Julie Proudfoot News

Artemisia, the Chicago theatre company dedicated to the development of new plays featuring women characters who have agency, independence, and are the focal point of their own narratives, is now producing a weekly series of free podcasts.

Full cast and crew have been announced for Artemisia's world premiere production of EVERY WAITING HEART. The drama will be performed at The Den in June 2020 and directed by Artemisia Founding Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot.

Full casting has been announced for the opening production of Artemisia's season a?" THE SUFFRAGE PLAYS - an evening of three one-act comedies from the Suffrage Theatre, a vital element of the British Women's Suffrage Movement.

Casting announced for Midsommer Flight's 2019 summer production of THE TEMPEST, July 6 - August 25.

Season to kick off in November with THE SUFFRAGE PLAYS by Shaw and Evelyn Glover and conclude in June 2020 with World Premiere of Lauren Ferebee's EVERY WAITING HEART

Cast announced for Midwest Premiere of Traci Godfrey's SWEET TEXAS RECKONING, opening June 7 at The Den. Comedy of a Texas native paying a visit home from New York with her new African-American wife will play throughout the Pride Month of June

First Flight presents the Chicago premiere of a play by Maxwell Anderson: The Masque of Queens. Presented as a staged reading and featuring 13 actors, The Masque of Queens' one-time performance is a benefit for Chicago's Season of Concern, an organization that helps Chicago theatre professionals in times of need. The benefit performance date is Sunday March 31, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, in Chicago. Suggested donation is $20 and tickets are available at the door. Email firstflight2018@gmail.com for reservations and for more information. The iO Theater can be reached at: 312-929-2401 and online at https://www.ioimprov.com/event/1835325-masque-queens-staged-chicago/ .

Caity-Shea Violette's heartbreakingly funny new play is a riveting story about a family of women struggling to reconnect as they react to an unexpected end-of-life decision. This new dramedy was the winner of Artemisia's 2017 Fall Festival of new plays, earning it this staged reading and finally, a fully staged production by Artemisia in 2020. Artemisia's Founding Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot will direct the reading, to be performed at The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, on Friday, March 15 at 7:30 pm.

Caity-Shea Violette's heartbreakingly funny new play is a riveting story about a family of women struggling to reconnect as they react to an unexpected end-of-life decision. This new dramedy was the winner of Artemisia's 2017 Fall Festival of new plays, earning it this staged reading and finally, a fully staged production by Artemisia in 2020. Artemisia's Founding Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot will direct the reading, to be performed at The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, on Friday, March 15 at 7:30 pm.

Six directors and 30 actors from the Chicago theatre community will collaborate to create staged readings of six new feminist plays in the Artemisia Fall Festival 2018, to be performed September 24-26 and October 1-3 at The Edge Theater at 5451 N. Broadway. Artemisia Founding Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot and Literary Manager Sharai Bohannon have curated the festival from submissions solicited from writers, agents and literary managers across the US with whom the company has had working professional relationships. One play from the six to be performed will be chosen for further development by Artemisia Artistic Director Proudfoot, who will work closely with the playwright over the next two years to develop their feminist story for a full production in Chicago.

Artemisia is Chicago's premiere theatre for the development and production of all new feminist plays that center on women who have agency, independence, and are the focal point of their own narratives. Our annual fall festival features six full-length, women-empowering plays discovered through a passionate search by our artistic staff. Each play is read only once and followed by a dedicated audience discussion focused by two questions - Does the Play Empower Women? Does the Play challenge you to see women in a new light? Artemisia's Artistic Director chooses a play from the festival to undergo an exciting development process that celebrates the playwright's unique feminist voice and engages our audience directly in workshops and discussion, leading to a premiere production in Chicago. In years prior, audiences were asked to vote for their favorite Fall Festival play and the play would be produced the following year.

Artemisia launches its 2018-19 Theatre Season with six ground breaking and all-new feminist plays featured in Fall Festival 2018. This year's playwrights were chosen after a dedicated search by Artemisia's Artistic Staff and their remarkable new works are not to be missed! Each play is staged only once by Chicago's excellent pool of talent. From this unique lineup, one play will be chosen by Artistic Director, Julie Proudfoot, whose dedicated development process with the playwright will be shared directly with Artemisia's audience and lead to the play's exciting premiere production in Chicago. This year's festival follows diverse and fascinating female characters, all on a journey of empowerment.

Artemisia launches its first-ever Girls Summer Camp, running July 9-14, 2018, at Oak Brook Park District Center. Empowering girls 12-18 through theatre, Artemisia Girls Summer Camp provides an exciting week-long curriculum in improvisation, theatre games, body movement, storytelling, ensemble work and performance. Artemisia Girls Summer Camp welcomes all students, whether or not they have theatre experience or training. Artemisia's core values are empowerment, inclusion and diversity and girls from all backgrounds, ethnicities and cultural influences are strongly encouraged to enroll.

Artemisia, a Chicago theatre, presents the world premiere of Visiting, by Ed Proudfoot and directed by Carrie Lee Patterson, now through May 7, at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway. The opening night is tonight, April 14, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Artemisia, a Chicago theatre, presents the world premiere of Visiting, by Ed Proudfoot and directed by Carrie Lee Patterson, April 14 - May 7, at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway. The opening night is Friday, April 14, and BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!

Artemisia, a Chicago theatre, is proud to announce the world premiere of Visiting, by Ed Proudfoot and directed by Carrie Lee Patterson, April 14 - May 7, at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway. The opening night is Friday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Tickets for all performances are $25 and are available at ArtemisiaTheatre.org or by calling 312.725.3780. Group and VIP Passes* are also available.

In March, Chicago's FM Productions will join theaters, playwrights, directors and actors throughout the US and Canada uniting during Women's History Month to present THE FUTURE IS FEMALE FESTIVAL. The series of staged readings and productions of 10-minute plays written by women of all backgrounds focuses on what the subject "The Future is Female" means to them.

Artemisia, a Chicago Area Actors' Equity Theatre that produces visionary, female-driven plays, is the proud recipient of a grant from the MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. 

Artemisia, a Chicago Theatre that produces visionary, female-driven plays, announces its 2016-17 Theatre Season, featuring its annual Fall Festival, a cutting-edge world premiere chosen by the 2015 Fall Festival audience and a bold new feminist twist on Shakespeare.  "I'm thrilled to present this incredible line-of dynamic women-driven theatre, all performed in Edgewater," says Julie Proudfoot, founder and Executive Artistic Director. 

Artemisia, a Chicago Theatre that produces visionary, female-driven plays, is the proud recipient of a grant from the Arts Work Fund to create a new website. The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development is a funder collaborative created to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and Cook County.  The Arts Work Fund fosters diversity and encourages investment in small arts and cultural organizations by the philanthropic community