No Time For Tom-Foolery: What Price Do Artists of Color Pay for Artistic Integrity?
A Panel Discussion
February 26, 2011, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
The Artistic Home Theatre
3914 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60613
Free to the public, Seating is limited. To reserve seats, call 773-404-1100
“Would you send your son off to die?” That’s the question veteran Broadway actress Wiletta Mayer, the lead character in Alice Childress’s Obie award-winning play Trouble In Mind, poses as she wrestles with playing another “traditional” black woman onstage. Her answer to that question sends the play, and her career, into upheaval as she realizes that to be an actress, she needs to live her truth, onstage and off.
This evening, we will be exploring the idea of artistic integrity as it deals with how we, as a theatre community, represent race onstage. How does one -- an actor, a playwright, a director, a theatre company – maintain one’s own sense of artistic trueness when faced with situations we don’t personally agree? How does one create and maintain a career when the majority of artistic opportunities may be colored by stereotypes and bias? Is it ever OK to go along to get along?
Panelists for this discussion are:
Lee Bey, executive director of the Chicago Central Area Committee, an influential civic group composed of the business and cultural leaders devoted to improving the architecture, transportation, cultural life and urban design of downtown Chicago. Mr. Bey is also the force behind Lee Bey’s Soul Closest, a look back at 20th Century African American Pop Culture.
Lavina Jadhwani, Artistic Director of Rasaka Theatre Company, an Associate Artist at Silk Road Theatre Project and Premiere Theatre & Performance and an Artistic Associate at Halcyon Theatre. Ms. Jadhwani also serves on the Steering Committee for the South Asian Theatre Arts Movement. Her work with Rasaka includes directing and curating the Chicago premiere of Yoni Ki Baat and the world premiere of culture/clash, the nation’s first fully produced South Asian short play festival. Other directing credits include work at American Theatre Company, Apple Tree, Bailiwick, Chicago Dramatists, Raven Theatre, Remy Bumppo, the side project, Stage Left and Victory Gardens. Lavina received LMDA awards for her work on Merchant on Venice at Silk Road and Urinetown and Arcadia at Carnegie Mellon University. She has been a finalist for the Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship, the 3Arts Artist Awards and the Luce Scholars Program. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University (BFA, Drama; Masters, Arts Management) and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. www.lavinajadhwani.com
Vaun Monroe, director of Trouble In Mind. Mr. Monroe currently an Assistant Professor in the Film and Video Department at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches Directing, Screenwriting and Film Studies. Mr. Monroe was Artistic Director at Chicago Scriptworks and is now President of National Association of Black Screenwriters. He has taught Screenwriting and Directing workshops throughout the country, most recently at the Bronzeville Film Festival and the National Black Theater Festival.
Kathy Scambiatterra, artistic director of The Artistic Home Theatre and head of The Artistic Home Training Studio. Ms. Scambiatterra has acted in and directed numerous Artistic Home productions. Other regional credits include Steppenwolf Theater, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Center Theater, Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Pegasus Players, Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble, Bailiwick Repertory, Aspect and Halcyon. She has received three leading role Jeff nominations for her work in Natural Affection, Abundance, and The School of Wives as well as was honored by the Italo American National Union with the David Award.
Madrid St. Angelo, co-founder and current Artistic Director of UrbanTheater Company (Chicago). Mr. St. Angelo is a Native New Yorker and graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse; New School of Acting, where he trained under William Alderson and Sandy Meisner. As an Award Nominated and winning actor and theatrical director, he has worked with Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Silk Road Theatre Project, Greasy Joan & Co., Vitalist Theatre, Premiere Theatre and Performance, Bailiwick and 16th St.Theatre. Currently he has directed UTC's, production of Jose Rivera's, 'Sonnets for an Old Century' currently in rep at Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre.
Ytasha L. Womack, a filmmaker, journalist and author of "Post Black: How A New Generation is Redefining African American Identity" (Lawrence Hill Books). Ms. Womack explores identity in the blog www.postblackthebook.blogspot.com.
The panel discussion will be immediately followed by the 8 p.m. performance of Trouble In Mind. Tickets can be purchased for the show at http://www.theartistichome.org/ or by calling 1-888-811-4111. All tickets are $28.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Industry Ticket Offer
In Darfur - TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave. is offering half-price industry tickets ($19) for the Saturday, February 26 4 p.m. performance. Phone-only. For tickets call 773.281.8463 x6 and mention code “Industry.” For more information visit http://www.timelinetheatre.com/.
The People’s Four Seasons – Quest Theatre, 1609 W. Gregory, is holding a limited number of industry seats for this weekend February 25-27. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. This is a free performance and your headshot, resume or business card gets you 1 free item at concessions. You must make reservations or be placed on the waiting list. To make reservations email reservations@questensemble.org or call 312.458.0895x1.Visit www.questensemble.org for more information.
The People’s Four Seasons – Quest Theatre, 1609 W. Gregory, is holding a limited number of industry seats for this weekend February 25-27. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. This is a free performance and your headshot, resume or business card gets you 1 free item at concessions. You must make reservations or be placed on the waiting list. To make reservations email reservations@questensemble.org or call 312.458.0895x1.Visit www.questensemble.org for more information.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Industry Ticket Offer
Arms and the Man - Saint Sebastian Players, 1625 W. Diversey in Chicago, is offering a limited number of $10 industry tickets on February 25th and 26th at 8 p.m. and February 27th at 2 p.m. with resume/business card. Call 773-404-7922 for reservations. Visit http://www.saintsebastianplayers.org for more information.
Monday, February 21, 2011
City Lit Seeks Submissions for Art of Adaptation Festival
City Lit Theater Company seeks submissions to The Art of Adaptation, its festival of stage adaptations of non-dramatic literature.
The festival will take place July 8th – 10th, 2011, at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. We anticipate it will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of Jeff Award winning judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adaptor of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
1. Each piece must conform to a maximum of 25 minutes… Pieces anywhere between 5 – 20 minutes are ideal.
2. It must be an adaptation of non-dramatic material—a short story, an essay, a memoir, poetry, an excerpt from a novel, what have you; but not material from a play.
3. Each adaptor is responsible for whatever royalties might be due on your piece, as well as for your own rehearsal process. City Lit will not provide rehearsal space prior to tech rehearsal, nor will it provide services of a director or any actors for any piece.
4. All pieces will be performed on the same simple unit set with the same simple light plot (including one special per piece). A stock of furniture will be provided. If your piece requires furniture beyond the provided stock, it is your responsibility.
5. City Lit will provide performance space, backstage and front-of-house crew, publicity, programs, tickets and the $500 cash prize.
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send a one-page description of the project you are proposing, and your adaptation script to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theatre, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than April 15th.
The festival will take place July 8th – 10th, 2011, at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. We anticipate it will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of Jeff Award winning judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adaptor of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
1. Each piece must conform to a maximum of 25 minutes… Pieces anywhere between 5 – 20 minutes are ideal.
2. It must be an adaptation of non-dramatic material—a short story, an essay, a memoir, poetry, an excerpt from a novel, what have you; but not material from a play.
3. Each adaptor is responsible for whatever royalties might be due on your piece, as well as for your own rehearsal process. City Lit will not provide rehearsal space prior to tech rehearsal, nor will it provide services of a director or any actors for any piece.
4. All pieces will be performed on the same simple unit set with the same simple light plot (including one special per piece). A stock of furniture will be provided. If your piece requires furniture beyond the provided stock, it is your responsibility.
5. City Lit will provide performance space, backstage and front-of-house crew, publicity, programs, tickets and the $500 cash prize.
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send a one-page description of the project you are proposing, and your adaptation script to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theatre, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than April 15th.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Free Webinar: New Ticketing Provisions in 2010 ADA Standards
The Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic ADA Centers on behalf of the ADA National Network are pleased to announce a special session on the new ticketing provisions of the ADA in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, International Ticketing Association and Knowbility to be held on Friday, February 25, 2011 from 1-3 p.m. Central Time.
This session will be offered as a free webinar featuring Betty Siegel, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sharron Rush, Knowbility and representatives from the Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice.
The 2010 ADA Regulations and Online Ticketing
On March 15, 2011 the U.S. Department of Justice's 2010 Revised Regulations on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) become enforceable. These regulations notably include provisions regarding the sale of accessible tickets, including providing people with disabilities with the opportunity to purchase tickets using the same methods available to patrons without disabilities. While you may have policies in place and staff trained to sell tickets over the phone and in person at the Box Office, are you ready to sell accessible seats on the Internet?
Selling accessible tickets online impacts everything from your ticketing policies to your website. This FREE webinar will review the ticketing regulations with a particular emphasis on online sales, including a look at the process and accessibility features that should be built-in from the start. There will be plenty of time for Q&A so come prepared with your questions!
Date: February 25, 2011
Time: 1-3pm Central
Cost: Free
This session will be delivered via the ElluminateLive! accessible online conferencing system. All audio and visual components of the presentation will be delivered via the on-line system. The program will be closed captioned. A recording of the session will be archived for later referenced. Individuals who wish to follow the audio portion of the session via telephone may do so via a non-toll free telephone number. Individuals will be responsible for their own telephone charges based on their service provider.
Registration is available now at www.adaconferences.org/Ticketing.
This session will be offered as a free webinar featuring Betty Siegel, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sharron Rush, Knowbility and representatives from the Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice.
The 2010 ADA Regulations and Online Ticketing
On March 15, 2011 the U.S. Department of Justice's 2010 Revised Regulations on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) become enforceable. These regulations notably include provisions regarding the sale of accessible tickets, including providing people with disabilities with the opportunity to purchase tickets using the same methods available to patrons without disabilities. While you may have policies in place and staff trained to sell tickets over the phone and in person at the Box Office, are you ready to sell accessible seats on the Internet?
Selling accessible tickets online impacts everything from your ticketing policies to your website. This FREE webinar will review the ticketing regulations with a particular emphasis on online sales, including a look at the process and accessibility features that should be built-in from the start. There will be plenty of time for Q&A so come prepared with your questions!
Date: February 25, 2011
Time: 1-3pm Central
Cost: Free
This session will be delivered via the ElluminateLive! accessible online conferencing system. All audio and visual components of the presentation will be delivered via the on-line system. The program will be closed captioned. A recording of the session will be archived for later referenced. Individuals who wish to follow the audio portion of the session via telephone may do so via a non-toll free telephone number. Individuals will be responsible for their own telephone charges based on their service provider.
Registration is available now at www.adaconferences.org/Ticketing.
Industry Ticket Offer
The Man Who Came To Dinner - Circle Theatre, 1010 W. Madison St. Oak Park, IL is offering $5 tickets on Tuesday, Feb 22 at 8pm using the code "actor." $10 industry tickets are available on Fridays Feb 25, March 4, 11 and 18 at 8 p.m using the code word: "industry" Advance reservations are not required. Please present a headshot, resume or business card at the box office when attending. For info/reservations, call 708-660-9540.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Industry Ticket Offer
The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort – Dominican University Performing Arts Center at 7900 W. Division St. River Forest, is offering $5 industry tickets for any performance February 24-27. Please bring a union card, a headshot/resume, tech resume, or business card indicating employment in the theater business. Tickets may be purchased by calling 708-488-5000.
It's Time!
I hope to see many of you at tonight’s debate. It is going to be a wonderful evening. If you can’t be there you can watch it live at 7:00 PM on ABC7. I also hope you will all go out and vote and that you have let the candidates know that the arts are important to you and your constituents.
If you haven’t already, please go to ArtsPowerChicago.com and sign the petition. If you need help deciding on who to vote for, the Trib has some great info here http://elections.chicagotribune.com/.
Happy voting!
Deb
If you haven’t already, please go to ArtsPowerChicago.com and sign the petition. If you need help deciding on who to vote for, the Trib has some great info here http://elections.chicagotribune.com/.
Happy voting!
Deb
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Invitation to Participate in Mock Interview Day
Invitation to participate in Mock Interview Day at Moraine Valley Community College – Help students take it to the next level!
The Job Resource Center at Moraine Valley Community College is hosting their Spring Mock Interview Day on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. On behalf of the Job Resource Center, they would like to invite you to participate in this very special event. Mock Interview Day provides a great venue for participants to polish their interviewing skills, gain tips on questions to ask in an interview, receive immediate feedback, and enhance their interviewing techniques.
Mock Interview Day will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 2:00pm to 5:00 p.m. As a participating employer, you would be interviewing the participants as if it were a real-life interview. Each mock interview will be 30 minutes in length. The first 20-minutes will be devoted to interviewing the Mock Interview candidates. Following the interview, you may spend 10 minutes providing valuable feedback to the participant. We will provide a list of questions for you to choose from or you may feel free to bring your own. This event will be excellent training for interviewees as they prepare for a full-time, part-time, or internship positions. Moreover, the event will be an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Spring Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, March 24, 2011 (www.morainevalley.edu/jrc/fair.htm).
If our Mock Interview Day is an event that you would like to participate in, please contact 708-974-5313 or farooquit@morainevalley.eduto RSVP.
The Job Resource Center at Moraine Valley Community College is hosting their Spring Mock Interview Day on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. On behalf of the Job Resource Center, they would like to invite you to participate in this very special event. Mock Interview Day provides a great venue for participants to polish their interviewing skills, gain tips on questions to ask in an interview, receive immediate feedback, and enhance their interviewing techniques.
Mock Interview Day will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 2:00pm to 5:00 p.m. As a participating employer, you would be interviewing the participants as if it were a real-life interview. Each mock interview will be 30 minutes in length. The first 20-minutes will be devoted to interviewing the Mock Interview candidates. Following the interview, you may spend 10 minutes providing valuable feedback to the participant. We will provide a list of questions for you to choose from or you may feel free to bring your own. This event will be excellent training for interviewees as they prepare for a full-time, part-time, or internship positions. Moreover, the event will be an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Spring Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, March 24, 2011 (www.morainevalley.edu/jrc/fair.htm).
If our Mock Interview Day is an event that you would like to participate in, please contact 708-974-5313 or farooquit@morainevalley.edu
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
New Leaf Theatre Call for Scripts
Submissions Open Now for the Next Treehouse Readings Series
Submissions for the 2011 - 2012 Treehouse Readings Series will be accepted now through March 20, 2011.
The thematic element for the next round of new works is “Critical Mass.”
The Treehouse Readings series features six staged readings each year: three plays selected for the summer/fall and three plays selected for the winter/spring. For each submission period, all the new work submitted addresses a central thematic element.
All submitted plays must have received at least one previous public reading, but not yet have received a full production with any theatre. Playwrights are asked to include a cover letter that answers the following three questions: How does your play address "Critical Mass”; name three artists who inspire you and why; and share a moment in your life when everything changed.
At the end of the Treehouse Readings Series, the company will select one of the scripts to receive a full production as part of New Leaf Theatre’s following season.
For further information, submission guidelines and to submit, visit www.newleaftheatre.org/treehouse.
Submissions for the 2011 - 2012 Treehouse Readings Series will be accepted now through March 20, 2011.
The thematic element for the next round of new works is “Critical Mass.”
The Treehouse Readings series features six staged readings each year: three plays selected for the summer/fall and three plays selected for the winter/spring. For each submission period, all the new work submitted addresses a central thematic element.
All submitted plays must have received at least one previous public reading, but not yet have received a full production with any theatre. Playwrights are asked to include a cover letter that answers the following three questions: How does your play address "Critical Mass”; name three artists who inspire you and why; and share a moment in your life when everything changed.
At the end of the Treehouse Readings Series, the company will select one of the scripts to receive a full production as part of New Leaf Theatre’s following season.
For further information, submission guidelines and to submit, visit www.newleaftheatre.org/treehouse.
Industry Ticket Offers
Madagascar by J.T. Rogers - Next Theatre Company, 927 Noyes St., Evanston is offering $10 industry tickets on Thursday, February 17th at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, February 25th @ 8:00 p.m. For tickets call 847-475-1875 ext 10.
Peribanez by Lope de Vega - Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University, 20 Arts Circle Dr., is offering 50% OFF TICKETS to the romantic tale of desire, honor, obsession and revenge through February 20, Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m.. Tickets: (847) 491-7282 or www.tic.northwestern.edu. Mention code LEAGUE.
Peribanez by Lope de Vega - Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University, 20 Arts Circle Dr., is offering 50% OFF TICKETS to the romantic tale of desire, honor, obsession and revenge through February 20, Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m.. Tickets: (847) 491-7282 or www.tic.northwestern.edu. Mention code LEAGUE.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Registration Opens for International Symposium on Chicago Theatre May 18-22
How has Chicago theatre developed from a grassroots movement to a global phenomenon over the past 50 years? What is the current state of "the beating heart of American theatre," as British critic Michael Billington recently described Chicago? And what is the future of theatre in Chicago – in America and around the world – in a time of rapidly escalating technological innovation and globalization?
These are the questions that will be addressed during Chicago – Theatre Capital of America: Past. Present. Future, an international symposium presented by the Theatre Department of Columbia College Chicago on May 18-22. A principal focus of the symposium will be Chicago theatre since 1959, the year that director Paul Sills and others founded The Second City, Chicago's internationally acclaimed improvisational theatre which trained a legion of entertainment legends.
Online registration for the symposium is live at www.colum.edu/theatresymposium. Cost is $95 for the four-day event, with a discounted price of $60 for students. Registration and events are open to the public.
Featured speakers include Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Harvey Young, director of Northwestern University's interdisciplinary doctoral program in theatre and author of Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body; Todd London, coauthor of Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play; and veteran Chicago arts critic Richard Christiansen, author of A Theater of Our Own: A History and Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago.
International perspectives on Chicago theatre will be provided by scholars and guest artists from overseas including Phillip Zarrilli, actor, director and prize-winning author of Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach After Stanislavski. Zarrilli, with his company The Llanarth Group from Wales, will stage the American premiere of his latest work, Told By The Wind, at the Dance Center of Columbia College during the symposium.
More than 70 presentations by theatre scholars and practitioners from the United States and Europe will highlight the event. These presentations will be complemented by a variety of performances, workshops, and social events that will offer a unique opportunity for theatre academics, professionals and enthusiasts to meet and share ideas.
Specific themes to be addressed during sessions include:
· The influence of Chicago theatre artists and teachers on theatre, film, and TV in America and around the world -- from Broadway and Hollywood to regional theatre to universities here and abroad
· The work of Chicago playwrights (including Pulitzer Prize winners David Mamet and Tracy Letts) and directors (including Tony Award winners Robert Falls, Mary Zimmerman, and Frank Galati and Obie Award winner David Cromer)
· The rich history of African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Arab-American theatre in Chicago
· The social, cultural, and political factors that have given Chicago theatre its distinctive qualities
· Ancestors and antecedents of contemporary Chicago theatre (including the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 1933 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair, the historic Loop theatre district, the pioneering improv troupes and comedy artists of the Eisenhower era, and the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s
· The influence of theatre criticism, dramaturgy, and even clergy in the evolution of Chicago theatre
· Arts leadership training, audience development, and funding strategies for the coming century.
The scholars selected to deliver papers and sit on panels at the event reflect an array of institutions from the United States and around the world. Among them, in addition to Columbia College Chicago, are Harvard University, Boston College, Emerson College, Northwestern University, DePaul University, Loyola University, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London, and the University of Macedonia for Economic and Social Sciences. Also participating are theatre professionals from Chicago companies such as Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Writers' Theatre and The Second City, as well as noted alumni of the Chicago theater explosion of the past four decades who have gone on to careers on stage and screen.
Joining Columbia College Chicago in this endeavor are a number of institutional partners including the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Public Library, the League of Chicago Theatres, the Dramatists Guild of America, Actors' Equity Association (Central Region) and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
For more information, visit http://www.colum.edu/theatresymposium.
These are the questions that will be addressed during Chicago – Theatre Capital of America: Past. Present. Future, an international symposium presented by the Theatre Department of Columbia College Chicago on May 18-22. A principal focus of the symposium will be Chicago theatre since 1959, the year that director Paul Sills and others founded The Second City, Chicago's internationally acclaimed improvisational theatre which trained a legion of entertainment legends.
Online registration for the symposium is live at www.colum.edu/theatresymposium. Cost is $95 for the four-day event, with a discounted price of $60 for students. Registration and events are open to the public.
Featured speakers include Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Harvey Young, director of Northwestern University's interdisciplinary doctoral program in theatre and author of Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body; Todd London, coauthor of Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play; and veteran Chicago arts critic Richard Christiansen, author of A Theater of Our Own: A History and Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago.
International perspectives on Chicago theatre will be provided by scholars and guest artists from overseas including Phillip Zarrilli, actor, director and prize-winning author of Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach After Stanislavski. Zarrilli, with his company The Llanarth Group from Wales, will stage the American premiere of his latest work, Told By The Wind, at the Dance Center of Columbia College during the symposium.
More than 70 presentations by theatre scholars and practitioners from the United States and Europe will highlight the event. These presentations will be complemented by a variety of performances, workshops, and social events that will offer a unique opportunity for theatre academics, professionals and enthusiasts to meet and share ideas.
Specific themes to be addressed during sessions include:
· The influence of Chicago theatre artists and teachers on theatre, film, and TV in America and around the world -- from Broadway and Hollywood to regional theatre to universities here and abroad
· The work of Chicago playwrights (including Pulitzer Prize winners David Mamet and Tracy Letts) and directors (including Tony Award winners Robert Falls, Mary Zimmerman, and Frank Galati and Obie Award winner David Cromer)
· The rich history of African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Arab-American theatre in Chicago
· The social, cultural, and political factors that have given Chicago theatre its distinctive qualities
· Ancestors and antecedents of contemporary Chicago theatre (including the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 1933 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair, the historic Loop theatre district, the pioneering improv troupes and comedy artists of the Eisenhower era, and the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s
· The influence of theatre criticism, dramaturgy, and even clergy in the evolution of Chicago theatre
· Arts leadership training, audience development, and funding strategies for the coming century.
The scholars selected to deliver papers and sit on panels at the event reflect an array of institutions from the United States and around the world. Among them, in addition to Columbia College Chicago, are Harvard University, Boston College, Emerson College, Northwestern University, DePaul University, Loyola University, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London, and the University of Macedonia for Economic and Social Sciences. Also participating are theatre professionals from Chicago companies such as Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Writers' Theatre and The Second City, as well as noted alumni of the Chicago theater explosion of the past four decades who have gone on to careers on stage and screen.
Joining Columbia College Chicago in this endeavor are a number of institutional partners including the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Public Library, the League of Chicago Theatres, the Dramatists Guild of America, Actors' Equity Association (Central Region) and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
For more information, visit http://www.colum.edu/theatresymposium.
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