The Pride at Redtwist Theatre

Photos: First Look at Redtwist Theatre's WOLVES

September 30, 2023

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre has released production photos from the first production in its 2023 -  2024 Season of Pride, a gay reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Wolves, by Steve Yockey and directed by Artistic Director Dusty Brown, now playing through November 5. Check the photos out here!

Redtwist Theatre Launches Its Season Of Pride With WOLVES, A Gory, Gay Retelling Of Little Red Riding Hood

September 14, 2023

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre has announced the first production in its 2023 -  2024 Season of Pride at its home in Edgewater, Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. The 19th season begins with a gay reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Wolves, by Steve Yockey and directed by Artistic Director Dusty Brown, October 1 - November 5.

THE PRINCESS STRIKES BACK Will Run Monthly at Bughouse Theater

November 28, 2022

After a critically acclaimed fringe festival run, Writer/Performer Victoria Montalbano brings her solo show back to Chicago. The Princess Strikes Back: One Woman's Search for the Space Cowboy of her Dreams will run monthly at Bughouse Theater, 1910 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613.

Stage Left Theater Announces Cast For MAN OF THE PEOPLE Beginning This Week

October 16, 2022

Stage Left Theatre has announced the cast for the upcoming production of MAN OF THE PEOPLE - a new play by Dolores Díaz and directed by Anna C. Bahow. The show is Díaz's anticipated new work since ZULEMA, produced by Goodman Theatre in 2021. Performances take place at Chicago Dramatists from October 19th through November 20th. 

THE PRINCESS STRIKES BACK to Play at The Chicago Circus And Performing Arts Festival

April 10, 2022

Writer/Performer Victoria Montalbano presents her solo show, The Princess Strikes Back: One Woman's Search for the Space Cowboy of her Dreams for two performances at The Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival. The show will run at The Den Theatre, 1331 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, April 21 at 7:30 PM and April 22 at 5:30 PM. In 1997, 13-year-old Victoria Montalbano was introduced to her perfect man, Han Solo, and she's been looking for him ever since. Watch her grow from awkward theatre kid to professional out of work actress while swiping her way through a galaxy far, far away!

88 Chicago Theatres Come Together to Support Fellow Artists

May 05, 2020

The Chicago theater community is banding together to raise funds for The Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund, a League of Chicago Theatres initiative that directly assists theatre workers who have lost work as a result of COVID-19 and are facing financial uncertainty.

Nominations Announced for the 47th Annual Non–Equity Jeff Awards

April 28, 2020

With the conclusion of the 2019-2020 Chicago non-Equity theater season, the Jeff Awards announced the nominees for the 47th annual awards for theater excellence that include 120 theater artists across 21 categories.

Participants Announced for Midsommer Flight's Inaugural DIRECTORS FLIGHT Professional Development Program

January 07, 2020

Midsommer Flight has announced the five theater professionals who will participate in the inaugural session of the company's new 'Directors Flight' initiative. Announced in fall 2019, Directors Flight is a program with the goal of promoting, cultivating, and inspiring classical directing talent in Chicago. The announcement last fall included a call for applications to participate. Instead of a tuition-based model, Midsommer Flight has opted to pay each selected director a small fellowship stipend for their participation.

New Study Reveals Impact of Chicago's Storefront Theatres

November 20, 2019

The Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (the Foundation)-an organization that offers unrestricted grants to Chicago theatre companies with budgets under $1 million-recently surveyed its small theatre grantees to reveal the large impact they make in Chicago. A total of 41 of Chicago's approximately 250 theatres participated in the Foundation's survey, representing a significant percentage of the city's storefront theatres.

The New Colony Presents the UNCHARTED Festival

June 14, 2019

The New Colony presents UNCHARTED, a two-week showcase of plays at different points in their journeys to production, playing July 11 - 20, 2019 at TNC's resident home, The Den Theatre (2B) 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.

Redtwist Announces Cast of KING LEAR

June 12, 2019

Redtwist Theatre presents William Shakespeare's KING LEAR, directed by Steve Scott. The show opens Saturday, July 6, 2019, at 3pm and runs Thu, Fri, Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm, through Sunday, August 4, 3:00pm.