The cast of POCKET: Getting to know Cage Sebastian Pierre
...community. I hope they’ll support theatre, specifically Black theatre. I hope they ask, “Who are the Freedom Riders. I’d like to know more about them.” But most of all, I...
...of the work. There is nothing wrong with this, of course—I thoroughly respect artists’ freedom to do so—but audiences aren’t often aware of the size or nature of the gaps...
...complicated relationship to the history. Tesla’s Letters, Hannah and Martin, The General from America and A Man for All Seasons all engage in the imagined conversations of historical events to...
...first tastes. Later Hannah and Martin, This Happy Breed and Fiorello! all took off in thrilling ways. Countless other shows have been exceptional experiences. But is The History Boys that...
...slide show below: This Happy Breed (2004, Non-Equity Jeff Award – Actor in a Principal Role), Pravda (2005, Chicago Premiere, Non-Equity Jeff Award – Actor in a Supporting Role), Martin...
...two cities. It’s a story about Chicago—then and now and hopefully not forever. Director Ron OJ Parson confers with actor Toni Martin during rehearsal of “A Raisin in the Sun”...
...killed without anyone facing prosecution, prompting deep feelings of frustration and disillusionment. Like Oscar Grant. Trayvon Martin. And countless others that our mass media chose not to cover. My Kind...
...Award nominations and 43 awards, including an award for Outstanding Production eight times: The Farnsworth Invention (2010), The History Boys (2009), Fiorello! (2007), This Happy Breed (2005), Hannah and Martin...
...immediate community, while also hoping for our mission to make ripples beyond our beloved home of Chicago, to help to shape the national theatre scene. Liz and PJ with Martin...
...Martin’s, 1993. p. 1228-9. (7) 1982 Interview with Athol Fugard by Heinrich von Staden (pieced together from [The Bedford Introduction to Drama, 2nd ed. Edited by Lee Jacobus pp. 1251-2.]...
