Review written by Emily Werner. First Floor Theater’s new production of reid tang’s dark comedy Work Hard Have Fun Make History struggles to create a clear connection between the characters […]
For more than 40 years, Raven Theatre has been a cornerstone of Chicago’s intimate, actor‑driven drama. Over its long history, the company has built its reputation on revivals of modern […]
It’s a Saturday night at an upscale restaurant. Marlene (Claire Kaplan) has arrived and it’s clear she is here to celebrate. She has many guests attending, and she wants the […]
Brave. Poignant. Inspirational. These are the default adjectives writers are supposed to use when describing an autobiographical narrative centered around a cancer battle. And while they all certainly apply to […]
Oak is my third experience with the work of playwright Terry Guest. His work reveals the visceral aspects of the Black experience in America with stark realism, some magical realism, […]
The audience is given a fan as the entry pass to Story Theatre’s At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, written by Terry Guest. There is no doubt that […]
The three drowning girls are young women in their 20s and 30s, desperate to marry and avoid spinsterhood. The time is the early 20th century, and Bessie Mundy, Alice Burnham […]
A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard’s 1983 play about two families and the tragedy that binds them, is a sizzling 2.5 hours of solid acting, direction and pacing. At […]
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Darja is an all-American woman. She may be a Polish immigrant, escaping the wars and politics of her native land. But she has all the problems of her born-in-the-USA sisters. She […]
The Danish Play by Three Crows Theatre is a human and relevant story about the Danish Resistance during World War II. The anti-fascists in Denmark are a small but determined bunch […]
The Prodigal Daughter, now on stage at Raven Theatre, is the third and final installment in the Grand Boulevard Trilogy by playwright Joshua Allen. The commissioned work is the third […]