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Check out our staff’s current reads on National Read A Book Day!

What’s the first step to producing SMART PEOPLE by Lydia Diamond? Getting smart.

Eric Ulloa’s docu-drama style play examines the story of the Sandy Hook shooting. Learn more about the premiere production here.

Learn more about playwright Mac Rogers in this interview with Adam Szymkowicz.

On April 25, 2017, Martha Lavey – a leading lady of Chicago theatre – passed away. Here, a friend and colleague gives a heartwarming tribute.

Don’t miss this excerpt from Rob Urbinati’s “Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners,” focused on the use of stage directions in readings.

Don’t miss this excerpt from Rob Urbinati’s “Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners,” focused on the use of music stands in readings.

2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the untimely death of playwright Joe Orton.

Political theatre doesn’t always break records at the box office. We’ve got to keep the lights on and often rely on commercial, well-known works to sell tickets. So where do we turn? Perhaps now is a good moment to look again at Loot by Joe Orton.

White Room has the unique ability to bring you into that world with ease and keep you there as the story unfolds on many levels.

Deepwater Horizon had just blown up, killing 11 crewmen and gushing oil into the Gulf. It was all anyone was talking about.The Gulf. The Gulf. The Gulf. I thought to myself, what a great name for a play.

Scott Miller explores what he learned when working on Sweet Smell of Success.

Wisconsin director Mark Flagg explores political tension amongst families in this classic play.

Jared Bellot spoke with renowned jazz musician Orbert Davis, who composed and recorded the original music for Paradise Blue, to discuss his 30-year career, his approach to working on the play, and the power of jazz.

After nearly 17 years, Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin will make his long-awaited return to Broadway in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 starring as ‘Pierre’.

The Playhouse collaborated with IRIS to broadcast the audio description, out loud, at one performance of The Miracle Worker for the entire audience to experience.

Check out our latest playwright feature on Tanya Saracho!.

Treem reminds us that the underlying problem still lurks: could it be that, no matter how hard Amanda works, or how talented she is, she will always come in second, simply for being female?

“America is not a country, but a world,” Wilde said admiringly. It was a world that welcomed him and gave him an audience, that allowed him to develop his nascent thoughts on art, that gave him the opportunity to travel and live off his considerable wits, and that took him seriously and produced his first play.

GLOW, one of the summer’s biggest TV hits, has audiences digging into the nostalgia of the 80’s and cheering for women that kick butt.

In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.

In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.

In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.

Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day! For those out there who have a passion for World of Warcraft, enjoy live action role play, or are a Comic Con enthusiast, here is a list of our top eight plays and musicals for you!

Happy Fourth of July! For the star-spangled occasion, we’ve compiled a list of our top ten favorite plays and musicals that celebrate and reflect on American life

I had that chill, just as I had experienced in the Library of Congress reading room. There was this palpable feeling that I was connecting, being pulled towards another time and place.‘Rumor has it a woman has come in here after her man.’

What happens when a theatre teacher takes on the challenge of creating a Thespian Troupe at her school? Read more here.

English teacher and actress Sharon Zolper reflects on her moving experience in CALENDAR GIRLS.

“No one ever has their first play published. It just doesn’t happen.” Kris Vosler, author of A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas, defied the odds and proved the axiom wrong.

What does an epic play look like in 2017? Mac Rogers’ three-part play has the answer.

The General Manager of the Broadway Rose gives us a window into their musical film noir success!

Take a look behind the scenes of a theatre company for six great tips on how to create a season!