“The Snow Queen” I grew up in northern Michigan, so I have a healthy affinity for that white flakey stuff. Not so much the polar vortex, but when it’s hovering above 15 degrees, I’m good. So, in combining my love of snow and theatre, over the past three days I checked out two highly inventive… Read More A tale of two snow witches: House Theatre’s ‘Rose and the Rime’ and Filament’s ‘The Snow Queen’
A boy (Joey Steakley) makes a special, dusty friend. Odradek is one creepy, sad play. A pensive boy (Joey Steakly) is slowly falling into an emotional and physical downward spiral. His recently-divorced father (David Parkes) brings him to a doctor (Carolyn Defrin), who tries to determine what’s wrong with the boy, and the father and… Read More House Theatre’s ‘Odradek’: something vague lurks beneath…
It’s a relatively quiet period for Chicago theatre, with many shows either ending runs or getting ready to open. So, another list-y blog post! As usual, there are a barrage of shows opening in the first few months of the new year. Where to start? In no particular order, here are a few things I’m… Read More What I’m looking forward to in 2011 (so far, anyway)
Leslie Frame, Carolyn Defrin and Rebekah Ward-Hays in The House Theatre’s “Wilson Wants It All” Things look pretty bleak 40 years from now. The U.S. has grown into a fractured society, deep in debt and dry in drinkable water. An impending civil war is just a speech away, and the government has launched a program… Read More Review: ‘Wilson Wants It All’ @ The House Theatre of Chicago
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