...is also structurally a series of intimate conversations behind closed doors, the kinds of which most people never get to hear, and start to realize, “oh, this is how power...
...her improvisation skit about what kind of mission that would look like! PJ: I honestly can’t remember any others. We had this one right outta the gate. No turnin’ back....
...generating the type of audience discussion you had hoped for, or have there been responses that surprised you? ST: I don’t think I hoped for any specific kind of response....
...words describe her perfectly. Plus, I also have the memory of my experience working with her about three or four years ago when she directed mini-plays for the Steppenwolf Cross-Town...
...that again?” is asked of any American classic. We wonder what new could possibly be mined from The Glass Menagerie, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Our Town, The Crucible, Long...
...and Township were the two primary levels of government I was aware of. My father was a minor elected official in the Township. I doubt that his duties took more...
...that has that kinetic, nonstop energy, and it’s incredibly invigorating. It will sound a bit odd, but my strongest memories are of how kind the people of New York are....
...goes for making the stories, too. The walls of Baird have seen their share of both kinds of communities forming. The Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ building dates to...
...of My Kind Of Town, a thoughtful and passionate examination of the Chicago police-torture scandal he has reported on for more than 20 years, probing the heart of corruption, responsibility...
...lives and the play. After our most recent residency for My Kind of Town at Von Steuben High School, a student wrote: “Living in Chicago, it’s good to know a...