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January 24, 2019

Interview with Angela Alise, The MLK Project ›

Artists, Backstage, Education

about the artists, angela alise, arts ed, education, kelsey chigas, The MLK Project, WT Education

Director of WT Education Kelsey Chigas sits down with Anglea Alise, who portrays Alaya in the 2019 Tour of The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights to learn more about the artistic ... Read More ›

April 15, 2017

NOW YOU SEE ME: RACE, SEXUALITY, AND “COMING OUT” IN THE 21ST CENTURY ›

by Rebecca Adelsheim, Production Dramaturg

Dramaturgy, Education

25th anniversary season, Dramaturgy, LGBTQ, Race, Rebecca Adelsheim, season 16-17, the mystery of love & sex, The Mystery of Love and Sex

The Mystery of Love & Sex begins with a dinner party in a college dorm room. Around a makeshift table covered with a bed sheet, we meet Charlotte, a young white woman ... Read More ›

December 8, 2016

GHOSTS, HUNTERS AND BEARS ›

Backstage, Dramaturgy, Education, News

Ghosts, PigPen Theatre Co., season 16-17, Stuart Carden, The Hunter and The Bear

By Bobby Kennedy, Literary Manager Pictured: The Ursa Major constellation from Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius. Photo by Torsten Bronger [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

This fall, PigPen Theatre Co. returns to Glencoe to ... Read More ›

November 16, 2016

Texas in 1955 ›

Dramaturgy, Education

25th anniversary season, east texas hot links, integration, Ron Oj Parson, season 16-17, segregation, Writers Theatre

Pictured: An African American man drinks from a water cooler in 1939. Photo by Russell Lee, United States Library of Congress.

East Texas Hot Links takes place in the early summer of 1955 ... Read More ›

September 27, 2015

Banned to Revered: Classics of Dramatic Literature ›

Dramaturgy, Education, News

season 15-16

Writers Theatre is proud to celebrate 33rd Annual Banned Books Week and encourages you to do the same. Our 2015/16 season includes a world premiere entitled Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia ... Read More ›

April 28, 2015

From Page to Stage: Memoir as Art ›

by Kayla Boye, Marketing & Communications Assistant

Education, Events

From Page to Stage, season 14-15, The Diary of Anne Frank

On Saturday, April 25 our From Page to Stage series focusing on The Diary of Anne Frank continued with an interactive workshop titled “Memoir as Art” at Deerfield Public Library.

Dana Norris

The interactive ... Read More ›

February 24, 2015

Writers Theatre in Residence for Full School Year ›

by Sheri Goldstein, English Department Chair, Ida Crown Jewish Academy

Education, News

season 14-15

Writers Theatre in Residence for Full School Year

Sheri Goldstein, English Department Chair at Ida Crown Jewish Academy

“To be or not to be” echoed through our hallways in January as the seniors ... Read More ›

February 2, 2015

The MLK Project: Real-Life Activists ›

by Nicole Ripley, Director of Education

Backstage, Dramaturgy, Education

season 14-15, The MLK Project

Who’s Who in The MLK Project? The play takes place in the present time in various Chicago neighborhoods. As we meet each character, they flash back to events that happened in the past – ... Read More ›

January 19, 2015

The MLK Project: Actor – Caren Blackmore ›

Artists, Backstage, Education

season 14-15, The MLK Project

Today we kick off the 9th annual tour of the The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights with a free performance for all at the Chicago History Museum! For an inside perspective, here’s ... Read More ›

November 4, 2014

WT puts ART in HeART of Neiman Marcus ›

Education, Events, News

season 14-15

We’re thrilled that this holiday season, Writers Theatre has been selected to partner with Neiman Marcus Northbrook as part of its 2014 giving campaign, the HeART of Neiman Marcus.

As part of this ... Read More ›

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