Before the figurative curtain rises at The Martin, coordinated chaos ensues inside the small storefront. Its founders have thinly veiled the flexible performance space with the venue’s brand markers: its…
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Pictured above: Rehearsal for A Life With No Limits with The Aura CuriAtlas Physical Theatre Photo from The Physical Theater Festival Editor’s Note: If you would like to be featured in future Scapi upcoming…
Pictured above: Runaways Theater Lab New Artistic Director Logan Berry/Photo: Provided by Logan Berry Scapi Magazine is excited to announce that Logan Berry is taking over as artistic director at…
Pictured above: Marcela Torres/Photo: Jesse Meredith Alongside sex, violence occupies a singularly controversial position in art. Nearly every art critic of the 20th century, from Antonin Artaud to Susan Sontag,…
Pictured above: Capture from Jen Kutner’s The Other/Photo: Micki Harris What does it mean to be in a relationship with technology? Her literalized this on screen, but the artists in…
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: 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…
Capture from the 2018 International Chicago Underground Queer Transcendance Symposium (ICUQTS)/Photo: Colectivo Multipolar A cubist dance floor. Hybrid-genre, meaning many points of entry—a collision course of queer and trans music,…
Pictured above: Thom Britton at the Prop Thtr performance of The Seance on October 13/Photo: Courtesy of The Seance Editor’s Note: This is an expression by Amanda Finn in response to…
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,…
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…