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Save the date for the 2010 Creative Chicago Expo.  Saturday April 10, 2010. more...

An interview with CAR Theater Researcher Dan Granata

Molly Brennan is a singular performer—both in her animate, physical presence onstage and in the unique swath of Chicago theater experiences she has amassed. Though many know her name from her much-talked-about (and to some “controversial”) turn as Harpo in the Goodman’s staging of Animal Crackers, Chicago audiences have come to know her through a host of dynamic roles on storefront stages across the city, more...

It’s my five-year anniversary of self-employment as a documentary filmmaker and digital media artist—a time period during which I’ve worked the hardest I ever have in my professional life—and yet I don’t feel that I’ve worked a day. more...

The first inklings of the Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF) started in the fall of 2008. I had just returned from the Minnesota and NYC Fringes with Tantalus Theatre Group. By November, I was incredibly enthused about starting one in Chicago. I spent the next six months researching, agonizing, and just plain thinking. We incorporated in July of 2009 and have been growing ever since! more...