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Born Yesterday – Remy Bumppo

Today, for many people in this country, ignorance is no longer scoffed at. Learning and the acquisition

In To America – Griffin Theatre Company

Playwright Bill Massolia spent a good deal of time meticulously researching and poetically assembling

By the Water – Northlight

The houselights dim and in the total darkness Lindsay Jones’ deafening, horrendous soundtrack of

Picnic – American Theatre Company

For many of the younger theatergoers packed into the opening night audience, this new, revisionist

Circus 1903—The Golden Age of Circus

At the turn of the previous century, entertainment was mostly limited to a person’s own inventiveness

Destiny of Desire – Goodman Theatre

This frivolous, frothy melodrama is playwright Karen Zacarias’ festive response to and a celebration of

Falling – Interrobang Theatre

It’s difficult to write objectively about a play, currently enjoying its stunning Chicago premiere, in a

Upright Grand – Citadel Theatre

Citadel Theatre has another hit on its hands. At its best with unique, new, small cast dramas, comedies

Sycamore – Raven

Budding new playwright Sarah Sander has written a drama that probes some of the problems that may

truth and reconciliation – Sideshow Theatre Company

This U.S. premiere of debbie tucker green’s 2011 epic play is a collective search for justice in the