Word on the Street

• Shakespeare and the Law Date: Monday, October 6, 2008
  Time: 5:00 p.m.
  

  Shakespeare and the Law
  Rehearsing King Lear: "Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire"
  Loyola Law Center
  Kasbeer Hall, 15th Floor
  25 E Pearson Street
  Chicago, IL 60611

  Loyola University Chicago School of Law invites you to join acclaimed director Michael Halberstam and actors from Writers' Theatre for an evening of disccusion and dramatic interpretation of scenes from Shakespeare's King Lear.

  Discussion and reception immediately following performance. 
  RSVP to Elisabeth Brookover.

• Artists Up Close: How Chicago Theater Can Save America Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
  Time: 6:00 p.m.
  

  Artists Up Close
  Roundtable: How Chicago Theater Can Save America
  Museum of Contemporary Art
  220 East Chicago Avenue
  Chicago, IL 60611

  A rare gathering of Chicago's theater stakeholders respond to the series of talks artist Mike Daisey has convened across the U.S. after select performances of his monologue How Theater Failed America. Working actors and veteran stage managers, directors, designers, and playwrights, come in direct conversation with do-it-yourself producers, print media, and bloggers.

  The lively discussion covers local and national cases to illuminate the stakes and strengths in owning your own building, the force of scale in arts dollars distribution, and success stories in exporting ensemble work and producing new voices. Participants include Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and other representatives from Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Congo Square Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Curious Theatre Branch, Victory Gardens, and numerous individuals.

  This program is organized in conjunction with Daisey's performances of If You See Something Say Something at the MCA Stage, October 10-12.