Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
by Emily Werner - Jul 9, 2026
Oak Park Festival Theatre continues its 51st Anniversary season with Oscar Wilde’s smashing comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. First produced in 1895, the play is memorable from Wilde’s fast wit and the farcical parody of the English upper class. Oak Park’s production of Earnest, directed by newcomer Kathryn Walsh, is a comical performance with high energy.
HEATED RIVALRY: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY Cancels Weekend Performances
by Marissa Faith Curley - Jul 3, 2026
It's not just the rivalry getting heated - it's New York City, too. Performances set for HEATED RIVALRY: AN UNAUTHORIZED PARODY have been canceled due to issues with the theatre's cooling system. All ticketholders should have received a notification via e-mail with the cancelation and any further information regarding their purchase.
Exclusive: HEATED RIVALRY Parody Musical Debuts Trailer
by Michael Major - Jun 10, 2026
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody has released a first look video trailer for its Off-Broadway run! The cast features Jay Armstrong Johnson as ‘Ilya Rozanov’ and Jimin Moon as Shane Hollander.
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Adds Two More Weeks at Governors Island
by Stephi Wild - Jun 10, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional two weeks. Created by Artemis is Burning, The Death of Rasputin began performances at LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island in April.
Review: GEOFF SOBELLE'S FOOD Texas Performing Arts at The McCullough Theatre
by Joni Lorraine - Feb 2, 2024
From Geoff Sobelle’s website, we learn that “FOOD is an intimate dinner party performance that uses smell, taste, touch and audience instruction to feed a meditation on the ways and whys of eating. Why do you eat what you eat? Where does it come from? What does it really cost?” I quote it here, because it is entirely accurate. But that only cracks the surface of this deep performance piece that nudges us toward contemplation of the evolution of food and mankind.
Geoff Sobelle's FOOD Defies Description, But Still We Make an Attempt
by Jeffrey Ellis - Dec 3, 2023
Now onstage at Oz Arts Nashville in a ten-performance run through Sunday, December 10, FOOD both defies description and demands it: if, for example, you are like me and found yourself so caught up in the sheer spectacle and drama of Sobelle’s stunning performance on opening night only to be unable to really talk about it for at least half an hour after...
Oak Park Festival Theatre Casts A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2023
The Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park's premiere Equity theatre and the oldest professional classical theatre in the Midwest, has announced the cast and creative team for its summer show, William Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, opening July 15.