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stories & Conversations
All Part of the Same Company
Photo: Sarah Elizabeth Larson
Amy Landecker: We Just Wanted To Create
Photo: Danielle Kosann
David Cromer: In Chicago, You Could Keep Trying
Actor and Director, David Cromer [Chicago] really is most notable for the health and variety of its smaller theaters, making it possible...
Barbara Gaines: Artists Weave Their Grief into Art
You feel a sense of relief that this very complex range of emotions can be shared. Barbara Gaines is the founder and Artistic Director of...
And Then September 11th Happened
Seven theater stories in the wake of tragedy MARY ZIMMERMAN (director and playwright): I was in New York with Metamorphoses. Our first...
Spontaneity, Intimacy and Authenticity
Kukla and Ollie Live! at the Goodman Studio Theatre, 1979–1983 by Mark Larson “When I got to Chicago,” Gregory Mosher, then artistic...
Chicago Critics: We're Part of the Ecology
Conversations with Chicago theater critics, past and present: Linda Winer, Richard Christiansen, Sid Smith, Chris Jones, Albert Williams,...
Samuel G. Roberson, Jr.: Seeking the Honesty of Diversity
actor / director / artistic director, Congo Square, 2012-2017 I spoke with Sam Roberson on November 20, 2015. He was, at that time, Congo...
A Red Orchid Reunion
Guy Van Swearingen, Shira Piven and Michael Shannon Revist Victims of Duty, 2017. Despite, or perhaps because of, the extraordinary level...
Lecy Goranson: To Show Up As I Am
A Conversation, December 12, 2015 When Lecy was 13 years old and taking classes at Piven Theatre Workshop, Joyce Piven suggested she...
Joe Drummond: A Stage Manager is the Center of a Wheel
Goodman Theatre Production Stage Manager, 1974–2016 A Conversation with Joseph Drummond by Mark Larson I spent 42 seasons at the Goodman...
Audrey Francis: In a Room Full of People Who Intimidate You
Audrey Francis after the interview, 1.23.17