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Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
May 27, 2020
Otherworld Theatre unites gamers and theater nerds
With
VALHA11A
, they've created their first online LARP.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Gaming
,
Otherworld Theatre
,
Tiffany Keane Schaefer
,
LARPs
,
Improvised Dungeons and Dragons
,
Super Richard World III
,
VALHA11A
,
The Winter Wolf
,
Nick Izzo
,
Katie Ruppert
,
Stuart Bousel
,
Joseph Zettelmaier
,
Madhuri Shekar
,
Joshua Messick
,
A Princess of Mars
,
Gone Dark
,
Ray
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 9, 2019
Countess Dracula
gives a Black warrior woman spin on Bram Stoker
A little more defiance of the genre would give this Otherworld Theatre show more bite.
By KT Hawbaker
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Countess Dracula
,
Otherworld Theatre
,
Am'ber D. Montgomery
,
Nick Izzo
,
Bram Stoker
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 14, 2017
The American Mercy Tour,
United Flight 232
, and ten more new stage shows
A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
The American Mercy Tour
,
Michael Milligan
,
health care
,
Greenhouse Theater Center solo series
,
The Civility of Alfred Cashier
,
the American Civil War
,
Union Army
,
Albert D. J. Cashier
,
Jay Paul Deratany
,
Permoveo
,
Keaton Wooden
,
Joe Stevens
,
Dani Shay
,
Billy Rude
,
Deirdre of the Sorrows
,
John Millington Synge
,
William Butler Yeats
,
Abbey Theatre
,
Deirdre
,
Conchubor, High King of Ulster
,
Naisi
,
Irish mythology
,
Dublin
,
Kay Martinovich
,
City Lit Theater
,
Distracted
,
Lisa Loomer
,
Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Rebecca Sparks
,
Marc James
,
ADD
,
MadKap Productions
,
The Drowsy Chaperone
,
James Spangler
,
The Heavens Are Hung in Black
,
Shattered Globe Theatre
,
James Still
,
the Civil War
,
Abraham Lincoln
,
Lawrence Grimm
,
The Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
,
Barbara Lhota
,
Babes With Blades
,
Leigh Barrett
,
Chloe Baldwin
,
Lisa Herceg
,
Hedy Lamarr
,
Ron Hawking
,
The Men and Their Music
,
song revue
,
Burt Bacharach
,
Moody Blues
,
Knights in White Satin
,
Frank Sinatra
,
Muthaland
,
16th Street Theater
,
Heidi Stillman
,
Minita Gandhi
,
Nox Arca One-Act Play Festival
,
Death & Pretzels
,
Right Brain Project
,
black-box theater
,
Helmut's Big Day
,
Reutan Collective
,
George and the Floating Cookbook
,
Otherworld Theatre
,
Eden of Omicon Ceti
,
Nick Izzo
,
Rock of Ages
,
Drury Lane Theatre
,
Chris D'Arienzo
,
Scott Weinstein
,
Nick Druzbanski
,
Cherry Torres
,
Russell Mernaugh
,
Don't Stop Believing
,
House Theatre of Chicago
,
United Flight 232
,
Vanessa Stalling
,
Laurence Gonzalez
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
May 24, 2017
Ideation
,
Token
, and nine more stage shows to see now
A dark comedy from Jackalope and a go-for-the-jugular solo performance are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Ideation
,
Aaron Loeb
,
Gus Menary
,
Jackalope Theatre
,
Italian Bred
,
Candice Guardino
,
Steven Schirripa
,
The Sopranos
,
Johnny 10 Beer's Daughter
,
Arti Ishak
,
Randy Steinmeyer
,
Dana Lynn Formby
,
Emmi Hilger
,
Something Marvelous
,
The My Way Residential
,
Irish Theatre of Chicago
,
Belinda Bremner
,
Geraldine Aron
,
Kevin Theis
,
Subtext Theater Company
,
A Prayer for the Sandinistas
,
Pope John Paul II
,
Leigh Johnson
,
Jonathan Hagloch
,
Kate Robison
,
Northlight Theatre
,
Relativity
,
Albert Einstein
,
Mark St. Germain
,
Katherine Keberlein
,
Mike Nussbaum
,
BJ Jones
,
Halcyon Theatre
,
The River Bride
,
Marisela Treviño Orta
,
Rinska Carrasco-Prestinary
,
Sofia Tew
,
Flavia Pallozzi
,
Nate Santana
,
The Rogue Aviator
,
Otherworld Theatre Company
,
Tiffany Keane-Schaefer
,
Nick Izzo
,
St. Jude
,
Luis Alfaro
,
Victory Gardens
,
Kaye Winks
,
Token
,
Judy's Beat Lounge
,
Schoen Smith
,
BoHo Theatre
,
Three Days of Rain
,
Richard Greenberg
,
Derek Van Barham
,
Kyle Curry
,
Kate Black-Spence
,
Niko Kourtis
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 19, 2009
Video
Close to Home
Five recent grads try to break into the Chicago theater scene in the new indie comedy "Off-Loop," screening Wednesday at the Portage Theater.
By Ed M. Koziarski
Tags:
Film
,
CNGM Pictures
,
Jason Economus
,
Jonathan C. Legat
,
Melanie Stanton
,
Jeremy Kruse
,
Stephanie Wyatt
,
Portage Theater
,
Nick Izzo
,
J. Spencer Greene
,
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