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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 27, 2020
Elsa Hiltner advocates for transparency in theater design salaries

A crowdsourced spreadsheet pulls back the curtain on who makes what at theaters across the country.
- By Sheri Flanders
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Costume designers, Theatre Communications Group, ARTSEARCH, Elsa Hiltner, HowlRound, Collaboraction, Theatrical Designer Pay Resource, Bob Kuhn, Christine Pascual, Theresa Ham

Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Oct 9, 2020
Video
Bending the arc of theatrical liberation

Thinking about The Boys in the Band, Broadway, and Chicago
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Ghost Light, The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley, Ryan Murphy, Joe Mantello, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Broadway's Best Shows Spotlight on Plays, David Mamet, Robert O'Hara, Neil LaBute, Donald Margulies, Kenneth Lonergan, James Ijames, Isaac Gómez, Steppenwolf, Collaboraction, Peac, Video

Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Aug 27, 2020
Recommended
Youth theater ensembles? They're Essential

Free Street, Collaboraction, and TimeLine put young theater artists in the frame.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Ghost Light, Free Street, Collaboraction, TimeLine, Essential, The Light, Fulmination, Keren Díaz de León, Sebastian Arboleda, Dani Mauleon, Antwon Funches, Christian Aguilar, Aria Mallare, Brennan Walker, Tiffany Fulson, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Aug 13, 2020
Cabinet of Curiosity offers a walk on the hopeful side

A partnership with Little Red Schoolhouse brings art and nature together; plus a new home for Joel Hall Dancers and Collaboraction's virtual season
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Ghost Light, Frank Maugeri, Cabinet of Curiosity, Little Red Schoolhouse, Blu Rhythm Collective, Joel Hall Dancers, Jacqueline Sinclair, Collaboraction

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jun 17, 2020
Summer camp is back—online and in person

Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Theater and performance, summer camps, About Face, Actors Gymnasium, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Children's Theatre, Collaboraction, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Filament Theatre, Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, Mudlark, Northwestern University, Otherworld Theat

Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Jan 17, 2020
Encounter in Englewood

Collaboraction celebrates its current neighborhood while focusing on social justice in this performance series.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Preview, Encounter Being and Becoming, Collaboraction, Kennedy-King College, Anthony Moseley, Sir Taylor, Leida "Lady Sol" Garcia, Sandra Delgado, Reginald Edmund, Miranda Gonzalez, Juan Castañeda, G. Riley Mills, Willie Round, Rory Jobst

Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Aug 14, 2019
Peacebook Festival turns four

Collaboraction's annual anthology of short plays about peace, love, and understanding kicks off its season on the south side.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Theater Preview, Collaboraction, Peacebook, Kennedy-King College, Nambi E. Kelley, Dr. Marcus Robinson, Anthony Moseley

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jan 10, 2019
Here are five theater festivals to help you survive January

Puppets! Storytelling! Social consciousness! Brilliant teens! Rhinofest weirdness!
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, theater festivals, Pegasus Young Playwrights Festival, Anonda Tyler, Fragile Limbs, Pegasus Theatre, Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Jenny Magnus, Beau O’Reilly, Encounter, Collaboraction, B.B. Browne, Missing, Alanisse Pineda, 16 Shots, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Folded Map Project, Sami Ismat, Picnic Summit, Fillet of Solo Festival, Live Bait Theater, Lifeline Theatre, Tekki Lomnicki, Tellin’ Tales Theatre, Come Hell or High Water, Stir Friday Night, Lily Be, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Blair Thomas, Susan Lipmann, Ajijaak on Turtle Island, Ty Defoe, Heather Henson, Just Another Lynching, Jeghetto, Arde Brillante en los Bosques de la Noche (Burning Bright in the Forest of the Night), Mariano Pensotti, Chicago Fringe Festival

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 27, 2018
In A Blue Island in the Red Sea, the best intentions go badly awry

An honest conversation gets buried in too many layers of contrivance.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, A Blue Island in the Red Sea, Collaboraction, Liviu Passare, Parker Langvardt, Jose Manual Diaz-Soto, Anthony Moseley, Chicago Racism Museum, history of racism, Chicago racism

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2018
Colin Quinn at Thalia Hall and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Brodsky/Baryshnikov at Harris Theater and more goings-on February 2-4
- By Rachel Yang
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Colin Quinn, Myq Kaplan, Mac Blackout, Sick Fisher, Moon Man Walk, James Ijames, Urban Livestock Expo, We Still Like You, Puppy Bowl Viewing Party, Joseph Brodsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Philippe Van Leeuw, In Syria, thalia hall, harris theater, park & field, collaboraction

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2018
Collaboraction dedicates a new performance festival to racism and racial healing in Chicago

Following up on last fall's Peacebook festival, the Encounter series features a range of programming and a tour of Englewood, Austin, and Hermosa.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater, Race, Collaboraction, Peacebook, Sketchbook, Anthony Moseley, Encounter, racism, racial healing, Sandra Delgado, Sir Taylor and the Example Setters, Ada Cheng, Not Quite: Asian American by Law, Asian Woman by Desire, How Long Do I Have to Continue to Prove Myself?, Diana Quiñones Rivera, D on the South Side

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 30, 2017
Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’

More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, Chicago, Collaboraction, Peacebook 2017, Sketchbook festival, Chicago Park District, Night Out in the Parks, Goodman Theatre, Owen Theatre, Anthony Moseley, Englewood, Hermosa, Austin, Sandra Delgado, GQ, the Q Brothers, Vueltas, Miranda Gonzalez, Sammy Rangel, Jillian Burfete, Tyrone Taylor, 17 to (New) Life, Ada Cheng, How Long Do I Have to Continue to Prove Myself, Hamilton Park, La Follette Park, Kelvyn Park, Englewood, Austin, Hermosa, M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Bril Barnett, Star Dixon, EmpoWOMENt, Yuri Basho Lane, beatbox, Make Peace, Sir Taylor, the Example Setters, drill, spoken word, Laura Biagi, Tolga Yenilmez, Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman, Some Thoughts on Race and Racism in Chicago From Some People Who Aren’t Sure What to Do and Who Sat Down and Talked About It, David Dastmalchian, Aisha June, Collaboraction Peacemakers, Tomi Lahren, Thread

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2017
‘What’s Next for Illinois?’ with Ameya Pawar, the International Dinner Crawl, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Cinema Slapdown, First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Gender Breakdown, and more happenings from March 6-9.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, What's Next for Illinois, Heartland Cafe, Ameya Pawar, Cinema Slapdown, The Lobster, Film Row Cinema, First Tuesday With Mick and Ben, Hideout, Tuesday Funk, Hopleaf, International Dinner Crawl, Rebellious Magazine, Onward, G Herbo, Lil Bibby, Metro, ThaWalls, Navy Pier, The Company You Keep, Uncommon Ground, JC Brooks, Gender Breakdown, Collaboraction

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 1, 2017
Yes, women are still getting screwed in Chicago theaters

Whose voices are being heard? Actor and writer Kay Kron took on the role of social scientist to quantify the answer.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Gender Breakdown, Collaboraction, Kay Kron, Chicago Children's Theatre, DePaul University, Mariah Schultz, gender discrimination, sexism, theater, Dani Bryant, Jeff awards, League of Chicago Theatres, Marsha Norman

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 1, 2017
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonagh, Bluebird Arts, Luda Lopatina Solomon, Jaimelyn Gray, Kate Harris, The Best of Bri-Ko, Brian Posen, Brian Peterlin, Tim Soszko, Blue Man Group, clowning, sketch comedy, silent comedy, Carmina Burana, The Columnist, David Auburn, Philip Earl Johnson, Keira Fromm, American Blues Theater, Creatives, Irvine Welsh, Don De Grazio, Chicago Theatre Workshop, Simple Minds, Happy Mondays, Tom Mullen, AstonRep Theatre Company, Alexandra Bennett, Sarah C. Lo, Debra Rodkin, Jeremiah Barr, Derek Bertelsen, Eugene Onegin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Lyric Opera, Alexander Pushkin, Michael Levine, Robert Carsen, Metropolitan Opera, Mariusz Kwiecień, Ana María Martínez, Alisa Kolosova, Charles Castronovo, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Aleyo Perez, Collaboraction, Gender Breakdown, Profiles Theatre, Not in Our House, Dani Bryant, Erica Vannon, Forum Productions, Jesus the Jew as Told by His Brother James, Steven Strafford, the Cuckoo's Theater Project, Redtwist Theatre, Language of Angels, Naomi Iizuka, Jenna Liddle, Marc James, Private Eyes, Steven Dietz, Piccolo Theatre, Michael D. Graham, Megan DeLay, Kurt Preopper, Edward Fraim, Venus in Fur, David Ives, Circle Theatre, Zach Livingston, Arti Ishak, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Charlotte Drover

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 3, 2016
Resolution, The Trump Card, and nine more new theater reviews

A drama from Pride Films and Plays and Mike Daisey's election monologue are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Chagrin Falls, Mia McCullough, Sommer Austin, Agency Theatre Collective, Jennifer Cheung, Killadelphia, Sean Christopher Lewis, Philadelphia, Graterford Prison, Dogs of Rwanda, The Mars Assignment, Collaboraction, National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, Ronan Marra, Elsa Hiltner, clinical depression, Matt and Ben, Theatre Above the Law, Mindy Kaling, Brenda Withers, Octagon, Kristiana Rae Colón, Jackalope Theatre, Tara Branham, the Conspirators, The Resistible Rise of Herr Helmut Drumpf, Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Wm. Bullion, New Criminals, Ryan Hake, Lindsey Graham, Resolution, Pride Films and Plays, Tiffany Mitchenor, Aneisa Hicks, Amber Snyder, Diana Raiselis, MPAACT, Starting Over, Kejuan Darby, Siera Buffum, Jerico Bleu, Keith Surney, Shepsu Aakhu, Tympanic Theatre, Sweet Analytics, Hayes Borkowski, Joshua Ellison, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, Chicago Theater Works, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Vinnie Black's Coliseum, The Trump Card, Election Day, 2016 election, Donald Trump, Mike Daisey, This American Life, "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory", Denise Hoeflich, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting, Miley Cyrus, Malala Yousafzai, American Association of University Women

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 18, 2016
The Wizengamot, Three Hotels, and seven more new theater reviews

A Harry Potter debate and a hard-hitting drama are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beeholder, The Annoyance Theatre & Bar, Kristen Tallon, Nate Dicken, Bette, Live at the Continental Baths, Bette Midler, Caitlyn Jackson, Hell in a Handbag Productions, David Cerda, Barry Manilow, The Divine Miss M, Crushed, Public House Theatre, A Hero's Journey, Forks & Hope Ensemble, Joseph Campbell, Austin D. Oie, John Szymanski, Collaboraction, Peacebook, Ray of Light, Relatively Meaningless, Gina DeLuca, Strike 3*, Benjamin Vigeant, Stephen Winchell, Zack Mast, Three Hotels, Jon Robin Baitz, Stonewall, Bluebird Arts, Luda Lopatina Solomon, Dave Belden, Jaimelyn Gray, The Wizengamot: A Harry Potter Debate!, Under the Gun Theater, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
The Going Dutch Festival celebrates female-centric dance, performance, visual art, and more

Elgin’s Side Street Studio Arts teams up with Core Project Chicago for a three-day jamboree at Collaboraction.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Side Street Studio Arts, Core Project Chicago, Collaboraction, Erin Rehberg, Kristi Faulkner Dance, Zoetic Dance Ensemble, Babette Beaulieu, Becky Beaulieu Valls

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jul 28, 2016
The Going Dutch Festival celebrates female-centric dance, visual art, and more

Elgin’s Side Street Studio Arts teams up with Core Project Chicago for a three-day jamboree at Collaboraction.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Going Dutch Festival, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, Core Project Chicago, Erin Rehberg, the Jades, Beach Bunny, Shanna Fragen, Megan Beseth, Kristi Faulkner Dance, Zoetic Dance Ensemble, Babette Beaulieu, Becky Beaulieu Valls, Collaboraction

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 4, 2016
Mike Mother, Best of Enemies, The 180 Degree Rule, and eight more stage shows to see now

A Neo-Futurist performance piece, a drama about an almost unimaginable alliance, and a satire of Hollywood's golden age are among the hits this week.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, iO, Vienna Juvenile, Matt Besser, Layne Dixon, Provision Theater, Best of Enemies, Osha Gray Davidson, Mark St. Germain, C.P. Ellis, Ann Atwater, Rod Armentrout, Felicia Fields, Collaboraction, Anthony Moseley, Rivendell Theatre, Dry Land, Ruby Rae Spiegel, Hallie Gordon, Bryce Gangel, Jessica Ervin, Curious Theatre Branch, The Eviller Twin, Sue Cargill, Stefan Brün, Raven Theatre, House of Blue Leaves, John Guare, JoAnn Montemurro, Kelli Strickland, Sarah Hayes, Lyric Opera, The King and I, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Paolo Montalban, Kate Baldwin, Ali Ewoldt, Rona Figueroa, Matthew Uzarraga, Théâtre du Châtelet, Mike Mother, Neo-Futurarium, Jessica Anne, Mike Hamilton, Marsha Norman, 'Night, Mother, Babes With Blades, The 180 Degree Rule, M.E.H. Lewis, Barbara Lhota, Rachel Edwards Harvith, Lisa Herceg, Stage 773, Skin in the Game, one-act festival, The Living Canvas, Cathedral, Right Brain Project, the Ruckus, Hobo Junction Productions, Organic Theater Company, pH Comedy, Thanks for the Tip, Kayce Alltop, Dan Wright, Jared Miller, Theatre Y, 3 Sisters, Andrej Visky, Melissa Lorraine, Katie Stimpson, Kevlyn Hayes, Anton Chekhov, Earl H.E. Hill, Dan Christmann

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 21, 2016
Collaboraction's Sketchbook Festival is too big not to fail

In its 15th and final year, the event is more about spectacle than about the work.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, Collaboraction, Sketchbook Festival, Anthony Moseley, Jonathan Nieves, Jackson Doran and JQ, Christine Vrem-Yostie, Emily Schwartz, Joe Zarrow, Trump International Tower: Raw Footage, Open Arms (The Rapture), Overnight Parking Ban, in Effect, Samantha Dean, The After, Dani Bryant, Spanx You Very Much, Erica Barnes, Sheena Laird

Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2016
Tomorrow Never Knows kicks off, the Slurring Bee hits Chicago, and more things to do this week

The final year of Sketchbook Festival, Token 2, and other happenings in Chicago from January 11-14
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, the HERold, iO theater, Fillet Solo Festival, The Weight of Rage, Hyde Park Art Center, Slurring Bee, Quenchers Saloon, Token 2, Emporium Arcade Bar, Tomorrow Never Know, Sketchbook Festival, Collaboraction, Chopin Theatre

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review May 28, 2015
The Salts shows how grandparent-friendly the local performance scene has become

A dance-music shindig from arts collective the Inconvenience provides some good old-fashioned multidisciplinary mayhem.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Salts, Collaboraction, the Inconvenience, Erin Kilmurray, Andy Warhol, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, punk rock, dance

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 6/15: Chicago Blues Festival, Sketchbook 14: 2049, and a Wax Trax Pop-Up Shop

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 15
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago Blues Festival, Aaron Neville, Chicago Delta Blues Band, Dr. John, Grant Park, Collaboraction, Sketchbook 14: 2049, Wax Trax, Metro, Cocksure

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 4, 2014
The Goodman's wan Ask Aunt Susan could really use some help

Seth Bockley's take on Miss Lonelyhearts has none of its boldness or bite.
- By Zac Thompson
- Tags: Theater Review, Ask Aunt Susan, Goodman Theatre, Henry Wishcamper, Seth Bockley, Roberto Bolaño, George Saunders, Collaboraction, Jason Grote, 1001, The Arabian Nights, Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Alex Stage, Marc Grapey, Jennie Moreau, Robyn Scott, Meghan Reardon

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