrote earlier today, and posting it as…
Pictured above: Lottie a la West in Hardcore Paramours: A Burlesque and Music Extravaganza/Photo: John Blair Photography Growing up, I was a very quiet and extremely introverted person. I didn’t feel…
Pictured above: Promotional image for L’Heure Bleue or The Blue Hour/Art: Gannon Reedy Incisive and melancholy, the poems of writer Elisa Gabbert’s book L’Heure Bleue or the Judy Poems explore the…
Pictured above: Wheelchair Accessibility Icon/Photo: MabelAmber I read the email over and over again. Tears formed in my eyes as the words of rejection echoed in my head—I really wanted that…
Pictured above: Jameson Wentworth, Liz Chidester, Elena Romanowski, Britain Gebhardt, Amy Stricker & Lizzie Schwarzrock in “High Fidelity” by Refuge Theatre Project/Photo: Zeke Dolezalek Anyone who visited the Windy City Café…
Pictured above: Performers rehearsing for Art in Response/Photo: Anna Gelman On April 23, I talked with Sara Maslanka, the artistic director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE), and Natasha Mijares, a curator…