Pictured above: Promotional photo for Corey Smith’s Essay on the Emil Bach House/Photo: Drew Angle Editor’s Note: If you would like to be featured in future Scapi upcoming monthly productions…
Posts published in “Impressions”
Pictured above: Dan Kerr-Hobert in Tedium by The Neo-Futurists/Photo: The Neo-Futurists For the last five years, The Chicago International Puppet Festival has sought to further Chicago’s rich puppet history, growing…
Pictured above: Comedian Whitney Wasson produces the sober showcase Serenity Now!/Photo: Loren Egeland Today, artists are more open about their process of recovery. Marc Maron has helped demystify the shame…
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.
Pictured above: Photo: Force Majeur Editor’s Note: Scapi Magazine contributor Estelle Rosenfeld is writing a column series about starting a theater career, as well as tips and wisdom for resume…
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: Emilie Modaff in Boy, Bye at Judy’s Beat Lounge/Photo: Stephanie Mateja Possibly the most rewarding aspect of being an underground arts journalist is the complexity of the art—the type,…
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…