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Sydney Charles is ecstatic to be making her Mercury Theatre debut with this amazing production of The Color Purple. A native Chicagoan and Northern Illinois University graduate, Sydney left corporate America 3 years ago and has been performing ever since. She was most recently seen at the Royal George Theater in the Jeff-award winning production of Smokey Joe's Cafe. Some of her favorite roles include: Grizabella in Cats, Glinda in The Wiz, and Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense. Sydney wants to thank her parents, family, friends, and sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for supporting her dream to perform.

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What You Need to Know About SAFRONIA at Lyric Opera of Chicago Photo
What You Need to Know About SAFRONIA at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 26, 2026

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, the interdisciplinary artist avery r. young.
Plays and Casts Set for 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival at Jackalope Photo
Plays and Casts Set for 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival at Jackalope
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2025

Jackalope Theatre Company has revealed the plays and casts for the 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival at the Broadway Armory Park. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
HAMLET Podcast Audioplay All Episodes Now Available For Free Photo
HAMLET Podcast Audioplay All Episodes Now Available For Free
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 11, 2025

Make-Believe Association's HAMLET, a new 6-episode audio adaptation of the classic play by William Shakespeare. Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter with binaural sound design by Tony Award-winning Mikhail Fiksel.
Photos: HAMLET Audio Play Premieres At Tribeca Film Festival Photo
Photos: HAMLET Audio Play Premieres At Tribeca Film Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 10, 2025

Last week, HAMLET, a new 6-episode audio adaptation of the classic play by William Shakespeare, celebrated its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival. At this special one-night-only event, hosted by The Public Theater, the audience wore headphones to listen to the riveting first 30 minutes of the project. Check out photos from the premiere.
HAMLET New Audio Drama Starring Daniel Kyri to be Released by Make-Believe Associatio Photo
HAMLET New Audio Drama Starring Daniel Kyri to be Released by Make-Believe Association
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 24, 2025

Make-Believe Association will present HAMLET, a new 6-episode audio adaptation of the classic play by William Shakespeare. Learn more and see how to listen!
Jackalope Theatre To Return To The Broadway Armory With ANNUAL LIVING NEWSPAPER FESTI Photo
Jackalope Theatre To Return To The Broadway Armory With ANNUAL LIVING NEWSPAPER FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2024

Jackalope Theatre Company will return to the Broadway Armory with the 15th Annual Living Newspaper Festival in September.
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago Reveals Winners of the 23rd Annual Black Ex Photo
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago Reveals Winners of the 23rd Annual Black Excellence Awards
by Stephi Wild - Nov 8, 2023

The nonprofit Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago has announced the winners of its 23rd Annual Black Excellence Awards, honored Monday night in a festive celebration at Black Ensemble Theater. Learn more about the winners here!
Congo Square Theatre Explores Local Housing Justice In WELCOME TO MATTESON! Photo
Congo Square Theatre Explores Local Housing Justice In WELCOME TO MATTESON!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 2, 2023

Congo Square Theatre Company presents WELCOME TO MATTESON!, a dark comedy by Chicago born playwright Inda Craig-Galván that examines relevant issues like housing injustice and classism.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theate Photo
Photos: Inside Opening Night of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theater
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2023

 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a moving exploration of love – Black, queer, familial – and what must be sacrificed to raise a child. Check out photos from opening night here!
Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwo Photo
Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Take Over Our Instagram Today!
by Social Watch - Apr 22, 2023

Tune into our Instagram story as Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of Last Night And The Night Before at Steppenwolf Theatre take you behind the scenes of their day!
Video: Get a First Look at LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Photo
Video: Get a First Look at LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 19, 2023

Get a first look at footage of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Review: LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo
Review: LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - Apr 18, 2023

LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE explores the in-between, the murkiness of transitioning life stages and fraught family relationships.
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Photo
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2023

Check out rehearsal photos for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Last Night and the Night Before.
LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Steppenwolf This Photo
LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Steppenwolf This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 8, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a moving exploration of love – Black, queer, familial – and what must be sacrificed to raise a child.
Cast Announced for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo
Cast Announced for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a powerful, poetic exploration of what it takes to create a future from a past you long to forget.
Review: THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwo Photo
Review: THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - Sep 15, 2022

What did our critic think of THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf Theatre Company? Steppenwolf’s season opener THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON is a wild fever dream of a play. James Ijames’s play asks audiences to grapple with the question of who is truly free in America and at what cost do we perpetuate cycles of oppression and abuse, even though they may fall under the guise of forward movement.
Photos: First Look at THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTO Photo
Photos: First Look at THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 9, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is opening its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater, now through October 9, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Steppenwolf's THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIA Photo
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Steppenwolf's THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 29, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is opening its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington September 1 – October 9, 2022. Check out rehearsal photos here!
Carl Clemons-Hopkins & More to Star in THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ Photo
Carl Clemons-Hopkins & More to Star in THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will open its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, playing September 1 – October 9, 2022.
VIDEO: See Clips from CULLUD WATTAH At Victory Gardens Photo
VIDEO: See Clips from CULLUD WATTAH At Victory Gardens
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 24, 2022

Victory Gardens Theater preesents the final show in its 2021/22 Mainstage Season, the regional premiere of cullud wattah, written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Lili-Anne Brown. 
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