NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

by A.A. Cristi - October 20, 2025

Tony Award winner Beth Leavel will receive the 2025 Sarah Siddons Society Award at the organization’s annual benefit on November 17, 2025, at The Arts Club of Chicago....

by Emmy Rice - September 13, 2025

Peninsula Players Theatre will open the fifth and final show of their 90th season with Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias. This beloved and moving comedy runs from September 3 through October 19....

by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2025

 Peninsula Players Theatre will open the fifth and final show of its 90th season with Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” a hilarious celebration of friendship, heartaches, and hairdos!...

by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2025

The Sarah Siddons Society will honor Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel with its 2025 Award at the annual Benefit on Monday, November 17, 2025 at The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E. Ontario St. The evening will begin with a 6 p.m. reception, followed by a 7 p.m. program....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 13, 2025

The Board of Directors of CPR – Center for Performance Research—which supports the development and incubation of new work in dance, performance, and time-based art—today announced that Jaclyn Biskup has been named Executive Director....

by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2025

The Sarah Siddons Society's Board of Directors has approved Northern Illinois University (NIU) as its fifth Chicago-area university to receive scholarship funding for students studying theatre arts....

by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2025

US Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand celebrating his 25th year starring as Harold Clurman, the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre' touring around the world in his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! will perform in Asheville, North Carolina at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts on April 25t...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 18, 2025

“Bent Compass”, a one-man show which explores the transformation of a young man from raw Army recruit to seasoned combat medic to a civilian attempting to re-adjust to life back in the world, is coming to Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre. Learn more!...

by Blair Ingenthron - January 04, 2025

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda....

by Blair Ingenthron - January 04, 2025

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda....