Lisa Portes News

Fall 2012 will see Chicago continue to produce some of the most exciting theater in the country. Offerings from the city's more than 200 producing theaters includes a range of special fall programming, featuring everything from the latest musicals to highly anticipated world premieres.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) has announced the 2012-2013 season. Founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925, The Theatre School presents public programming as a professional extension of the classroom. Under the leadership of an award-winning faculty and staff, theatre artists from all disciplines collaborate during their final years of training to offer new work, plays for families, as well as contemporary plays and classics.

The Theatre School at DePaul University has announced that a national search has led to the appointment of Ricardo A. Bracho as the Visiting Multicultural Faculty Member for the upcoming academic year. Also, a national search was conducted for an Assistant Professor position in the Theatre Studies department. This full-time, tenure track position was accepted by Ernie Nolan, who has been teaching, directing, and mentoring in various capacities at the school for three years.

Pride Films and Plays continues its very fun summer with one repeating event and a Chicago premiere. PFP's second annual Women's Work Weekend will feature enhanced staged readings of new lesbian plays and screenplays by women writers from across the country. And that will be closely followed by Mariah MacCarthy's delightful comedy spoofing all things gender-centric: The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret, directed by Tara Branham.

TimeLine Theatre Company, named one of the nation's top 10 emerging professional theatres by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®, is thrilled to announce that Mildred Marie Langford, Mechelle Moe and Maren Robinson have been named Company Members at the theater, effective immediately.

Silk Road Rising is set to present the World Premiere of Night Over Erzinga, written by Adriana Sevahn Nichols and directed by Lisa Portes. Night Over Erzinga runs October 9 - November 11, 2012, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago. Press opening is Saturday, October 13 at 3:00 pm.

Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, have announced two world premiere productions for 2012, Jamil Khoury's Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret and Adriana Sevahn Nichols' Night Over Erzinga.

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present BARRIO GRRRL! A MUSICAL (book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music by Bill Sherman, musical direction by Mark Elliott, and directed by Lisa Portes) as the final production of the 2011-2012 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series. BARRIO GRRRL! A MUSICAL opens Tuesday, March 27, and runs through Saturday, May 12, 2012, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre. Performances are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and Saturdays at 2 PM. There will be no performance on March 31, April 3, April 5, April 7, April 28, May 1, May 3, or May 5.

TimeLine Theatre Company has announced its four-play 2012-13 season. TimeLine is dedicated to presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today's social and political issues, and its upcoming season includes one world premiere and three Chicago premieres.

Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, have announced two world premiere productions for 2012, Jamil Khoury's Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret and Adriana Sevahn Nichols' Night Over Erzinga.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

Silk Road Theater Project presents Velina Hasu Houston's CALLIGRAPHY- An Intergenerational, Cross-Cultural, Transnational Sojourn into Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

Silk Road Theater Project presents Velina Hasu Houston's CALLIGRAPHY- An Intergenerational, Cross-Cultural, Transnational Sojourn into Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Silk Road Theater Project presents Velina Hasu Houston's CALLIGRAPHY- An Intergenerational, Cross-Cultural, Transnational Sojourn into Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the three Chicago companies selected for its third annual GARAGE REP: The Inconvenience, LiveWire Chicago and Theatre Zarko.

Silk Road Theatre Project's Al Kasida Staged Reading Series Presents CALLIGRAPHY, a play by Velina Hasu Houston, directed by Lisa Portes. Featuring: Cheryl Hamada, Christine Lin, Anthony Peeples, Jennifer Shin, and Lisa Tejero. Thursday, August 25 at 7:30pm, Saturday, August 27 at 8:00pm, and Sunday, August 28 at 2:00pm.

In a first-of-its-kind event, an international congress of theater scholars and practitioners are set to chronicle the history and chart the future of Chicago theater in "Chicago - Theatre Capital of America: Past. Present. Future."

Next month, Goodman Theatre will present two free staged readings in the Owen Theatre. The Mecca Tales by Rohina Malik Rohina Malik Rohina Malik (June 13) and American Wee-Pie by Lisa Dillman Lisa Dillman Lisa Dillman (June 20) were both developed as part of the Playwrights Unit, the Goodman's season-long residency program of four local writers who meet once a month to discuss their plays in progress. Playing an essential role in the Goodman's efforts to commission and develop new works of the American theater, the Playwrights Unit also includes playwrights Seth Bockley Seth Bockley Seth Bockley and Laura Jac Laura Jac Laura Jacqmin qmin qmin, and is facilitated by Director of New Play Development Tanya Palmer. Both readings are free, but reservations are required: call 312.443.3800 or visit GoodmanTheatre.org.

In a first-of-its-kind event, an international congress of theater scholars and practitioners are set to chronicle the history and chart the future of Chicago theater in "Chicago - Theatre Capital of America: Past. Present. Future."