This season was a bit different for Free Street Theater’s Storyfront Youth Ensemble, whose rehearsals went virtual after meeting only a few times. The Ensemble closed out their digital play…
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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…
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: 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: Meera Syal as Zehrunisa in Behind the Beautiful Forevers/Photo: Variety Playwrights love to give voice to the voiceless. But does it always work in practice? To investigate this question,…
Pictured above: Free Street Theater and the Nap Ministry present Rest, a new performance about rest and liberation./Photo: Free Street Theater and the Nap Ministry Our DIY theater and performance recommendations…
Pictured above: Cast and Crew for EPIC Tales from the Land of the Melanin/Photo: Olivia Sieck Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Olivia Sieck in response to EPIC Tales from…
Pictured above: Albany Park Theater Project presents world premiere of “OFRENDA”/Credit: Albany Park Theater Project Our DIY theater recommendations for the month of April: “Four by Tenn – A Tennessee Williams…
When asked the question “What is love?” there seems to be no better or more fitting response than the call back, “Baby don’t hurt me… NO MORE!” (Thank you, Haddaway.)…