Also by Monica Westin
Group Dynamics
Adam Webster, founding artistic director of the side project theater, returns to his original mission of making the intimate space of his theater a second home to area artists in what he calls an “open door policy” for artists to direct/write/act without creating a traditional ensemble
(2008-11-11)
Tip of the Week
ny Holzer
Jenny Holzer has spent more than thirty years working with text-based, nontraditional media like LED signs
(2008-11-04)
Tip of the Week
The smartest show you’ll see all year. A left-wing activist and a conservative academic, both black, confront one another on the grounds of George Washington’s slave quarters, where a proposed American Museum of Liberty would be built. No rhetorical punches are pulled as the two exchange personal diatribes and arguments so freshly wrought that the show literally feels as though it’s staging this debate for the first time
(2008-11-04)
Consumed with Desire
“Jon,” the creepy and beautiful short story by George Saunders about corporate-owned trendsetters living in a bubble of product-testing and commercial-producing, has its world premiere as an adaptation for stage by Collaboraction theater company. I spoke to Saunders—critically acclaimed American short story writer, recent winner of a MacArthur genius grant and Chicago native—about watching his story take life
(2008-10-28)
Tip of the Week
(2008-10-28)
Playing Around
(2008-10-07)
Tip of the Week
(2008-10-07)
Future Histories
(2008-09-30)
Tip of the Week
(2008-09-09)
Tip of the Week
(2008-08-26)
Control Freaks
(2008-08-26)
Reel Time
(2008-04-22)